Shielding does 20 negative points I think. So this idea is going to be in a similar vein to the hive mind Idyllic Bloom civic, but for a machine empire. I thought i'd just say a few brief things about the planet destroyers since I find them fun to use. ) Nanobot Dispersal, it Assimilates all Organics into Cyborgs in your Network. Hive minds arent psionic or robotic. Mar 4, 2021 2. Also, complaining about the neutron sweep not being. I really enjoy it. Global Pacifier has reduced diplo penalties, Neutron Sweep opens the planet up for habitation, Nanobot Diffuser instantly assimilates the inhabitants, Divine Enforcer converts pops to spiritualist. But javorian pox/neutron sweep would keep it in tact. Reverence for Life Resolution. This bad boy can purge so many xeno scum. Sometimes if I'm doing a two flank war, I send the Colossus one way and the transports the other. It's time to use our new colossus class ship to help us cleanse the universe. 3. Planet cracker: much faster shooting. Jump to latest Follow Reply. I'd rather see a system like in CKII where your general's traits influence what combat tactics they pick. “Destroy the xenos, spare the planet for repopulation with alpha species. It can kill billions with the press of a button and leaves the planet ripe for colonization for quick and easy integration. Jun 23, 2016 287 510. Steps to reproduce the issue. So those are some scenarios where the world cracker + global pacifier would work better than the neutron sweep. ccol168 • Additional comment actions. That's right, destroying a Habitat I controlled, which contained nothing but a bunch of dead xenos, in the only way a Habitat can be destroyed, put me in violation of the law. This page was last edited on 21 June 2022, at 21:46. Neutron Sweep: Destroys most higher forms of life on the. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. Delthor-lion Rogue Servitors • 4 yr. Neutron Sweep is next for me as it let's me settle the planet myself. After all, if I remember correctly, the only W-Modules you can use on the Contingency's AI worlds, another version of a Machine World, are the Global Pacifier and World Cracker modules. Everytime I unlock a new ship type, I make it a point to go in and make my own designs and delete the auto-generate ones, because they're just not any good. The planet gets −30% Habitability for 10 years. Global Pacifier: 1/10. Make no mention of Neutron Sweeper. Neutron Sweep is tech_pk_neutron, in "00_apocalypse_tech. The machine world never broke apart and it still gave me a +10 society yield. If you have a lot of enemy planets to take over and all of them are heavily fortified with a lot of defense armies, just using the neutron sweep is a good strat if you don’t care about others opinions. Invasion phases would be cool, too. 13. Mar 25, 2020 2. but lag is the bigger issue, so I wanted to use neutron sweep to clear up some some pops. Toggle signature. So why would you ever use a world cracker? Cracking a habitable planet for a measly 4-16 minerals just isn't worth it when compared to neutron sweeping. Kinda morbid though. I prefer using divine enforcer or neutron sweep… though I’m not sure if DE is effective on organic hive-minds let alone prethoryn scourge. Latter creates society research which can be used for research habitat. If it's too early for. Jan 12, 2018. Played this game quite a bit, and I keep coming back to the conclusion that planet killers are mechanically only useful for total war cb; it’s always better to conquer, because Pops. Diplomatically, similar story with Neutron Sweepers, but ALL spiritualists really hate that stuff. ago. Colossus vs Crisis. I was asking it to myself. Wipes out all sentient life, but leaves their structures intact. All of the information about colossus and global pacifiers is stated above. ChornoyeSontse Determined Exterminator • 1 yr. Jump to latest Follow Reply. It was still like 3500 days until they are demoted to workers. Devolving beam- is the best as you can mess around wit the pre sapiens and then genetically suit them. Well, now you can! This removes many of the restrictions on what planet killer weapons can target. " I was able to send my world cracker over and obliterate the planet. Global Pacifier and World Cracker both make the target lose a planet instantly, but then you don't get the planet. ; About Stellaris Wiki; Mobile view As I mentioned earlier, with the other colossus beam (e. Action based breaches (blowing up planets, terraforming things, etc. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. Neutronium provides 145/365/870 armor, while Crystaline provides 110/275/660. Fanatic Egalitarian Militarist Just don't be cringe pls. The Mind will save the Meat from the horrors of Its existence and make It Mind. Nanobot diffuset is the best one. Debateable. There is a coolness aspect to the world cracker, no doubt, but i feel like destroying worlds is self inflicting wounds for hives. Since the Habitat was mine now, I retrofitted the Neutron Sweep into a World Cracker and destroyed the hunk of junk -- putting me in breach of galactic law. 4-16 minirals and no worry about the world. i can only use neutron sweep, planet cracker and the troll shield, so my ethic and ascension perk dont. If you destroy a habitable planet with it, you'll also get a nice little mineral deposit!When I had the choice to pick which weapon it came with, I picked Neutron Sweep. 4. More posts you may like. Or one could cripple the enemies economy for a while, by disabling one of his main production planets with a shield. Of the remaining 4 Neutron Sweep is the most useful, but the other 3 are roughly on par IMO. I’ll be back with a more amicable nation I swear!That is a bug, and yes, colonizing a planet that was neutron swept is one way to trigger it. Oct 5, 2023; Add bookmark #105 I want to second the idea that if the number of total number of council positions isn't changing then the council needs a rework. I tried different options - auto builder on off, tried to find colossus weapon tech id to. Also, complaining about the neutron sweep not being scientifically accurate is silly. Steps to reproduce the issue. Doug the World Cracker. The katzen imperium is literally no more but the crisis is still active, so. Danny May 22, 2020 @ 1:52pm. A world cracker totally destroys a planet, leaving behind a cracked world you can build a mineral station around for I believe 6-8 minerals a month. The game automatically armed it with a neuron sweep and no matter what I'd I can't use any other component. If an empire is going to use a world cracker they would probaby be just as willing to nuke it from orbit. divine enforcer- never seen it nor used it but seems highly specialized for a spiritual playstyle. It's actually the same -800 opinion penalty as if you neutron sweep them. " Since you know abouts where to look, I'm looking for the tech id's for the world techs. WW2 nations were also somewhat balanced in strength and didn't have enough troops to man every piece of front line to the brim. So I tried to use a global pacifier on it and got another unique message. The Hubs of the Contingency were always heavily fortified, and that was a real problem for hit-and-run tactic: even if you are strong enough to quickly overpower the defence station, the chance of nuking the world out of existence is pretty small. Jim Crow To Barack Obama A Documentary Video & Archive Featuring African Americans 75 years Old and OlderI am playing a Driven Assimilator empire and when I researched the colossus at about 50% through I was given an inital choice of 4 possible weapons (nanobots, neutron sweep, world cracker and global pacifier). The galactic community. Average World Cracker fan vs Average Neutron Sweep enjoyer. That's right, destroying a Habitat I controlled, which contained nothing but a bunch of dead xenos, in the only way a Habitat can be destroyed, put me in violation of the law. 7; Reactions: Reply. While both "judge" an entire world, the cracker gives the mercy of a quick death. I know that World Cracker and Neutron Sweep works but what about the other types? I can choose between world cracker and Divine Enforcer, and the second one is much better against regular empire so now I have dilemma. Can I kill two birds with one stone? Or is the shield varient only for Pacifists? Or perhaps shielding a planet prevents the 'kill everything' achievements?. I personally don't like to crack planets, as you said, that is so wastefull, even if i don't really need it. The world cracker is flexing nuts to the rest of the galaxy, saying "I dare you to declare war over over that -80 opinion", while brutally murdering in theory. I haven't seen Neutron Sweep before in my Spiritualist game as an option, so I picked it. So the use of the World Cracker for pure Mining. 0 unless otherwise noted. Use neutron sweep for clearing out fortress worlds. 538. 15 TheBladesAurus • 4 mo. The game doesn't do anything best. Neutron Sweep: Kills all pops, planet remains intact. Godray: exclusive to spiritualists with telepathy tech. Reply. ago There are different types used - The Planet Cracker, in comparison to all of the above, is a meme weapon. They can only be destroyed entirely. Feb 21, 2010 3. 😢 At least for now as Russia. guymanthefourth • 9 mo. Bombard the planet until it reaches 100% devastation at which point the planet will turn into a barren terraformable planet. The basic positions are kind of. Last and least: Divine Enforcer. God Ray:. “Destroy the xenos, spare the planet for repopulation with alpha species. I like to build all my megastructures there so they're easily defended from the Crisis. Doing a run on x25 crisis and I left the last ascension free until now jic I needed it to deal with them. If said planet is a fortress world with 10k defense armies, I'll roll up with my 30k Invasion armies. Planet cracker can be used on any planet. game. Scyldari Logic: “I’m pacifist until someone turns out to have opposing ethics to mine or to be a clanker-loving atheist, in which case I’ll spread my progressive religion of peace by force- totally in self-defense. JephSoulstar Private. Other than Machine Empires, where it's basically a Neutron Sweeper (which IIRC does not work on robots) IMO it's more about maintaining empire cohesion: blast a planet with it and they will all become spiritualist, which will move them all into the Spiritualist faction which (hopefully) will be a lot happier than whatever faction they were a part of. Well, now you can! This removes many of the restrictions on what planet killer weapons can target. 11. If you care about opinion loss, here's a simple order from best (no opinion loss) to worst (most opinion loss):Honestly, planet cracker is pretty useless. Global Pacifier:Global Pacifier has reduced diplo penalties, Neutron Sweep opens the planet up for habitation, Nanobot Diffuser instantly assimilates the inhabitants, Divine Enforcer converts pops to spiritualist. That's because the planetary housing limit comes into effect for growth. Is that a rare tech? I just played Mechanist -> Synth evolution game, and I had only three weapon options (after already ascending my pops) - Neutron Sweep, World Cracker and and prison shield thing (whatever it's called). There's also a few others that have more specific requirements, like global pacifier, the flood one for aquatics, the one that turns everyone spiritualist, and the one that kills only organics for machine. Yeah the neutron sweep is the ONLY weapon that just kills the pops on the planet, but leaves the rest for you to use. Toxic god = Dewa Racun. Fanatic. guess I'll need a bit more research before the conquest. Fallen empire pops usually are very good anyway. Fine ill make a special machine army to capture the machine wrold BUT I CANT DO THAT EITHER THEN HOW THE FUCK DO I TAKE IT ReplyCan i change the weapon system installed on Colossus?2. Apocalypse introduceert gigantische Colossus-schepen uitgerust met verschillende World Devestator-wapens: World Cracker, Global Pacifier, Neutron Sweep en God Ray. Available to non-Pacifists. NANOMACHINES SON Nanobot diffuser: exclusive to DA machine empires. Imagine an espionage mission that allowed you to crash orbital rings or habitats into planets. I'm not sure what happens if you crack the planet they're over, but a Neutron Sweep leaves the planet in a ready-to-colonize state. Reply yanhamu. But story wise the game does not give you any background. Maybe cracking will be enough to destroy the ring in the resulting explosion. Fun if you want a colonisable planet or want to kill them, but all buildings will be destroyed. i don't know if its allowed you to blow them up with a planet cracker, because i would primarily use the neutron sweep armament instead. Additional comment actions. Borging a planet with the DA colossus not only bypasses huge and powerful Militant or Spiritual FE armies like the Neutron Sweep, it instantly pacifies the planet, making everyone unaffected by happiness, uncaring of being assimilated, and fully productive immediately. Give them the Deluge Colossus, and make the Holy Worlds Ocean worlds (if the FE race is Aquatic). It can do this either by destroying the planet–the World Cracker–or destroying all. Its a simple thing to implement as its simply swapping tags on a planet based on an actionable event. Evey person beside my robot race was grid amalgamated an after that they broke free from my matrix. Stellaris. FogeltheVogel Hive Mind. The Prethoryn Scourge is an end-game crisis enemy whose technology is. It gains a deposit of 10 Society Research. I am playing a Driven Assimilator empire and when I researched the colossus at about 50% through I was given an inital choice of 4 possible weapons (nanobots, neutron sweep, world cracker and global pacifier). I am aware of that, I have changed it from world cracker to neutron sweep a few times. Over Jurg-Ularalh, a fortress world clouded in mist, the weapon began charging, and after a month of earthquakes and tectonic destabilization, the remaining 68 billion inhabitants were instantly vaporized; the world blown apart. g. How great it is as a weapon depends on what and how you play. Available to non-Pacifists. More Help. The Neutron Sweep can not be researched or used by Pacifist and Spiritualist empires. . World cracking vs Neutron sweep? Is there any tactical point to cracking a world, rendering it uninhabitable instead of just clearing all the pops off of it with a. It might sound strange to actually want to live on a radioactive hellhole, but. No problem, thinks I, I'll build one and follow others' advice. Some ethic exclusions make sense: Pacifists can't crack planets or neutron sweep (obvious reasons), Divine Stimulus is only accessible to Spiritualists (duh, nobody. Bonus point: an awakened empire (especially the Guardian) will also use their colossus against the. This weapon destroys material and biological life on the planet, but it does not blow it apart. ago. World Cracker: - Can now target planets owned by you. Neutron sweep is using intense radiation to kill all life off. Hi I'am finally fighting against Prethoryn and I am curious if I can use all type of colossus to purge infested worlds. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately. Eventually there won't be enough votes to prevent you from repealing Reverence for Life. Not only do all of these not help with the consumption of other races, they actually hinder it. Once you use the global pacifier, the planet is functionally destroyed as if you used a world cracker. I also tried to use the divine enforcer but the game wouldn't allow me to. World cracker is cool and nice with your galactic imperium but doesn’t do anything. Neutron Sweep - Purity Class. Now, I have Colossus ready, but it has no weapon. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. look at the power of slaves. Toggle signature. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. Reply. Broken Union Reference to the Trill. 671 votes, 28 comments. Any empire that established communications with a Galactic Community member is able to join or leave. Calvax General. 680 8. . I used to just go for world cracker, as those pesky habitats the AI spams really annoy me. One of them being *checks list of sci-fi tropes* um, galactic superweapons, which an upcoming expansion is sorting. Step 3: Free the vassal. Why Would You Use a World Cracker Collosus? Global Pacifier has reduced diplo penalties, Neutron Sweep opens the planet up for habitation, Nanobot. Nanite Transmutation. Reply. For example if you play organic empire, then you can't neutron sweep a hive-world, or a machine world. So I have the colossus and at first I only armed it with a world cracker. They declare war with the Humiliation war goal, and use a colossus to cleanse the planet. Radiation dispenser. 1. The nanite swarm requires you to be assimilators. I love the game, play it heavily modded. You may not have them all unlocked yet, but by default there's the devolving beam, neutron sweep, and world cracker available to research. Obviously you can use planet cracker on uninhabited worlds too, but neutron sweep's only purpose is immediate genocide, like it's the same thing as the old "purify" wargoal. Yes that's the point: after a neutron sweep you can't just land troops or resettle or whatever, the planet is marked as coloniseable. Keep cracking worlds. A divine enforcer is basically a giant psionic brainwashing weapon. The Neutron Sweep can not be researched or used by Pacifist and Spiritualist empires. Several flavors of planet killers are present: World Crackers, Neutron Sweep, Divine Enforcer, and Nanobot diffuser. No Fantasy verses must be Sci-Fi in origin. Of course I just checked and I have researched World Cracker and Global Pacifier but not Neutron Sweep. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. Trying to impose democracy or communism upon authoritarian heathens wouldn't be any fun anymore no untill late game when the game crashes anyway. . in my Recent 3. If anything it makes neutron sweep less useful given how long it would take to repopulate a planet. You should be able to change it like how you can change orbital bombardment stance. And of course there is the classic [[EarthShatteringKaboom World Cracker]] which is basically the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]] superlaser. Look, a good genocide is not measured in its effectiveness, but in how much fun you had in the way. It would be make having a planet cracker/ neutron sweep colossus absolutely mandatory before getting involved in any ear that's over more than a few inhabited systems. Aerolfos Eternal Vigilance •. Neutronium also has the advantage that it heals slightly faster with regenerating hull, and there are some edicts that benefit armor, but not hull. The Neutron Sweep can only be used on the Prethoryn Scourge instead. Before I pop a planet like an overfilled balloon, what are the diplomatic penalties for using a doomsday device?416K subscribers in the Stellaris community. Ever wondered why Spiritualists objected against wiping a planet floor with a Neutron Sweep, but were perfectly fine with shattering them with a World Cracker, even though planets arguably have a spirit on their own as you can consecrate them? Now you can get rid of heathens without harming holy planet cores. 0 unless otherwise noted. Stellaris, a very good space strategy game, was missing a few things at launch. They can only be destroyed entirely. Neutron sweep kills all pops on the planet. If you can, research more advanced. Steam overlay does present occasional problems for some games, too, mind you, but those are. I love the Devine Enforcer when playing Spiritualist. Subjugation (vassal) wars are litteraly impossible to win. I'm planning to start an achievement game, tiny map, spawning only a fanatic purifier to get the achievement for shielding their world. HOWEVER, the latest Pretorhyn swarm brought to my attention this wonderful thing called Neutron Sweep. ago. If you destroy or shield it you cannot use it anymore. Maybe I should reconsider always getting the world cracker *wheeze* there is one Planet-Destroyer that is supreme, and that is the Neutron Sweep. I also need the 'kill all organics' one for Exterminators. Nanobot diffuset is the best one. Our scientists decided it was best to create the doomsday weapon of mass destruction, the World Cracker (*clicks* Projector Screen - Shows a short video demonstration of the world cracker. Thanks for the correction. The neutron sweep is clean (after a few years) and efficient. In regards to World Cracker and Global Pacifier mechanics. If you want to bombard a planet into oblivion you need the "armageddon" orbital bombardment option, this is available to fanatical purifiers or the crisis, it wipes out all pops and turns it into a tomb world, alternatively if. I always use the neutron sweep unless I really need the world cracker for dealing with the Contingency or some, but I usually send out a massive extermination party into the galaxy in late game just to deal with some lag. 509 10. It does everything you want a colossus to do. Repopulating and restoring buildings will be a pain. Felt good to have the last laugh. 6 Gun batteries and the modules that slow down enemy fleets, increase the star bases weapons range, reduce enemy shields. Filthy, in the way, inefficient, and most of all resource hungry! Able-0001945 activate the Neutron program again…yes I want to go. txt" under Stellariscommon echnologies. I thought i'd just say a few brief things about the planet destroyers since I find them fun to use. When I just need some clean space for my pops . World. While a fat stack army or world cracker cleans behind the front line. As Paradox explained in a recent dev blog, there are five World Devestator weapons: a World Cracker that'll smash a planet so the debris can be mined; a Global Pacifier putting a planet in a bubble so you can study it with a research station; a Neutron Sweep wiping out life but leaving infrastructure; a God Ray making everyone spiritualist. Divine Enforcer requires Spiritualist to research, but otherwise can freely target your own worlds. I mean, the colossus is overall just pretty lights make planet go boom. Gives -800 opinion to the empire who owned the planet and -80 to everyone else. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. What is faster? Cleaning a ball with any tools, or breaking a ball with any tools? Neutron sweep: turn planet into lifeless world with universal, but 50% base habitability. That planet is too impure to exist. Fortify your chokepoint. Kennison Mar. (rule #5 post, i think. Last are planet. If you enjoy the content I produce, do consider joining r/Cweeperz! You won’t miss a thing of mine while yer in there! You can post ur own art too!I was just disappointed. I think the problem with this picture is that combat width is a tenth of the invading army size, and that it's normal run-of-the-mill soldiers vs supersoldier Space Marines who could rip a xenomorph in half with their bare hands. With world cracker it literally deletes the planet . Also instant terraforming to your ocean preference. After testing them all I can say that they are all kind of meh exept one. Pretty sure I had to do that for the other weapon options after the first one I picked anyway (world cracker). Neutron Sweep: Kills all pops on the planet and gives -30% Habitability for 10 years. ) What are your go-to names? UNE World-Crackers: Famous geologists. If you destroy or shield it you cannot use it anymore. Neutron sweeper en route. Im asking if you can get more than one colossi. Available to non-Pacifists. CoconutMochi Fanatic Xenophile • 2 yr. Bit of a graphical glitch along with it (the planet itself winds up with the graphics of a cracked world, as they always do once dealt with, which clips through the shield model), but mechanically it's kosher. Settling doesn't awaken. Cracking obliterates the orbital ring. Those are "empty" machine worlds, and thus the neutron sweep cannot be used on them. ; About Stellaris Wiki; Mobile view Neutron Sweep. There's 5 vanilla options. Normally i would say neutron sweep, because it let you re-colonize the planet, but if you have no interest in that, then planet cracker for the lols (and minerals). Report. If the world relied on external sources of power, habitats will begin to fail. I don't agree, Machine worlds can be colonized by Synths/Droids (Maybe Synthethic ascended. Report. The breach effect is temporary. 2; Reactions: Reply. It’s just more “humane” in in-game terms. And a cracking first post it is, too! Not literally: no planetbusters in sight. I guess for the same reason god ray and nanobot might not work either. Fallen empires are vestigial remnants of millennia old, extremely powerful empires that have become stagnant and decadent over the ages. use a world-cracker colossus. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. I Had used the neutron sweep to quickly clear big inhabited planets (including defensive forces) for recolonization. Or if you wish to go for "meta style", then you can go for the shielder stuff. Yea I tested my world cracker out on a barren world, really curious on wether or not I can use it. A research station can be built to study the planet afterwards. Yet when I attempt to use it…The interview is on the Tim Ferris Show, episode 106. They all showed up when I was in the ship designer though. If used on a Holy World, the Holy Guardians will awaken and declare a war on the perpetrator; If Earth is shattered, there is a 50% chance of creating a wormhole with another system; Can be test fired on uninhabited planets; Neutron Sweep All Pops on the planet are killed. . After all, if I remember correctly, the only W-Modules you can use on the Contingency's AI worlds, another version of a Machine World, are the Global Pacifier and World Cracker modules. Ooh, nice. Hi I'am finally fighting against Prethoryn and I am curious if I can use all type of colossus to purge infested worlds. But the planet cracker makes everything up with its orgastic animation. There are 5 colossi types of which one is exclusive to Drive Assimilators and stupidly overpowered. The Prethoryn Scourge is an end-game crisis enemy whose technology is 100% biological. And there's always. For the Planet Cracker see the post of u/ErrantSingulatity above. World Cracker: Shatters a planet, leaving behind a broken debris field that can be mined for resources. May. 3] [9d15] The Neutron Sweep Colossus weapon is very temperamental Game Version Cepheus [3. Nanobot Diffuser = Penyebar Nanobot. Collossus vs Habitats = ??? i think in the past iterations of the game, a colossus could attack a populated habitat or ring world. Fine, ill use my armys to capture it, but nope you cant do that on a machine world. Colossus with Neutron Sweep & Juggernaut;. It may be due to your. I want to use the world cracker,but when I replace it in the ship designer, it just goes back to the. Neutron sweep kills everyone on the planet and allows you to swoop in and colonize it. The building loss is still not great. . Yes, the neutron sweep. World Cracker should be able to destroy mega structures. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. ago. Cracker does kill them. Kiltymchaggismuncher • 3 yr. 123. . That would be nice. Neutron Sweep: Hooray you killed everyone, now you need to colonize the planet and wait for pops to grow before you can start producing stuff. Name. Neutronium provides 145/365/870 armor, while Crystaline provides 110/275/660. When the One is All and the All is One, there can not be the concept of harm against the Own/Nest/Self. 3. Available to non-Pacifists.