Questions tagged [endless-space]
Endless Space is a science fiction 4x galaxy conquest game that has been developed by Amplitude Games.
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How can I move population to other colonised systems?
I have a very populous home system and other systems with very low food production. How can I transport population from my home system to these other systems?
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How can I automatically redirect created ships?
Master of Orion (I forget which one, probably II. Sing the song of reverence, amen. Ahem.) had an excellent feature in it, whereby created ships would automatically be redirected to another designated ...
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Is there a way to know whether a fleet has already attacked this turn?
I had a system with two of my fleets and one enemy fleet. One of my fleets attacked and destroyed the enemy fleet, but I forgot which - and now I want to move the fleet that has not already attacked ...
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How does the “portal particle screens” improvement work?
I'm playing as Vaulters, and I'm having difficulty parsing what the hell the "portal particle screens" system improvement does:
Specifically:
What is "construction effects"? Does it mean that during ...
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How is the attacked fleet selected?
When there's more than one hostile fleet of the same faction at a system, and one of my fleets chooses the attack option in that system, the game always picks the attacked fleet for me. How is the ...
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What does the “ship cost on star system” modifier do?
At some places in the game I see a ship modifier of "ship cost on star system", for example the Vaulters' Ylona class (destroyer-equivalent) has an inherent attribute of "-5% ship cost on star system":...
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Why don't my industry conversion techs work?
Every system has two conversion techs: industry to science and industry to dust. Most of the times, choosing one of these options immediately updates the system's science / dust production.
However, ...
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How do I regenerate troops / fighters / bombers?
I just invaded a system and lost some of my landing troops, e.g. my ship details shows Troops: 1/2. How do I regenerate those? I don't seem to be able to repair or retrofit the ships.
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Trading technologies [duplicate]
I played a multiplayer match with my friend and we built an alliance. I was able to trade my technologies with my friend, but for some reason my friend can't offer me any technologies from his tech ...
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What does this particular symbol mean/stand for?
Sometimes my heroes show me this symbol, but I don't know what it actually means. What does this symbol stand for?
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What cards, if any, should I use for unimportant battles?
When the outcome of a fight is pre-ordained, or it's otherwise unimportant, I'd like to skip choosing battle cards. Are there a set of decent cards to which I should default? Or will the AI learn ...
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Diplomatic Consequences of Events in Endless Space
In Endless Space, I can choose reactions that are "Selfish", "Helpful" or "Hostile". The "Helpful" options often benefit other empires, while the "Hostile" options often hinder them.
Do my choices ...
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Does everyone choose their reactions to Galactic Events in Endless Space?
When there's an event in Endless Space, I get to choose how I react to it. For at least "Galactic Events", are all empires in the galaxy choosing their reactions to it at the same time?
What about ...
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How do Events affect uncontacted empires?
Events in Endless Space have three options: Selfish, Helpful and Hostile. The rewards/consequences of these can affect one's own star systems, fleets, etc., or those of enemies, or even those of all ...
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What should I focus on early-game in Endless Space? [closed]
I think I understand the basic structure of Endless Space. That said, the first 50 or so turns in a standard game are fairly crucial. What should my focus be in this early game?
What should be the ...
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How do I get larger fleets?
How do you extend the amount of ships in a fleet? I am sowers and can only have 5 but the humans have like 15 or something.
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Open Borders option not available
I'm playing Endless Space (with Disharmony), and I'm slightly confused by the diplomacy mechanics. I've made peace with another faction (Horatio, if it matters; I'm Sophons myself). I'd like to offer ...
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What does the Dust Wielder Ability in Endless Space do?
The description says: -30%/-50% Ability dust cost on Hero
What does that mean, hero abilites are all passive and don't cost any dust anyway, right?
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Default battle orders
In late games I often use a VERY similar battle orders. Having many battles make me boring and tired to configure each of them for each battle.
Is there any way I can configure default orders?
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What impact has amount of planet?
What impact has amount of planet? I play with a goal to win as quickly as possible with whatever victory type will be. I believe I will end up with "strong empire" or whatever is that name where I ...
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What is a galaxy seed and setup to get the Immortal Bard achievement?
For the immortal bard achievement you need to hire two specific heroes:
Can you give a Galaxy seed and setup details where achieving this is possible?
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Is it possible to share a victory? [duplicate]
My Girlfriend and I have been forming an alliance as soon as possible when playing against AI... when we get to the end though, all other races wiped out we were hoping to have a shared victory. In ...
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Is it possible to burn stacked production on industry conversion?
The Automatons' racial ability of stacked production lets them store up to 5 turns' worth (7, with research) of production on a system without having it go to waste. This is in addition to the ...
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What counts as a weapon for the Way of Harmony Achievement?
The Way of Harmony
As Amoeba, win a game without building any ships containing weapons
If I get a defense ship from an exploration event, does that count? What if I build ships with fighters & ...
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How do Diplomatic Victory points work?
"By building alliances and friendships with other factions and empires, you become highly valuable as a friend and simply too dangerous as an enemy. When you have accumulated enough Diplomatic Victory ...
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The Holy Terra Achievement
The achievement states "Build every Improvement in your home system" but what does it mean by "every". Some improvements are not possible as they require a planet type that may not be in your home ...
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Is this exploration bonus per turn or one-time?
I have got an exploration bonus, and it gives me the choice of 1 ability point on my hero, 15 research, or 30 gold. Are the research and gold bonuses per turn or one time only?
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What drives the cost to retrofit a fleet?
I was wondering if it would not be more practical to build hollow ships with nothing on board, and to retrofit them to match an ennemy's weaknes when time comes.
Would it be more expensive to ...
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What does the Disharmony DLC add to Endless Space?
I bought Endless Space recently in a bundle with the Disharmony DLC.
In my experience sometimes such addons are used to fix all sorts of issues and generally improve all aspects of the game. In other ...
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How does a planet become depleted and how do I recover it?
I recently conquered an enemy's star system. I noticed that a few planets were "depleted". How does a planet become depleted?
Since only planets from conquered systems seem to be depleted, does it ...
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Is there a way to have multiple winners?
Question is pretty much in the title: is it possible for an alliance to win as one, instead of a single player being the winner?
And if there is such way, is there a difference between classic and ...
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How to start Endless Space as a complete beginner? [closed]
I really enjoy 4x strategy games so I purchased endless space.
The problem is that I have been trying to play and understand what is going on but I am completely clueless. The in game tutorials are ...
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Is it possible to conquer an enemy system and not settle it?
I want to destroy an AI player that I am at war with but I don't necessarily want all of his systems. Is there a way to just destroy and not settle an enemy system?
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Limitations on trading technology
I can't figure out what the limitations are for trading technologies to my human ally. At first I had a large list of techs to give him. Since we are doing a co-op vs AI we decided to research in ...
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How can I colonize a system with no food production?
Endless Space generates some systems that have no food producing planets. How can I successfully colonize one of these systems?
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What is the logic of fleet groupings in Endless Space: Disharmony?
As of the Disharmony expansion, I've noticed a discongruity between the fleets and fleet power I can see from the planet perspective and what appears once I hit the button to engage a fleet.
It used ...
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What is Hull Weakness?
Several of the new ship modules in Disharmony give "Hull Weakness X%".
What is Hull Weakness? Should I be worried?
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How does the dust reduction for the distance from empire work?
I noticed that many of my systems have problems earning dust, and found the very negative factor "distance with empire" in the detailed dust report:
How does this mechanic work exactly? How is the ...
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Automaton industry stacking mechanism
There are 2 things I'd like to understand about the Automaton special ability.
This is what I read on Wikia and the Amplitude Studio Website, emphasising what I don't understand :
At the end of the ...
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If multiple systems have an available trade route, which one gets the route?
In Endless Space, trade routes are set up automatically once a new planet is available to trade with: you're at peace with a race and explore a new planet among that peaceful race, or you become at ...
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What does +XP refer to in tech descriptions of Endless Space?
What does +XP refer to in tech descriptions of Endless Space? For instance, in "Hardened Framing", its description is given as: "+6 ship XP on building on star system". Does this mean the built ship ...
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How exactly do missile defenses work?
I've done pretty well with missile defenses while playing Endless Space so far. Getting killed by missiles? Put in more of best known flak module. Problem solved! But now I'm getting interested in ...
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What does a hero's power of “Leech” do?
Commander-type Heroes can gain the abilities of Inside Informant and Insight, which give some amount of "Leech" to Dust and Research, respectively. I assume this means they can take a little Dust or ...
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Is resource trading in Endless Space a flat fee or a per-turn thing?
In Endless Space, Dust can be traded on a per turn and one time basis. It's never explicitly stated which of those resource trading is.
On a related note, what is your strategic reserve of a resource?...
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Do you get any reimbursement for scrapping ships?
When I scrap a ship, does it accomplish anything besides reducing my financial burden? Does it matter if I scrap the ship in my own territory? Or would I be better off sending my useless ships on ...
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Can you still earn Steam achievements after victory?
Once you've won Endless Space somehow, can you still earn Steam achievements? Or do you have to go back to a saved game before you won, and earn those achievements before your victory?
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Is there a quick way to delete saves off of the steam cloud?
I've been playing a Endless Space for a while now, and I've got quite a few saves saved up... Any way I can clean house and mass delete the ones I no longer need?
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Is there a way to destroy my enemy's planet without taking it over? [duplicate]
Often my people become unhappy about the unwieldy size of my empire. Is there any way to just destroy the population on an opposing planet, rather than taking control of it?
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Is Adaptive Taxation worthless in a system that only has asteroids?
It supposedly generates 2$ per person on planets... Do Asteroids count as planets for this purpose?
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Where is this Unexpected Event taking place?
So I see this event... is this on EVERY system? If it is on a specific system, how do I find out which one so I can take it for myself or blockade it to make it less useful for my enemies.
