Developer Paradox has detailed the Stellaris 3.7.4 patch, which is now live and brings long-awaited changes and improvements to the big space strategy following the release of the Stellaris First Contact DLC earlier this month. Among the changes are big changes to one of the origins added with the DLC, garbage collection, and the possibility of civilizations having a daunting challenge when nuclear war threatens to break out.
The Salvage Source is one of three introduced in the expansion, and you start on a planet that has successfully held back the efforts of a hostile empire, though it’s still waiting for you there. The new update changes several aspects of this source to correct the behavior of collectors and MSIs, and should smoothen the source a bit. MSI is also getting additional naval capabilities and new startup tech, making them a bit stronger overall.
Now, there is a chance that civilizations that existed before FTl will face a “closed challenge” when the threat of nuclear war is imminent. Starbase Reactors are getting a nice 15% power boost, which should help upgraded Citadels use more weapon slots. Meanwhile, Hive Minds that have astronomers and cordyceptive drones now start with three reanimated amoebas.
There’s also a fairly large set of bug fixes, such as the “Starbase Sabotage” option not actually destroying components and the Solarpunk company remaining neutral after being attacked. Unemployment living standard-based happiness penalties will no longer apply, which will now be determined by employment levels. The AI will now also correctly create clone pools to keep their colonies alive if they control a clone army, which is probably for the best.
Stellaris 3.7.4 Patch Notes
Here are the patch notes for the Stellaris 3.7.4 update, which is now live:
Changes in the origin of the refund
- If you defeat the debt collectors three times, MSI will use the Humiliation war objective against you instead of trying to make you a vassal.
- Debt collectors will no longer bother you if you are currently at war with MSI.
- Adjusted Salvage War objectives to ensure that you cannot vassalize or impose ideologies on murderous empires.
- Slightly increased consent to make Payback war targets.
- Fixed a rare case where the “Debt Collectors” event chain could crash if the Debt Collectors were defeated by another empire.
- Scavenger Empires now receive a consolation prize if an MSI is destroyed by a Marauder Empire.
- Fixed an issue where Empire of Reckoning would use the “End Threat (Reckoning)” war objective against MSI and could end up moaning and not as intended.
Balance and improvements
- Civilizations that existed before FTL now have a chance to be on the brink of possibility when the threat of nuclear war presents itself.
- Starbase reactor power increased by approximately 15%.
- Hiveminds with cordyceptic drones and stargazers now start with 3 revived amoebas.
- FTL sensitization naturally cannot drop below 10.
- Increase Awareness Espionage Operation now prevents Awareness from naturally dropping in ftl for 5 years.
- The Triumviri ending for Fear of the Dark can now be obtained by infiltrating the Fevorian government.
- Enhanced MSI by bringing them additional fleet capabilities and startup technologies.
Error correction
- Dim Beam now correctly destroys the last world on standby (when upgraded with the Archeo Engineers Ascension perk).
- Fixed an issue that prevented Operation Starbase Sabotage from destroying Starbase components.
- Fixed an issue that prevented you from building Orbital Rings in Fear of the Dark.
- You can no longer get multiple Galatrons from Reliquaries.
- A hive mind up to FTL will no longer produce consumer goods.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Solarpunk Corporation from joining the galaxy.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Solarpunk Corporation to remain neutral after being attacked.
- Fixed an issue that caused Sol X and his local beta world to overlap.
- Fixed an issue where the “Dark Forest” achievement would not trigger in some cases due to interaction with Marauders.
- Science and construction ships obtained by specializing in the Imperial Fiefdom source scenario now correctly start with hyperdrives for empires with the Eager Explorer model.
- Fix AI empires that build hundreds of surveillance stations if you don’t have first contact.
- Adjectives in empire names should now be displayed for German, Simplified Chinese, and Russian.
- Removed unnecessary progress bar in clear crash mode.
- Removed Unemployed Happiness Penalties from Living Level, which now only apply to Job Capes.
- Clone Army Origin AI now creates clone tanks to keep your colonies alive.
- Starbases should now correctly reflect your new sensor range at the monthly tick.
- Old Saturated Ordnance Tech now unlocks the Spinal Mount Bow section for Battleships.
- Fixed an issue where unmasking on a system with pre-ftls would incorrectly trigger an awareness event.
- Broken Shackles empires that ban bots now correctly remove machines and machine populations.
- Terraforming a planet can now also trigger a consciousness boost.
- Fixed a crash when a view does not have a valid archetype.
Removed the ability to use the Reveal diplomatic action while already revealing yourself. - Pre-FTL conventions such as “give tech” are now properly removed once a pre-FTL civ goes into space.
- Pre-FTL global session is stuck on “Salty Issue” messaging event.
- Removed the ability to upgrade on neutral starbases.
- Fixed a bug where the breakaway country “Fear of the Dark” was localized incorrectly in German, Polish, and Spanish.
- Added the correct icon for the Negative Media Coverage modifier.
- If there was more than one planet in a pre-light society, none of them will be available for observation once the society is fully aware of it.
- Excavation sites should no longer spawn minor artifacts for users who do not have the Ancient Relics DLC.
- Fixed icon for healthcare refusal modifier.
- Class 4 Singularity can now be built as an event reward.
- It makes you unable to get an option in an eavesdropping event that requires an intervention policy that does not allow eavesdropping.
- Genocidal empires can now use species assimilation rights that target their species. This should resolve the fact that Fanatical Purifiers cannot cybernetically or psionically assimilate Lost Colonies, Separatist planets, etc.
- Added the missing stealth feature in the form of a ship skin.
- Blocks the possibility of terraforming while the planet is in the colonization phase.
- Fixed a crash when loading old save games.
- Fixed a tooltip bug with Defense Pact fleets in Time of War.
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Source : PC Gamesn
