[FIXES] Fixed a compatibility issue with machines using Intel Iris 5100 & Pro 5200 that resulted in an indefinite hang on loading
Fixed compatibility issue with the following integrated graphic chipsets: HD Graphics 5000, 5100, 5200, 5300, 5600
Fixed an issue in which industry production was permanently sapped to 0 if a planet terraformation type was switched with another while an infinite improvement was queued - this could be exploited multiple times to get more resources
[ES2 STORIES] Fixed the German version of a comic displaying Spanish dialog, por razones qué no sabemos
Renegade Fleets update is live!
Hey folks,
Last month, you had a whole Amplitude Free Week-end to play any of our games and unlock cool fleet skins for Endless Space 2. Today, these skins have arrived! Here's a quick look at the Renegade Fleets update.
Cravers "Prime"
The Cravers Prime are an offshoot of the hive closely tied to the Virtual Endless. Whether they are a threat or a boon to the nest, only time will tell...
(previously only accessible to early access players: now available to all!)
Sophon "Mavros" Though the Sophons are occasionally jealous of the swaggering, alpha-being image of the Mavros, in fact they believe that the Mavros are too erratic to do anything of value (i.e. serious research). However, every once in a while, the Sophons like to remind other civilizations that they are entirely capable of blowing up other people’s moons as well…
Unfallen "Firekeepers" The Firekeepers have the critical role of tending the brush fires that support the Unfallen life cycle. The fires both remove scrub to prepare the fields to receive a new generation of Firsts, but also melt the resin that covers and protects the incredibly hardy Unfallen seeds. These ceremonial hulls commemorate the dedication of this organization.
Vodyani "Heretic" When Isyander St. Shaiad decided to throw away his lifetime of beliefs in the Church of the Virtual Saints and become Isyander Shumèd, he changed more than just his name. He rebuilt his own Cloth and the armor of his ships in crimson and white, the colors that he believed were initially used on the Endless altars to the Lost.
Lumeris "Buccaneer" A little piracy between friends was common before the relations between the Four Families became structured and formalized. While this hull cladding is a nod to those earlier times, there are also rumors that some fleets bearing these colors did not originate from Lancellum dockyards, but a rogue operation run by a shadowy figure known as Captain Roth.
Riftborn "Redshifted" Particles in zones inhabited by Riftborn are occasionally redshifted as a temporary adaptation to slow the local effects of corruption. This is an aftereffect of their time manipulation technologies, but has become an important tool in itself to offset some of the problems that their equipment—and ships—encounter in the Endless galaxy.
Horatio "Emerald" Horatio liked emerald green this weekend. That is all.
To celebrate the release of these skins, Endless Space 2 is discounted at 66% off, and the Vaulters expansion as well as Untold Tales & Lost Symphony content packs are 50% off for the next 48 hours. Now's a great time to complete your collection, or gift them to a friend!
NEW CONTENT - Renegade Fleets Skins
NEW CONTENT - Hissho Comic The new Hissho comic, Blood & Blade, is available in your install folder, by default: C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\Stories
NEW CONTENT - AI Modding After a lengthy beta period, the AI modding is now available. More info in this thread:
https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/forums/75-modding/threads/27061-01-how-to-create-an-ai-mod?
[FIXES] [AI] Fixed a bug where the diplomatic anti-spam feature would work all to well: AIs can once again send contracts to players
[FLEETS] Fixed Behemoth VFX lasting after destruction
Fixed Mining probe rate label being too large for the panel it was in
Fixed Core Cracker module tooltip saying it can be equipped on Arks although it no longer can
[HEROES] Corrected the Senator skill for United Empire heroes
Hissho Clerical correction Overseer Hero skill now has an influence boost at level 2
Fixed some glitches in the armor of the starting Hissho Hero Kogewa Brightblade
[FACTIONS] Corrected the formula of the "Aggressive" population trait for more consistency amongst the population traits
Honor Bound affinity no longer displays misleading information regarding starting with a Behemoth
[QUESTS] Fixed various small errors & placeholders in quest text & rewards
The militarist objective of the Hissho main quest: "Chapter 1: The Blade and the Eagle - Part 2" no longer mentions Pirate lairs as a possible target for invasion
[DIPLOMACY] Due to an issue, diplomatic counter-offers between players are disabled. Offers that are refused are still fully refunded
The "Accept" choice from "Remove Tendrils" contextual term notification no longer suggests that Tendrils will also be removed from Entwined planets
The tooltip of the Attitude Status no longer displays debug text when receiving a notification regarding an obliterated system
[SYSTEM MANAGEMENT] Fixed debug text appearing in system growth tooltip when using Ancestral Reverence
Added a missing signal seeker Cravers system improvement visual
The Tooltip of the Virtual Dustylizer via Expedition Successful notification no longer displays debug text
[TECHNOLOGIES] Placeholder description is no longer displayed for the tooltip effect of the System Development Level 4 Upgrade
Fixed Effects wording from level 4 system upgrade unlock which was inconsistent with the one from level 2 and 3 unlocks
[PERFORMANCES] Fixed an infinite turn issue. The source of the problem is still being investigated, but the provided game saves should now be usable
Enjoy!
[1.3.9] Patch notes
Patch notes 1.3.9
[OPTIMIZATION]
[AI]
[BALANCE]
[IMPROVEMENTS]
[FIXES] [BEHEMOTHS]
[ECONOMY]
[POLITICS]
[RELICS]
[ACHIEVEMENTS]
[FACTIONS]
[TECHNOLOGIES]
[QUESTS]
[SYSTEM MANAGEMENT]
[FLEET]
[HEROES]
[NOTIFICATIONS]
[MULTIPLAYER]
Join us for our Gamescom Beer2Gether!
Hey guys and gals,
We still don't have a Gamescom booth this year, but as the Hissho would rightfully point out, you don't mess with tradition, so we're organizing another Beer2Gether at a venue near Gamescom! From 7pm until late, get ready to spend an evening of merriment and revelry with us!
A few more people will be coming this year. It'll be 7 members of the Amplicrew, so if you're looking to meet He-Who-Shall-Be-Blamed Ato, She-Who-Keeps-Clocks-Ticking Natco, Frontrunner for best Horatio haircut Frogsquadron, or any of the cool people at the top (we have some new faces, and they're eager to meet you!), and you're at Gamescom, here's your chance!
As usual, we'll be joined by a bunch of our favorite community members, the VIPs, and also word is that some talented cosplayers will be joining us for our celebration, as the delegation for the Hissho empire. I hear they're here to negotiate something with a Yuusho representative whom you might have seen before...
Speaking of the Hissho, we'll have a trove of themed goodies, here's a hint below:
If you want to join us, simply fill out this form and we'll contact you closer to the date with more info!
Let us know in the comments if you plan on attending!
Let’s face it, it’s just too hot to go outside. So why bother melting in record high temps when you have the perfect excuse to stay inside and kick ice on some super cool Amplitude games?
That’s right, we’re offering up ALL of our games to play for FREE on Steam this weekend :
Start: Thursday at 8:00 PST / 16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST
End: Monday at 10 AM PST / 18:00 BST / 17:00 CEST
Whether you’re a returning player eager to try another of our games, or an adventurer completely new to the Endless universe, we’ve got something for you...
FREE WEEKEND STRETCH GOALS
What’s that you’re saying? You already have everything? Well, first off, high five! Such a discerning customer... However, we’ve got something special there for you too. On our free weekend website, we’ll be putting up Stretch Goals that will be unlocked based on the total number of hours played by our community, across all of our games.
Last year, 240,000 participated in the Endless Space 2 free weekend, unlocking all six reward tiers in the process. This year, we're back with another Community Challenge!
Simply play Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless, or Endless Space 2 and reach 1 million hours of collective playtime to help the community unlock all the rewards, which include a Cravers Prime skin that was only available during Early Access, and as stretch goals, 6 additional fleet skins to unlock for ES2!
Have a nice (free) weekend! :)
- the Amplitude team
RELEASE NOTES - "SUPREMACY" [1.3.3]
[NOTE OF INTENT]
The patch coming along the Hissho expansion packs quite a few changes.
Jhell, backstabber extraordinaire and Lead Game Designer on Endless Space 2, wrote the following:
“We wanted players to have more options after invasions, and how they went about their invasions. The manpower modules will now be much more effective, as they’re going to also increase the deployment limit, and there are choices to be made about sieging a system or swarming it with numbers. You will also be prompted on what to do after a successful invasion: occupy the system, pillage the system, or simply raze it. This should allow huge empires to more relentlessly wage war, leaving only a trail of razed and pillaged systems in their wake. We don’t want to spoil the surprise, but some empires have unique outcomes replacing regular pillage or raze actions.
The ground battles visual pacing has also been heavily tweaked; no more will you see two blobs of units against each other, now each ground battle tactic has its dedicated visual formation, unit types attack independently, and impacts are focused on units.
Another focus to wage war as comfortably as possible was to rework how diplomacy is handled during Isyander’s “metaplot” quest. You will now be able to attack foes AND friends on Lodestone nodes, provided you are on different teams. Your allies will hopefully understand that it’s “nothing personal, kid”.
On a different note, to acknowledge that the galaxy is a violent place, we’ve added the “System Relics” feature. Significant events like huge space or ground battles taking place on star systems may now leave permanent traces, and some anomalies or new curiosities may even emerge… All of this visible in scan view.
Lastly, to make them on par with the military victory conditions, the non-military ones have been reworked to last longer so you can enjoy the late-game content longer regardless of the victory type you’re pursuing.
Along with numerous fixes and the content of the expansion, you should now be able to utterly lay waste to the whole galaxy.”
[HISSHO EXPANSION CONTENT]
[FREE UPDATE CONTENT]
Reworked Ground battles
Some factions have specific variants of these actions.
..\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\OST\Surround
[IMPROVEMENTS]
[BALANCE]
[QUEST]
[FIXES]
[MULTIPLAYER FIXES]
[SOUND FIX]
[AI]
Supremacy - Behemoths
Hi folks,
Endless Space 2 Supremacy is coming to Steam this week, on August 2nd! We're very happy to be bringing another expansion to Endless Space 2, and we hope you'll like it, too! In case you're curious about what's coming up, we'll be publishing the game design documents over the next few days. Here's a closer look at the new major feature of the Supremacy expansion and everybody's favorite new toys, the Behemoths...
Common Gameplay
A Behemoth is a ship which is larger than a Carrier. The Behemoth's ultimate purpose is to evolve and become specialized. For the most part of the game however, it will have a multi-purpose role determined by its equipped modules and can be used economically or militarily.
Behemoths
The actions are detailed below.
Support Mining
Government support
Science Research
Planet Improvement
All these modules require the player to have the corresponding anomaly/terraformation technologies unlocked.
Military
Specialization
Once the corresponding Behemoth-tech has been researched, it can become specialized in the one that was unlocked. Specialization is permanent and changes the hull of the Behemoth. A specialized Behemoth can be embedded in a fleet alongside other ships.
Battleship
Largest and strongest military ship in the game:
Obliterator
The Obliterator is a System destroyer which has a quite weak hull with a very limited amount of slots:
Citadel
The Behemoth embeds itself onto a system and transforms it into a Citadel (so you don't have a ship anymore :)):
This should shake up the end game quite a bit, especially considering that we've started working on victory conditions to make them a little harder to reach (more on that in the patch notes tomorrow!)
What's the Behemoth look you like the most?
Supremacy - The Hissho Faction
Hi guys,
Endless Space 2 Supremacy is coming to Steam this week, on August 2nd! We're very happy to be bringing another expansion to Endless Space 2, and we hope you'll like it, too! In case you're curious about what's coming up, we'll be publishing the game design documents over the next few days. Here's a closer look at the new faction of the Supremacy expansion, the Hissho...
Faction: Hissho
Species: Hissho
Government: The Honorable Hissho Doksai
History: Tempered by steel and battle, the Hissho evolved from avian ancestors on their Home Planet of Uchi. Focused on the constant wars between their own tribes, they lived ignorant of the different species roaming the galaxy until they were picked up by the Endless, augmented and then quickly put to the test as gladiators fighting in the decadent arenas of their new masters. How long this period of mindless slaughter for the pleasure of their overlords lasted, none of them could say, and of this bygone age only memories of slavery and exploitation remain, along with those of glory and adulation.
Society:
Under the rule of the Tokso, their military and spiritual leader, both an accomplished warrior and a symbol of divine authority, the Hissho have long lived divided into clans and regions following feudal lines. However, modernity slowly eroded this very strict organization and changed the makeup of society. Oaths of loyalty are now made to “School” and the way of life prescribed inside the walls of their integrated cities.
Of those, two are worth particular attention: The Way of the Red Blade, whose focus on physical training and warmongering attitude seduced those who would see the Hissho reign supreme on the galaxy; and the Order of the Obsidian Eagle with its daily observation of religious sacrifices and hermetic discipline, earning the respect, and even the fear, of those who come into contact with it.
Gameplay: The Hissho are a military-oriented faction whose main gameplay feature is Keii (which translates to respect or deference). This new resource that can only be replenished through combat is used to power special abilities applied on Hissho fleets. It also drives their empire Obedience which replaces happiness and supersedes the Obedience of their star systems. Crushingly strong on the offensive, the Hissho will only fall if you cannot sustain your war economy and let your Keii wither away.
Heroes: As a faction well versed in the art of combat, it’s no surprise that the Hissho would mostly house heroes focused on warfare and space battle. They are therefore best suited for admiral positions thanks to strong damage and fleet upkeep bonuses but if push comes to shove, they make decent governors… as long as your goal is to make your system a manpower and spaceship factory.
Ships: Powerful and versatile, Hissho fleets can easily switch between straightforward and devious loadouts thanks to numerous polyvalent slot modules capable of hosting both support and defense or attack modules.
Faction Card:
Population Traits:
Assimilation Traits:
Population Collection Bonus:
Starting party:
PsychoTraits:
Faction Traits: Keii-do
Resources: Keii
Keii is a new resource the Hissho can use to launch special abilities and that drives their empire "Obedience" (more about that lower in this post). More specifically, it is lost by:
And it is earned by:
Along those methods, there is also a way to boost the Keii you will obtain: through your Behemoth ’”Keii zone”. As long as a fleet fights under this specific circular region generated by Hissho Behemoths, you will passively get a 20% boost to all Keii gains after a battle.
Keii uses: Glorious actions
Glorious actions are special abilities that the player can use on a fleet, star system or a Behemoth to impact them.
There are 4 different Glorious actions whose effect depend on their target.
We're very happy to finally be revealing what we've been cooking up! A week from now on August 2nd, we'll be releasing Endless Legend Inferno &Endless Space 2 Supremacy.
Rather than make one humongous blog post to introduce both, we're splitting them up. Click on each picture to be taken to the description of the corresponding expansion! You can already pre-order any one expansion now to get a 10% discount, or better yet: order both as a bundle and get 20% off!
They are available for pre-order now on Steam at the following links and price points:
Endless Space - Galaxy Cup
Hello there,
The Galaxy Cup will be held starting today until July 15th.
16 Endless Space factions will compete for the ultimate prize: Internet Glory!
Come vote for your favorite faction throughout the month on our Twitter or Facebook.
