Stellaris - Contingency Mechanics (Skynet is up to its old tricks)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 сен 2017
  • WARNING, SPOILERS
    The AI Crisis has been reworked, introducing; Contingency.
    Copyright © 2017 Paradox Interactive AB. www.ParadoxPlaza.com
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  • @georgemills-burrows7052
    @georgemills-burrows7052 6 лет назад +726

    Ah yes "The Contingency", a sentient race of immortal synthetics allegedly waiting in their sterilisation hubs. We have dismissed that claim.

  • @Seemfly
    @Seemfly 4 года назад +687

    "...from a measly 80k, up to a Million..."
    Suddenly regretting turning the endgame dial up to 5X.

    • @tomasjavorsky5323
      @tomasjavorsky5323 3 года назад +83

      *Laughs in 25x strength*

    • @TOONYBOY
      @TOONYBOY 3 года назад +68

      Yeah, they've really done a lazy job with the difficulty scaling. Instead of making them more difficult to fight in ways like aggression and respawn rates they've just made it so that higher difficulties make their ships untouchable and yours a 1-shot kill.
      If the AI actually decided to attack you then you would have no chance of beating them. The only way you can survive against them is if they chill out and do nothing for 50 years, luckily that's exactly what they do.

    • @orctrihar
      @orctrihar 3 года назад +3

      Prepare myself for ×3

    • @lastfirst5863
      @lastfirst5863 3 года назад +14

      @@TOONYBOY IMO marauders are more dangerous because they can wake up when your empire’s still young.

    • @yimingwang8037
      @yimingwang8037 3 года назад +1

      nah mate its just 400k :D

  • @alexmcbride7563
    @alexmcbride7563 6 лет назад +1011

    I love how Paradox found a way to bring the Cybrex into the end game crisis here. I think it's really cool that this once Determined Exterminator Empire has had a change of heart. I'm sad that they leave at the end, but I understand why Paradox did that.

    • @feeler6670
      @feeler6670 4 года назад +213

      Cybrex: "I know now why you cry...but it is something I can never do. Goodbye."

    • @heckinmemes6430
      @heckinmemes6430 4 года назад +31

      @@feeler6670 *Thumbs up*

    • @opposition22
      @opposition22 2 года назад +15

      Does it ever say the cybrex are exterminators, I thought it was ambiguous as to what their actual government was like it could have been an assimilators.

    • @CorsetLebelle
      @CorsetLebelle 2 года назад

      @@opposition22 it says they tried to purge the galaxy during there time if you do there events they then had a change of heart and vanished for abit it never tells ya why they decide to end there purge

    • @christophermikiewicz7083
      @christophermikiewicz7083 2 года назад +20

      @@opposition22 As far as I know they were to some extent, as they were in a war against the entire galaxy. They were very successful but at some point though there was internal conflict as some anomaly events describe, which led to them sealing themselves off in some ring world or bunker I think.

  • @creepylegend7392
    @creepylegend7392 4 года назад +866

    I struggled at first against contingency then I got the blessing of "The End of the Cycle" and wrecked them easily. Now complete galactic peace.
    50yrs have passed.
    Hold up

    • @privateger
      @privateger 4 года назад +130

      *The reckoning has arrived.*

    • @AceDreamer
      @AceDreamer 4 года назад +61

      @@privateger ah sh!t, here we go again. . .

    • @SpectrumSwordtails
      @SpectrumSwordtails 4 года назад +51

      @@privateger I wonder what would happen if The Reckoning, the Contingency along with many of the other end game crysis all did battle to each other. Who would win first?
      How difficult would it be to finish off the winner?
      These are the kinds of questions that need an answer.

    • @Bluelyre
      @Bluelyre 4 года назад +27

      @@SpectrumSwordtails depends on how much territory and pop the end of the cycle empire had probably.

    • @MinecrafWolf
      @MinecrafWolf 4 года назад +2

      @@Bluelyre End of the Cycle weak as shit

  • @eclipseslayer98
    @eclipseslayer98 6 лет назад +665

    The Cybrex will give you a fleet if you're down on your luck? SENPAI NOTICED ME!

    • @Bog_Dog
      @Bog_Dog 6 лет назад +21

      Cybrex seemed totally against helping me out xD they just got their own fleets wrecked chasing the contingency around and never attached the defence fleets by sterilisation hubs... so I wasn’t able to take them down and they kept spawning more fleets until the cybrex were totally destroyed ... rip

  • @Gam0rDude
    @Gam0rDude 6 лет назад +757

    I love the cybrex redemption going on here.

  • @Spewan
    @Spewan 6 лет назад +822

    Be Me:
    Have Both Fallen Empires Awaken
    Have both Awakened Empires Decide to have a nice war against each other
    Be the shortest Path between each of them
    Have a Fleet power of 70k in one fleet ( Equal to all other non-fallen empires)
    Be Neutral
    THEN
    have 2/4 of the Contingency Machine Worlds spawn ON your border
    have another Contingency Machine World on spawn 1 Warp Jump away from your Empire
    Try To repel 1 of the 3 seperate 71k Contingency Fleets in your systems.
    Defeat 1 fleet
    Have ANOTHER 71k Contingency Fleet Warp in to mop you up
    >RAGE QUIT

    • @Shockwave1794
      @Shockwave1794 5 лет назад +118

      *War in Heaven*
      AA
      *2 Contingency Worlds spawn*
      AAA
      *Contingency fleet come clean up*
      *AAAA*

    • @minimalgrammar1276
      @minimalgrammar1276 5 лет назад +41

    • @monnd
      @monnd 5 лет назад +5

      They spawned right next to my capital world, 200k fleet power i quited instantly

    • @leviheichou1406
      @leviheichou1406 5 лет назад +19

      @@monnd *laughs in 400k naval power*

    • @SWSagume
      @SWSagume 5 лет назад +6

      When Bad Luck Brian plays Stellaris.

  • @firewarrior776
    @firewarrior776 6 лет назад +440

    So the necrons show up. And the old ones come back to help fight them. Got it.

    • @kingaragornii9940
      @kingaragornii9940 4 года назад +50

      The boomers came back to defend the innocents from the millennials.

    • @Varichan
      @Varichan 4 года назад +14

      @@kingaragornii9940 ey, wrong generation! we millenials are the ones who first suffered under boomers and now suffer from gen Z ~~ we are the screwed generation, that is getting bashed from all sides

    • @mncpoops4005
      @mncpoops4005 3 года назад

      Necrons??

    • @---iv5gj
      @---iv5gj 3 года назад +4

      dude i think you time travelled

    • @firewarrior776
      @firewarrior776 3 года назад +3

      @@---iv5gj I have no memory of this comment.

  • @Zlonk7
    @Zlonk7 4 года назад +175

    "You will have to chew through all those defenses"
    *Laughs in planet killer class weapons*

    • @novaassasinated9907
      @novaassasinated9907 3 года назад +4

      Hell yeah

    • @gamester512
      @gamester512 3 года назад +11

      @@novaassasinated9907 Yep. Just use a Colossus to crack the Sterilization Hubs while your fleets keep it protected during the firing process, since the Sterilization Hubs self-destruct once they are defeated anyway. :P

    • @NameName2.0
      @NameName2.0 2 года назад +1

      *cackles in literal planetcraft*

    • @thunderspark1536
      @thunderspark1536 2 года назад

      @@NameName2.0 ROARS IN O CLASS SYSTEMCFAFT

    • @scp-001thescarletking
      @scp-001thescarletking 5 месяцев назад

      @@thunderspark1536screams In quasi stellar obliterator

  • @pkd5849
    @pkd5849 6 лет назад +96

    The cybrex have returned: hell yeah
    The cybrex decide to leave: FUCKKKKKK NOOOOOOO

    • @gamester512
      @gamester512 3 года назад +4

      On the plus side, they leave behind their Ring World that you can then claim for yourself. So there's always that. :P

  • @dyl0wned
    @dyl0wned 6 лет назад +717

    I have a theory: the class-30 singularity the contingency refers to is the END OF THE CYCLE. It explains why the creators created the contingency and why they suddenly died out: the creators made a pact with the end of the cycle, but built the contingency as a "contingency" to fight it. The "self termination" could have been the end of the cycle occurring and killing their species. The contingency could be what is left over from the massive battle that ensued between the cycle and the creators. Either that, or the survivors of the cycle created the contingency to make sure that the cycle never occurs again.

    • @anderkickers5
      @anderkickers5 6 лет назад +31

      Dylon S Now tell spiffing Brit

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 6 лет назад +133

      They self terminated to avoid a class 30 occurance. So, they did not cause one. Plus, it could also be that a Psi race would bring the Unbiden and/or destroy the fabric of the universe itself through powerful psi blasts, such as travelling around dimensions. In other words, it's as ambiguous as Paradox could make it without making no sense.

    • @swordwaker7749
      @swordwaker7749 6 лет назад +27

      The end of cycle is a strange thing with no one trying to put up a fight against. Yet they made the entity have limited power and you could just spam torpedo corvettes. This is weird. I don't understand the logic of AI empires. Something is wrong. Also the end of cycle is powerful just because no one seems to do anything. It's like the AI empires don't even see this being. Yet when they summon it, player can still see.

    • @Zoey--
      @Zoey-- 6 лет назад +15

      This is an absolutely amazing theory. Having procced end of the cycle with galactic dominance essentially mine already I can confirm it rapes the entire galaxy. Imagine if that got out into the wider universe constantly growing in strength. Self termination indeed!

    • @swordwaker7749
      @swordwaker7749 6 лет назад +1

      Dylon S Nope, the end of cycle isn't that scary. In fact around 300k unbidden stack could kill it easily. Everyone just magically do nothing. Maybe they just want to benefit from it and take exiles instead because that's how you win the game. Many players would take this route too. No one really quite understand what it is.

  • @ViralN9
    @ViralN9 6 лет назад +205

    Wasn't expecting the cybrex to show up, that's pretty cool.

  • @jakobkristensensandvik5588
    @jakobkristensensandvik5588 4 года назад +86

    You missed one important part of the Contigency's lore: you are actually NOT on the way to developing a class-30 singularity. Even the fallen empires only posess a class 4 one ( a building they have is called class-4 singularity). The AI has, however, gone rogue and wants to wipe out the galaxy long before it's directive demands it, thus it corrupts the synths with the ghost signal to make them manually activate the Contingency rather than waiting for the galaxy to advance to a class-30 singularity level of technology.

    • @braincell4536
      @braincell4536 2 года назад

      It basically waited until it could control a species. Ie. Synths

    • @kennyadriangreenwood5421
      @kennyadriangreenwood5421 Год назад +2

      How much POWER does the class 30 one make

    • @adamnevraumont4027
      @adamnevraumont4027 Год назад +1

      I wonder what class the "become the crisis" singularity is. 10?

  • @M4gnetar11
    @M4gnetar11 2 года назад +60

    I love it how the contingency has multiple personalities fighting with each other as it talks to you. One is very direct and forthcoming, one seems to be nothing but pre-recorded messages, and the third just blatantly insults you. Real nice villain design Paradox.

    • @Cipkanikolaj
      @Cipkanikolaj Год назад +1

      Reminds me of the Master from fallout

  • @artificialgravitas8954
    @artificialgravitas8954 6 лет назад +185

    Sick intro, flying through that Star Destro... I mean Contingency Dreadnought!

  • @jediarchives7826
    @jediarchives7826 6 лет назад +65

    That 'the Cybrex have returned' sent shivers down my spine, and it's an awesome detail to those who know the full meaning of it

  • @TheBronxShogun
    @TheBronxShogun 6 лет назад +69

    The Cybrex part was pretty fucking hype, and now I wonder if Paradox weill expand on the other precursors.

  • @Cursedzeba
    @Cursedzeba 6 лет назад +31

    Ah yes “reapers” we have dismissed that claim

  • @SuperOverlord94
    @SuperOverlord94 6 лет назад +219

    So the Cybrex will come in and help if the Contingency grows too strong? That's wonderful news, because I'm currently exhausting my resources as a Machine Empire trying to stop these things from wrecking my side of the galaxy. I've blown up one planet so far, but my fleet, and that of my allies, is a wreck now. Luckily for me, my enemies are in just as much trouble as me, or else I would have been utterly boned.

    • @A_Spec
      @A_Spec  6 лет назад +40

      +Lord-of-Change their trigger is set to 15 of the galaxy taken by the Contingency.

    • @Brakiros
      @Brakiros 6 лет назад +22

      Cybrex don't trigger if you get the Machine Fallen Empire, they Awaken and get curbstomped because they don't get the same strength the Cybrex do

    • @sharksareneat8723
      @sharksareneat8723 2 года назад +1

      @@Brakiros They can also go rogue and start attacking everything around me - that happened to me

    • @ennui9745
      @ennui9745 2 года назад +2

      @@sharksareneat8723 2/3rds chance of the machine Fallen Empire awakening to fight the Contingency, and 1/3rd chance of the machine Fallen Empire being corrupted by the Contingency and going berserk.

  • @truetex8398
    @truetex8398 6 лет назад +199

    Thats a smooth ass intro

  • @BloodiedShingle
    @BloodiedShingle 6 лет назад +18

    Fearful that this will be my crisis, having just started my first game of Stellaris a few days ago. REALLY hoping that I get it, though, this was chilling stuff.
    At any rate...
    "You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it."

    • @cloaker7237
      @cloaker7237 Год назад +1

      All three of the crisis types are super difficult. Difference is the triggers
      -Contingency is synthetics/sapient combat computers
      -Unbidden is jump drives
      -Prethoryn is pretty much just the absence of the other two

  • @chrischu1285
    @chrischu1285 6 лет назад +89

    That's pretty cool. It's purpose seems to be to make sure people don't make a Covenant with the End Of Cycle, this class 30 singularity it mentions.

    • @admiralwalrus3963
      @admiralwalrus3963 6 лет назад +17

      Chris Chu *makes a covenant anyway*
      Yay galactic peace for 50 years!

    • @DontKnow-hr5my
      @DontKnow-hr5my 6 лет назад +9

      ...that might have been why they suicided the entire race in the end! Somehow learned about what would happen and decided to kill themselves before these 50 years are over.

    • @Poppadop1
      @Poppadop1 6 лет назад +1

      +Chris Chu Then why is the trigger synthetics and not psionics...?

    • @Irgendjemandlol
      @Irgendjemandlol 6 лет назад +3

      Because it need synthy to get itself activated. It told you that it needed to find a way to awake

    • @Poppadop1
      @Poppadop1 6 лет назад +1

      +Hans Peter _"Because it need synthy to get itself activated."_
      Even though this has nothing to do with the galaxy's level of psionic proficiency...? Keep in mind that people already use the term "singularity" to refer to significant AI advancement.

  • @Mrcool2oo3
    @Mrcool2oo3 6 лет назад +63

    The cybex are back HOORA HOORA

  • @bizzaroid2021
    @bizzaroid2021 4 года назад +86

    Me: just playing Stellaris
    Also me: see that the ghost signal event has begun
    *Memories of Vietnam activated*

    • @theholypeanut8193
      @theholypeanut8193 2 года назад +1

      *Cardiac Arrest Immediate*

    • @HOLDENPOPE
      @HOLDENPOPE 2 года назад

      ironic, the Contingency were the first crisis I properly defeated.
      When the Prethoryn invaded, I basically quarantined them to a part of the galaxy.
      The Unbidden completely wrecked everyone lol.

    • @anidiot4243
      @anidiot4243 Год назад

      I always go hit and run and make contingency experience vietnam on me

  • @robertkaminski5388
    @robertkaminski5388 6 лет назад +86

    I don't want to be spoiled - I want to be pampered :)

  • @JDTR1900
    @JDTR1900 6 лет назад +32

    A Sterilization hub spawned in my Empire next to my core worlds. Crap.

    • @imperiumCirca41
      @imperiumCirca41 3 года назад

      The irony that im playing it right now and this JUST happened

  • @Uranos84
    @Uranos84 6 лет назад +72

    So cybrex make a comeback. Cool. Wonder if the Irassians will make a comeback as well.

    • @orangvii3633
      @orangvii3633 6 лет назад

      Pretty much

    • @shoobydoobydoooo
      @shoobydoobydoooo 6 лет назад +17

      Would be cool if you somehow found one pop (or even a single survivor) somewhere in space as part of a super rare event chain that somehow escaped the flu. Kinda like the in limbo thing, but for the biological-based empires.

    • @fieldy409
      @fieldy409 5 лет назад +11

      Kinda dumb that a spacefaring species could be wiped out by a disease. You'd think once it got real bad clean people would just stay in their airlocked spaceships and blast anyone who tried to dock or land on their planet.

    • @M.Walaa93
      @M.Walaa93 5 лет назад +12

      the event chain does explain it though. Irssians had slaves/subjects from other species who acted as carriers for the virus and intentionally sabotaged the Irssian empire do to their resentment for the Irssians

    • @loldominik660
      @loldominik660 5 лет назад

      @@shoobydoobydoooo there a event for it already

  • @leaderunith4l324
    @leaderunith4l324 5 лет назад +17

    Robots malfunctioning?
    (Laughs in spiritualist)

  • @zackduvall405
    @zackduvall405 4 года назад +27

    So, I'm halfway through my first successful playthrough where I'm really dominating a 600-star system map. I just lost my first spaceport mysteriously so I'm thinking they are my crisis to be. I never picked the level, so.... I'm hoping it isn't on hat 1 mil fleet lmao😅🤣
    I'm NOT ready for that.

  • @victorvanderputten5022
    @victorvanderputten5022 6 лет назад +46

    Cybrex ! Fuck yeah !!!

  • @cqnzr-clipsgameplay5706
    @cqnzr-clipsgameplay5706 6 лет назад +37

    We we're getting shit on by these guys; so we kinda gave up, even the Fallen Empire lost it's most powerful fleet to the point the Contingency made them inferior to me lol.
    So we gave up; not realising that "apparently" the Cybrex actually help us out xD.

    • @dayafters1
      @dayafters1 6 лет назад +7

      Every time I had this crisis, they just sit in the system they spawn on and watch the galaxy burn instead of helping.

    • @royaldarkness8453
      @royaldarkness8453 6 лет назад

      I think they will help if you become the most active in fighting back the Contingency

  • @craseder
    @craseder 6 лет назад +9

    "it's the hardest of the 3." Greeeaaaat luck for my first game

  • @craig5322
    @craig5322 4 года назад

    Thank you! I accidentally closed a dialogue pop-up and missed part of the story. This video is exactly what I needed to see what I missed!

  • @alexmcbride7563
    @alexmcbride7563 3 года назад +7

    In my latest play through, one of the contingency worlds spawned in a system right next to my capital. My two most powerful l fleets are recovering from a costly battle with an awaken empire, so I’m in a pretty bad spot.

  • @ueuz0007
    @ueuz0007 6 лет назад +66

    So when you beat the Contingency and the Cybrex leave the galaxy, what happens to their ringworld?

    • @hyperion3145
      @hyperion3145 4 года назад +16

      Matthew Chenault
      *Second Intergalactic War starts*

    • @definitelyaperson6334
      @definitelyaperson6334 3 года назад +4

      Me who can build ring worlds: PEASANTS

  • @hl1796
    @hl1796 6 лет назад

    that a good change of crisis , i really look forward to see what Paradox gonna pump out in near future

  • @CL-no3si
    @CL-no3si 6 лет назад +7

    Can't wait for synthetic dawn. Also, awesome intro

  • @TheFearsomeRat
    @TheFearsomeRat 4 года назад +6

    8:30 Wouldn't a Colossus (assuming it can be protected long enough) be able to destroy those planets, and thus circumvent having to chew through it's ground army?

  • @anonymouskellog6157
    @anonymouskellog6157 6 лет назад

    Dude at 7:04 of the video, you made my fucking jaw drop which is rare for me to do. I love the cybrex precursor story line because if you focus on building a lot megastructures in your empire (which I do) their home system gives a huge boost when the megastructure tech is researched.

  • @DrBLOOD1995
    @DrBLOOD1995 6 лет назад +1

    The intro of that video is amazing ^^

  • @paulsellers1531
    @paulsellers1531 6 лет назад +5

    This event is definitely an upgrade from the A.I rebellion

  • @bibby659
    @bibby659 2 года назад +3

    If you get this message, I feel like the contingency was actually created in the event there would be an empire basically like that of a Crisis nowadays, afterall you completely destroy the galaxy by choosing that path and the contingency was built to prevent that eventual outcome, it would be pretty epic if the contingency activated during a Crisis playthrough and even specified that it only knew that it had to stop advanced species in order to prevent the end of the galaxy, but after seeing you (or a friend) as the crisis it'll realize its true purpose wasn't to exterminate advanced species but to kill off people like yhe crisis, who seek to ascend above their mortal shells via destruction of the entire galaxy and so it assists other empires in exterminating you, the crisis. Would also be cool if it then did kill off the crisis that it can either return dormant, adopts the bodies and appearence of a synthetic empire and joins the galactic community, or returns to kill off everyone after feeling the only reasonable way to prevent such an occurrence would be to effectively purge all organic and non organic empires and peoples to prevent another Empire such as that from occuring again. At which point it'll agressively ramp up production of its fleets and should the galactic empire still be a thing it will scale with the strength of all the members still in the Galactic Empire.

  • @Quadratical
    @Quadratical 6 лет назад +8

    damn, the cybrex are here? AWESOME!

  • @ColdSpace_
    @ColdSpace_ 6 лет назад +22

    This video made me scared to play Synthetic Dawn because of the Contingency.

    • @imperator5228
      @imperator5228 6 лет назад +8

      Oh, don't worry, they're in the base game as well. You can just turn off Crises when starting a new game, though.

    • @victoryrose2048
      @victoryrose2048 6 лет назад +1

      In this new update at the start of every game you have a option to increase or decrease how hard the crisis is meaning if you want easy win you just set it to be really weak.

    • @haid1449
      @haid1449 6 лет назад

      my total fleet power at the time they spawned was about 180k, and they came with almost a million fleet power and kept spawning more 300k fleets. rip my ass.

    • @knobjockey6882
      @knobjockey6882 6 лет назад

      Just be wary of the techs you research and the number of synthetic pops you have. You'll come up to some techs that have "dangerous technology" in a red section in the description. You can research them, but that'll put you at risk of sparking the contingency.
      As humans, I built a fuckload of robotic and android armies and took two dangerous techs (sapient AI, and the android one), but I only had one robotic pop (my food production was through the roof, I didn't really need it). I received the ghost signal pretty much after I research sapient AI. From then on, it was a rush to build up the fleet size, and then a slow grind to slow down their expansion.

    • @names1139
      @names1139 4 года назад

      i mean thats fair since with robo's on or with you as a robo its like a 50/50 chance to get it and its one of the hardest crisis and besides living metal and maybe a ringworld. it dsoent give shit

  • @janedoe4929
    @janedoe4929 6 лет назад +1

    The triple upload is never expected.

  • @balintgod5130
    @balintgod5130 6 лет назад +54

    Do you receive any rewards for beating this crisis, other than survival?
    The other criseses give you unique techs, which you couldnt get otherwise. Is there something like that here?

    • @christianyager991
      @christianyager991 6 лет назад +53

      You get living metal and probably each sterilization hub gives you lots of resources

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 6 лет назад +11

      JakeSpacePirate E
      Considering that they self destruct to avoid falling into enemy's hands, I guess Paradox didn't like the idea.

    • @ThatGuy-yh1pu
      @ThatGuy-yh1pu 6 лет назад +17

      +Luiz Alex Phoenix +JakeSpacePirate E Synthetic Empires can terraform planets into machine worlds.

    • @Botar48
      @Botar48 6 лет назад

      JakeSpacePirate E They can't only new machine empires can.

    • @Untrustedlife
      @Untrustedlife 6 лет назад

      new as in 'new' in the story pack.

  • @JerkyMurky
    @JerkyMurky 6 лет назад +3

    Now i want a new Survival Lets Play from you where the contingency, the Unbidden, and the Scourge are all spawned at the start of the game.

  • @cvorwell
    @cvorwell 6 лет назад

    Watched this with the Stellaris menu music playing in the background, at the time I thought it was just part of the video it fit so well.

  • @tylerneice210
    @tylerneice210 6 лет назад +9

    Me: Spoilers. Don't watch it.. You will regret it. Find it yourself..
    Me to Me: Watch it anyway.
    Me: *watches it*
    Me: DAMMIT THIS IS SO COOL WHY DIDN'T I FIND IT MYSELF!!! *hopes I get it in current game because it seems awesome*

  • @pickakespartan
    @pickakespartan 6 лет назад +8

    ASpec are you going to a video like this for the new Mid-game crisis in 2.0?

  • @xiloscient3335
    @xiloscient3335 3 года назад +2

    WAIT THE CYBREX COME? I really need to turn up the crisis strength to see that

  • @theta8529
    @theta8529 6 лет назад +1

    That shot at the start looks like the end scene from the Taken King Expansion trailer 0.o

  • @user-lu3qu7gn8r
    @user-lu3qu7gn8r 6 лет назад

    Just got the achievement for this crisis over crisis power x1. Was really hard and long process but really fun! Few more tips to add.
    1) You need extra ship hull bonus to survive since AI ship use arc emitter that bypassing shield and armor. HP regen is also important since there would be 4 core spawning and if they all land in your territory, it would be hard to repair your ship.
    2) Despite air craft seems really op in this version, and quite effective against AI core with bombers, you will still face considerable large loss since the air craft need to slowly approach your opponent. Due to the fact AI Fleet has arc emitter, tons of Hull damage is not avoidable if chose aircraft-main battleship. So the best comp against them will be disrupter + kinetic weapon. But I really believe aircraft will be great if you could jump right into your enemies and do 0 distance battle. Aircraft become really strong due the change to itself as well as the new destroyer position mechanism and the change to flak
    3) You still need heavy point defense, prefer flak. AI Fleet will fire drones that seems to have high hp or evac, they would soak multiple point denfense shots before shut down.
    BTW, the initial lunch of synthetic dawn is buggy for the contingency events. When you finish "block the ghost signal" special project the game will freeze. Current solution will be smashing enter button just before the project success window pops up, this will bypass the freeze if you smash your button fast enough. Hope they fix this soon

  • @SmurmBreep
    @SmurmBreep 3 года назад +1

    I would love for their to be some unique dialogue with the cybrex if they're you're precursor/you own cybrex prime

  • @YiYaEmperor
    @YiYaEmperor 6 лет назад +2

    I didn't get the Cybrex, but one of the Fallen Machine Empires engaged and after the Contingency was finished, they vanished too and left their Ring world and the additional two broken Ringworlds.

  • @Triplios
    @Triplios 6 лет назад

    thanks for posting. I was just so lucky to get freaking Contingency to spawn together with the Unbidden and the awakened empire came to life... FML

  • @ZeraNex
    @ZeraNex 3 года назад +1

    Nemesis made me think of something
    We are doing something thatother crisis empires haven’t. We are attempting to tap into the shroud and attack dimensions from there
    What if all most of the crisis empires that spawn are from the future, to stop the player from consuming the multiverse?

  • @HalfLord
    @HalfLord 6 лет назад +2

    Tbh, The Contingency are more like the Reapers from Mass Effect. The Determined Exterminators are like SkyNet, the Driven Assimilators are the Borg and other such races, the industrious ones are the Matrix.

  • @j.vinton4039
    @j.vinton4039 4 года назад +2

    Cybrex saved my bacon the first time I faced the Contingency. Contingency had taken roughly 20% of the galaxy, swallowing my 3 biggest rivals and closing in on my borders. I was TERRIBLY underprepared. They steam rolled my largest fleet “I didn’t think to break them up” and had free reign to my core worlds. The end seemed inevitable. Then, I got the notification about the Cybrex awakening. They proceeded to steam roll all of the Contingencies vanguard fleets while I was able to rebuild and mount a counter offensive. They ships they gave me helped out “also sick designs”. They formed the core of the retribution fleet. 20 years later we had pushed the contingency back to a tiny system close to where they spawned in at. Found out my stupid rival neighbor had gone crazy with synthetics and AI, hence why the Contingency showed up. I was trying to get the scourge to spawn.

  • @dimant35ify
    @dimant35ify 6 лет назад +1

    I had an Machine Fallen Empire in my first playtrought and once the Contingency spawned, they went berkers atacking every ship they found, but mostly Contingency ships if i am not mistaken... trying to comunicate with them was only showing "" and they closed their borders all on empires, machine or not...

  • @tillweimar
    @tillweimar 6 лет назад +10

    Two short questions:
    First, can you get the Cybrex precursor event chain as a machine empire?
    Second, do you get to keep the Cybrex' fleet when they leave the Galaxy?

    • @A_Spec
      @A_Spec  6 лет назад +1

      +RoaringSheep Tv No, they take the fleet back once the threat is over.

  • @Herbertti3
    @Herbertti3 Год назад +1

    When I hit "on screen" with the cybrex nothing appeared. No fleets to be seen. I found their homesystem though. Is is possible contingency wiped them out before contact was made?

  • @Terachud
    @Terachud 3 года назад

    I'm a D2 fan and when I first encountered this it reminded me of SIVA. This is a good addition.

  • @stonewallpjs6179
    @stonewallpjs6179 6 лет назад +1

    Hands down the coolest end game crisis!

  • @MaximusLight
    @MaximusLight 6 лет назад

    That music is great, kind of like a mix of the previous Stellaris tracks + Tron + Transformers

  • @GR-pt9my
    @GR-pt9my 6 лет назад +8

    There are interaction between ascended sinths or the Spiritualist fallen empire?

    • @TheAngryXenite
      @TheAngryXenite 6 лет назад +3

      Skander Parzival If it hasn't changed, pretty sure that the synthetic evolution ascension causes Spiritualist FEs to have a massive opinion malus due to you "selling your souls." No, really. It's called something along the lines of "sacrificed your souls" by becoming synthetics.

  • @kieranwarner940
    @kieranwarner940 4 года назад +1

    Well I met these for the first time on xbox with new update and they keeping me busy . Glad I can watch this and see what happens . Also what's best ship to use for them. I'm using tachyon lance and gauss cannons as they have lot of shields. Also I cant take back the planets they have taken over.

  • @VenikHue
    @VenikHue 3 года назад +7

    Ya know something interesting happened to me. I started the game and found a fallen empire called zero zero one that was a lot of synthetics with 3 ring worlds and spoke gibberish. I was able to make out that their creators are in cryogenic hubs but have long expired leaving only their robot workers left. And when the contingency awoke, zero zero ones machine pops rebooted and said that they fought the contingency a long time ago and that they will help me fight them. It was a very different story than this video.

  • @archloria5109
    @archloria5109 2 года назад

    nice explanation

  • @marcelochacoa
    @marcelochacoa 6 лет назад

    Omg man thanks for your videos, this is all i need. YOU ARE AWESOME. I hope someday i can get the money to pay for Stellaris on steam :') greetings from Memezuela

    • @A_Spec
      @A_Spec  6 лет назад +1

      You're welcome, enjoy the game.

  • @mattkent4397
    @mattkent4397 4 года назад +2

    I just play with no endgame, since I’m still getting a hang of the game, but I might do the endgames just to see what happens now.

  • @anarchyandempires5452
    @anarchyandempires5452 4 года назад +1

    Be me: My machine empire just burned trough 95% of my fleet, it will take at least 20 or 30 years to rebuild even a small rapid response fleet but finally I have cybrex Beta!
    ...... Ghost signal defected........oh poop.

  • @skaynet22
    @skaynet22 6 лет назад

    I can see that is amazing

  • @georgebakloris1169
    @georgebakloris1169 6 лет назад

    I started a new game recently and contingency appeared but i can't remove the ghost signal...there is not an event about it...Is that a bug or what??

  • @DrBLOOD1995
    @DrBLOOD1995 6 лет назад

    That is what I call a damn cool new crisis!

  • @Markoni1100
    @Markoni1100 6 лет назад

    How does it start? By having a lot of Synth/Machine pops in the galaxy? That Combat Computer high AI tech? What triggers it?

  • @jacobtasker1370
    @jacobtasker1370 6 лет назад +7

    What if you are a determined exterminator machine empire? Can you like join up with the Contingency to cleanse the galaxy of all organics and dissident Synths?

    • @A_Spec
      @A_Spec  6 лет назад +6

      +Jacob Tasker nope, the contingency don't care

    • @jacobtasker1370
      @jacobtasker1370 6 лет назад +1

      Dammit!

    • @Aedrion-
      @Aedrion- 6 лет назад +7

      If you look at how it speaks, you can tell something is wrong with it. It jams and stutters on certain words.
      That probably explains why it can't be reasoned with.

  • @marcster95
    @marcster95 4 года назад +1

    Watched this video for the 3rd time cause my galaxy is dealing with a war in heaven, khaan, multiple robot uprisings and now here they come!
    Honestly with how on fire my galaxy is I totally get why they're trying to wipe it out :P

  • @kikibombon22
    @kikibombon22 6 лет назад

    ASpec please give me some insight on this. I remember that during my first game (which I am still playing after 40 ingame hours) I encountered one of the contingency machine worlds very early into the game. My advisor only said that it is a mysterious AI beyond our understanding that is doing something that we can't yet seem to figure out. I had 2 options: 1: salvage the machine for X amount of minerals. 2: let it do it's job. I chose the second option and now that I searched up the end game crisis' I realised just what I did. Now what I want to know is if i salvaged the machine, would that mean that I wouldn't have to fight 4 but 3 machine worlds?

  • @FlavorTown952
    @FlavorTown952 6 лет назад +1

    Me and my friend were doing a multiplayer run when they showed up. Us and the SINGLE fallen empire are the only factions strong enough to fight off a single fleet of contingency units. The fallen empire sat on its ass for the beginning of the fight while the north and eastern parts of the galaxy were being wiped out. Me and my friend had the other two planets very close to us. They purged three of my planets before we managed to put a stop to it. We kamikaze'd our way into the machine world for the final battle, our combined 200K fleet barely being equal to the fleet defending it. We were losing, when all of a sudden the fallen empire warps in with a 350K fleet and begins to wipe them out. We bombarded the planet together and formed a federation with them.
    THERE ARE STILL FUCKING 3 OF THESE THINGS AND THE REST OF THE GALAXY IS BEING ANNIHILATED

  • @fanjerry8100
    @fanjerry8100 6 лет назад

    Hey what?! That's the aesthetics and story elements from Sword of Stars, a game published by Paradox but it was developed by a different studio.

  • @mikkel1881
    @mikkel1881 6 лет назад +1

    Awesome intro

  • @voidimperial1179
    @voidimperial1179 6 лет назад +1

    ASpec still being his usual cinematic god

  • @kristianaaberg7882
    @kristianaaberg7882 4 года назад

    Cool event chain. Never had it before.

  • @aerialgod01
    @aerialgod01 6 лет назад

    Its nice to know that the devs give you help against the machines that go rogue, ya know, the cybrex

  • @yochitoranaga
    @yochitoranaga 6 лет назад

    do you know if the malus on robot pops affects the cyborgs of assimilated population from the assimilator robots?

  • @terryjones2467
    @terryjones2467 3 года назад

    Damn, well... thanks for the spoiler warning I guess I'll come back to this in a year or so when I've finally made it that far and my damn Ironman save doesn't get corrupted

  • @CapitalTeeth
    @CapitalTeeth 3 года назад +2

    Contingency: **Appears**
    Me who forgot to research phase disruptors:

    • @A_Spec
      @A_Spec  3 года назад +1

      Ye, that's gonna hurt

  • @zeanu4334
    @zeanu4334 4 года назад +1

    What would happen if I have colonized the cybrex ringworld? Does a new one spawn or do I lose the system?

    • @zeanu4334
      @zeanu4334 4 года назад +1

      Also, can just crack the machine worlds

  • @deregapreyahvattaffdiff
    @deregapreyahvattaffdiff 4 года назад +1

    I just beat them with Psionic Mechanist Empire (In fact, I used synth for mostly lure them out and didn't research any kind of jump drive until they pop out). They have no power over me, just a few synths at the prelude events. Just lose one fortress world that held the 1M fleet at the gate at a wormhole near my homeworld long enough for me and Guardian to blow up all their hub and their hideout. Unfortunately, my colossus didn't finish in time the fortress world fell just a few days before I managed to blow up their core.

  • @Matt_UFP
    @Matt_UFP 4 года назад +1

    Be me
    Fallen empires awaken
    Be the largest empire so far
    Have nocoli Dyson beam
    *continously headbanging exsterminatus button*

  • @davidepizzo3313
    @davidepizzo3313 5 лет назад

    what is the music at the start of the video?

  • @rendstung1665
    @rendstung1665 6 лет назад +21

    Psi for the win...until you make a pact with the end of the cycle at least...

    • @nickspillman6275
      @nickspillman6275 6 лет назад +5

      still a win.

    • @orctrihar
      @orctrihar 3 года назад

      Is it bad or good to do that ?

    • @rendstung1665
      @rendstung1665 3 года назад +1

      @@orctrihar uhh do you mean before or after your entire empire gets destroyed?

    • @orctrihar
      @orctrihar 3 года назад

      @@rendstung1665
      Both

    • @rendstung1665
      @rendstung1665 3 года назад +2

      @@orctrihar On one hand for several years you get massive production bonuses. On the other hand once that time is up, your entire empire is destroyed, and every single inhabited world you have becomes uninhabitable.

  • @DrBLOOD1995
    @DrBLOOD1995 6 лет назад +5

    That crisis gave me a lot of inspiration, I would love to make a custom endgame crisis mod, I have actualy the skill to code it but I would like to find a good idea, for now my only options are:
    "Xenos Purifiers" : a cyborg specie coming from a black hole trying to clean all the empires.
    "Asgard Armada" : an militarist fallen empire which used a special technology to hide their territory from the entire galaxy which finaly decided to move up and dominate every empire.

    • @Rumpsteakinator
      @Rumpsteakinator 6 лет назад +1

      Xeno Purifier seems cool, needs a better name though. And Asgard Armada: Why would a militarist empire hide from the other ones?

    • @Ishlacorrin
      @Ishlacorrin 6 лет назад

      How about they were banished by some other major empire that has now left and the containment fails? The age old "We cannot deal with you but maybe our descendants will be able to".

  • @theodorwoland9930
    @theodorwoland9930 3 года назад

    What music is played in 0:25? Thanks in advance

  • @troymcguffey8801
    @troymcguffey8801 5 лет назад

    This just started for me today. I'm way into the late game and I'm the dominant empire. This should be fun. I wanted to see if I could handle it

  • @MsErtwer
    @MsErtwer 6 лет назад +1

    As soon as he said "If you don't want to be spoiled" I was about to turn the video off but that intro got me hooked.

  • @xero989
    @xero989 6 лет назад +8

    Probably coolest end game crisis

  • @Mkoivuka
    @Mkoivuka 6 лет назад

    What is this music at the start? I must know.