See my comment on an official bug report of it here. Destroying a perfectly good planet with something like the Planet Cracker is a waste of resources. I've opened Colossus project tradiotion, but colossus technology didn't show up (only repeatables again and again). Then comes the: World Cracker. . I know hardcore PVP players probably hate them and find them useless. Devolving beam- is the best as you can mess around wit the pre sapiens and then genetically suit them. I tried to make you give up. Settling on a holy world does not awaken the FE. Step 3: Free the vassal. But the global pacifier is cutting off a world previously reliant on other worlds, able to enjoy the freedom of exploring the stars, and removing it from any sort if civilisation. Neutron Sweep is tech_pk_neutron, in "00_apocalypse_tech. Gives -800 opinion to the empire who owned the planet and -80 to everyone else. You should be able to change it like how you can change orbital bombardment stance. Also, the Tempest fleets seemed to ignore the Sol System entirely, it’s that little circle in between all the other UNE blue. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Right so I'm playing as an empire that will become giant space dicks during war time and I always try to do something to the home planet,someone declared on my federation, so off I went and managed to push through to their home system, while they. (rule #5 post, i think. Look, a good genocide is not measured in its effectiveness, but in how much fun you had in the way. I thought i'd just say a few brief things about the planet destroyers since I find them fun to use. A meager force of 100 invades. World Cracker: Why use it over the pacifier if the pacifier gives you the same outcome + society + less rep penalty - minerals? That late I rarely have a mineral issue. Good stuff. Hi I'am finally fighting against Prethoryn and I am curious if I can use all type of colossus to purge infested worlds. Only spiritualists get the god ray, but also don't get the sweep. 538. You should be able to change between the world cracker and neutron sweep in the colossi’s ship menu. Music from the FTL soundtrack. This makes it the perfect symbol of fear for an authoritarian-spiritualist empire. The second weapon that is initially available (you get your choice of weapons as the Colossus project ensues) is the Neutron Sweep. I would love to co op vs AI but i doubt it can be done with all my mods. Once I was able to build one, there was nothing. . Sometimes if I'm doing a two flank war, I send the Colossus one way and the transports the other. Radiation dispenser. Toxic god = Dewa Racun. The divine and assimilation beams would still be equally awesome. If it was a habitable planet, it gains a deposit of 4—16 Minerals. I have a colossus. Not only do all of these not help with the consumption of other races, they actually hinder it. The world cracker is fine because even though you kill the whole planet, no one desecrates the corpses by living on them. “Destroy the xenos, spare the planet for repopulation with alpha species. There are 5 colossi types of which one is exclusive to Drive Assimilators and stupidly overpowered. The machine world never broke apart and it still gave me a +10 society yield. I spent some time coming up with name ideas for UNE/CoM-owned World-Crackers, Global Pacifiers, Neutron Sweeps, and Juggernauts. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. Average World Cracker fan vs Average Neutron Sweep enjoyer. All that live or will live there will bear the judgement of this one action. . It can do this either by destroying the planet–the World Cracker–or destroying all biological life – the Neutron Sweep. Maybe I should reconsider always getting the world cracker *wheeze* there is one Planet-Destroyer that is supreme, and that is the Neutron Sweep. Permanently bars the planet from interacting with the galaxy, but nobody has to die. Available to non-Pacifists. Jan 23, 2017 2. With an ascension perk, it also destroys all robot or machine pops and armies. It can kill billions with the press of a button and leaves the planet ripe for colonization for quick and easy integration. kwheeler First Lieutenant. their fleet was destroyed, their entire empire was ruined, they when from equivalent to Pathetic, i even neutron. And more pops = more power in the latest meta game XD. tech_nanite_transmutation. I've always used world crackers because they're more fun. And of course there is the classic [[EarthShatteringKaboom World Cracker]] which is basically the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]] superlaser. As per dev diary, at least. Neutron Sweep: Destroys most higher forms of life on the planet but leaves the infrastructure intact for colonization. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. Jun 7, 2020. Honestly, the people who neutron-sweep or assimilate worlds scare me the most. Except, I only have Neutron Sweep or Planet Cracker as options when I research colossus ships. CoconutMochi Fanatic Xenophile • 2 yr. ), I could either just take and keep their worlds, or I could use it in a war of subjugation and leave them only one planet left, meaning I get to leave them as independent. ago. Step 2: Release it as a vassal. Several flavors of planet killers are present: World Crackers, Neutron Sweep, Divine Enforcer, and Nanobot diffuser. Who needs a world cracker when you're a determined exterminator who could use a shiny new tomb world? Reply ApexRevanNL716 Slaver Guilds • Additional comment actions. The Neutron Sweep is the perfect Colossus. NANOMACHINES SON Nanobot diffuser: exclusive to DA machine empires. With world cracker it literally deletes the planet . The game automatically armed it with a neuron sweep and no matter what I'd I can't use any other component. 7 the Hyperlane Registrar helps you to build a well protected sector trade hub sooner without advanced base tech. Toggle signature. cracker, neutron sweep, pacifier etc. 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. The Galactic Community is a governing body where each member empire can vote on laws that affect all other member empires. guymanthefourth • 9 mo. Initially use 1 or 2 Trade Bay, a Hangar Bay for defence/pirate suppression plus. If there are no robots are tomb world habitability pops, one pop survives and is given the lone survivor trait. I want to use the world cracker,but when I replace it in the ship designer, it just goes back to the. Play an ironman game mode as fanatic purifiers, take the colossus, research any option, find that colossus has no neutron sweep For those who don't know yet - the Devolving beam is a new type of colossus added with the new DLC, but being art of Ancient Relics. Description. 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. 1; Reactions: Reply. Get app Get the Reddit app Log In Log in to Reddit. 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 you want the planet you could get a collosus with a neutron sweep, if you don't want the planet, then get a planet cracker. Jan 27, 2018. I've always used world crackers because they're more fun. Neutron Sweeper. 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. I'm planning to start an achievement game, tiny map, spawning only a fanatic purifier to get the achievement for shielding their world. Divine Enforcer: Makes all pops Spiritualist and gives a 999% Spiritualist eithics attraction for a few years. Remove any Armor and put as many Shields on your ships as you can - the Contingency only uses energy weapons, so Shields are your best defense. I don't agree, Machine worlds can be colonized by Synths/Droids (Maybe Synthethic ascended. But the primitive meat with Neutron wipes and be done with it then. I just had a game with neutron sweeps and found myself a system with 7 colonies, but nope i had to manually select each colony. Neutron sweeps have an actual use if you are fighting a gesalt. Funnily enough, this kills armies faster than the bombing damage. Neutron sweep simply gives you a habitable world and world cracker just removes a world and pops, same with pacifier. There is a coolness aspect to the world cracker, no doubt, but i feel like destroying worlds is self inflicting wounds for hives. Reply . Aerolfos Eternal Vigilance •. It was still like 3500 days until they are demoted to workers. Originally posted by Emperor Palpatinate: That's because Merchants give about 15 trade value without bonuses, and provide some amenities, meaning you don't need to spend on entertainers. Global Pacifier puts a permanent shield around a planet, functionally the same as cracking it but people hate you less. . Like the other person said, it doesn't work in galaxy map view. 3. The Neutron Sweep can not be researched or used by Pacifist and Spiritualist empires. 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. ago. steam page: posted by rob. Godray: exclusive to spiritualists with telepathy tech. The other options such as world cracker and global pacifier are unaffected. Yeh it's just a way of avoiding becoming a genocidal pariah to the rest of the empires. Robots have nanobot diffuser. Genocidal empires gain Unity on the first use of the World Cracker or Neutron Sweep. Neutron Sweep - Expansion type. The Neutron Sweep can only be used on the Prethoryn Scourge instead. This seems really odd, I'm shooting a big red/blue death laser down but until the very last second it. Final Thoughts. 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. I mean I’m sure you know what you’re doing, but with your bank you should be able to crank out a few maxed battleship fleets to secure your secondary fronts while your main heavy hitters start knocking out people. Use the planet cracker to clear room for your ringworlds in all systems. And a cracking first post it is, too! Not literally: no planetbusters in sight. There are 5 colossi types of which one is exclusive to Drive Assimilators and stupidly overpowered. No weapon at all in the design panel, and now that I've built one, it doesn't have a weapon equipped. Neutron Sweep: Kills all pops, planet remains intact. I just finished researching World Cracker, so I can give it that, but where is my sweeper?Pacifier: everyone. It happens because neutron sweep, among other things, destroys a colony without first destroying its pops, which leaves behind invisible "ghost pops" that cost living standards upkeep if the planet is colonized later. 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. 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. The Prethoryn Scourge is an end-game crisis enemy whose technology is. I tried different options - auto builder on off, tried to find colossus weapon tech id to. The God ray requires you to be spiritualist. 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). It may be due to your. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. It turns all but one pop of the targeted planet into pre-sapients, gives them a special trait and destroys all armies. 1. Neutron sweeper en route. Reply. make it expensive in terms of influence and material to balance it, but give us the option to pull a colony drop or sever an orbital rings tethers so it collides with the planet like a hula hoop of death. Im asking if you can get more than one colossi. - My intention was to just remove some limits and balance the use of this out sadly I got fed up trying that so, safety is off you have been warned. ChornoyeSontse Determined Exterminator • 1 yr. Reply Its_Crayon • Additional comment actions. Cracker does kill them. Doing a run on x25 crisis and I left the last ascension free until now jic I needed it to deal with them. Neutron Sweep: Destroys most higher forms of life on the. Broken Union Reference to the Trill. After trying different methods, I see in various postings here that you have to use the Devolving Beam colossus to get this. While both "judge" an entire world, the cracker gives the mercy of a quick death. Neutron sweep kills robot pops, but the contingency worlds are not marked as habitated. I would actually argue to the pacifier is less merciful that the cracker. While a fat stack army or world cracker cleans behind the front line. Name. I like to build all my megastructures there so they're easily defended from the Crisis. [deleted] • 9 mo. It inflicts -20% Happiness and 999% Spiritualist Attraction in. For speed speed we'll go with 99% sublight for thrusters per Stellaris novel (This cuts down significantly in the presence of high gravitational waves such as Black Holes and Neutron stars as stated in the tooltip) and 160ish light year per day for tier III drives. How great it is as a weapon depends on what and how you play. Use neutron sweep for clearing out fortress worlds. InsidiousMage Field Marshal. Yeah the neutron sweep is the ONLY weapon that just kills the pops on the planet, but leaves the rest for you to use. The Neutron Sweep can only be used on the Prethoryn Scourge instead. The repercussions however would be much smaller than using Neutron Sweep or World Cracker for instance. . 24 Badges. Never really had a use for the Global Pacifier. Cheats. Available to non-Spiritualist, non-Pacifist empires. The world cracker, the neutron sweep, the shield generator, the Spiritualist laser (only available to Spiritualist), and the assimilation beam (only available to Driven Assimilators). Invasion phases would be cool, too. One might even say 'being the good guy' can lead one down a path of war. Available to non-Pacifists. Plantoid colossus is odd, but also kinda cool. I personally don't use the colossus very often, which I honestly think is a shame because its a very cool idea, but outside of its total war it ends up just being a pointlessly destructive super weapon. Then again, they probably qualify for FPs too, so maybe there's a special. 1. 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. I feel awful. 6. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. 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. Global Pacifier and World Cracker both make the target lose a planet instantly, but then you don't get the planet. This bad boy can purge so many xeno scum. It significantly limits how much the planet will grow when near cap. 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. Arcvalons Field Marshal. The Deluge is another option. Can i change the weapon system installed on Colossus?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). 1488 ships. The auto-generate system doesn't work very well. Ship#Neutron Sweep. Surely this is a joke you think. Complete control of the galaxy is the only goal worth pursuing, all else is hedonistic and worthless. That works until you run into a hive mind. If you could scoop a spoonful's worth of material from the surface of a neutron. 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. Neutron Sweep - Purity Class. After trying different methods, I see in various postings here that you have to use the Devolving Beam colossus to get this. All those pesky, poorly built-planets with 80 different species? How about just saying no to that? A. 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. Apocalypse introduceert gigantische Colossus-schepen uitgerust met verschillende World Devestator-wapens: World Cracker, Global Pacifier, Neutron Sweep en God Ray. . I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. I haven't seen Neutron Sweep before in my Spiritualist game as an option, so I picked it. 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. Make no mention of Neutron Sweeper. World Cracker should be able to destroy mega structures. ago. Neutron Sweep: Destroys most higher forms of life on the planet but leaves the infrastructure intact for colonization. So those are some scenarios where the world cracker + global pacifier would work better than the neutron sweep. theDarkar96. I cant find it anywhere. Why neutron sweep? Thats more drones or infinite food from purging. 4. Available to non-Spiritualist, non-Pacifist empires. Planet Cracker - War type. The only thing that fixed it was refitting my colossus to neutron sweep/world cracker/pacifier and hitting the planets. If you can, research more advanced. In regards to World Cracker and Global Pacifier mechanics. ago. 35. Leaving the Galactic Community costs between 100 and 500 influence, depending on. Not enough, world cracker needed. It was still like 3500 days until they are demoted to workers. They can only be destroyed entirely. Neutron Sweep Fallen Empire worlds rather than risk losing their buildings, max. Basically a reverse Neutron Sweep but less than a World Cracker. Global Pacifier: 1/10. I think planet crackers are a tough thing to get right, but one idea that popped into my head: ultimatums. I just find it funny when people complain about orbital bombardment damage. These are the translations of colossus weapons: Global Pacifier = Penenang Global. They all showed up when I was in the ship designer though. IN this short we bathe a planet in neutron particles cleansing it of its fallen empire inhabitants. Reverence for Life Resolution. A research station can be built to study the planet afterwards. I'll still do it because it looks. (Great for Role Playing Games though) Both Planet Cracker and Global Pacifier waste the planets resources by effectively destroying the planet. World cracker is cool and nice with your galactic imperium but doesn’t do anything. Eh, you can make friends with them or you can't. A look at the total number of 147 breaks ever scored in snooker history, who made them and videos of the. use a world-cracker colossus. One of them being *checks list of sci-fi tropes* um, galactic superweapons, which an upcoming expansion is sorting. There's 5 vanilla options. You do what you gotta do. Step 4: Declare war on the former vassal. 13. ) What are your go-to names? UNE World-Crackers: Famous geologists. ago. With world cracker it literally deletes the planet . A neutron sweep kills the population but leaves the world itself standing, so you can colonize it after you sweep all the bones off the porch. I love the game, play it heavily modded. Neutron Sweep. It's only for machine empires, which is lame, because synthetically ascended empires deserve to have that weapon too. Global Pacifier: Encases the planet in an impenetrable shield, permanently cutting it off from the rest of the galaxy. . All Pops on the planet are. After that I declared a total war and moved my colossus (Which is really slow) over to their colony only to find out that I could not shoot the planet for some reason, the. Once the Neutron Sweep is finished all that remains of the planet is a barren rock with no life at all left on it. Crowd *Whoooa*) We named this colossal Doug. 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. Colossus (World Cracker)-Hazbuzan Syndicate. – Can target all planet types except cracked worlds and gas giants (no planet to crack there) – Can target primitives. Neutron Sweep = Sapuan Neutron. 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. Planetary. 5k defense army. World Cracker: Shatters a planet, leaving behind a broken debris field that can be mined for resources. in my Recent 3. Once you use the global pacifier, the planet is functionally destroyed as if you used a world cracker. Well, now you can! This removes many of the restrictions on what planet killer weapons can target. Hope they fix this soon. That would be nice. 4. Neutron sweep kills all pops on the planet. [deleted] • 9 mo. Except, I only have Neutron Sweep or Planet Cracker as options when I research colossus ships. If you are pacifist you don't get the Neutron sweep and The world cracker. (Military. im kinda new here) It's correct, most people just go "r5: [explaination]". A world cracker is a horrific display of violence that is a crime against all life in the galaxy. • 2 yr. Available to non-Pacifists. In the case of the pacifier, it always gives your research, but you can only use it on inhabited worlds. I really enjoy it. Not having to care is the best reason to play Xenophile. I don't invade planets anymore, I just sweep them. 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). 2; Reactions: Reply. I used to just go for world cracker, as those pesky habitats the AI spams really annoy me. I guess for the same reason god ray and nanobot might not work either. ; About Stellaris Wiki; Mobile view The Neutron Sweep and World Cracker fire and finish their work so fast the planet and its population are blipped from existence in moments. Yeh it's just a way of avoiding becoming a genocidal pariah to the rest of the empires. Planet cracker: much faster shooting. . And there's always more humans that can re-settle. Any empire that established communications with a Galactic Community member is able to join or leave. Last are planet cracker and the bubble of. (There are other Colossus weapons, but they have different outcomes). Is there any tactical point to cracking a world, rendering it uninhabitable instead of just clearing all the pops off of it with a neutron sweep besides the minor mineral deposit left behind and potential roleplaying?IN this short we bathe a planet in neutron particles cleansing it of its fallen empire inhabitants. Jump to latest Follow Reply. Colossus vs Crisis. 0 unless otherwise noted. God ray is situational for wiping out robots empires where neutron sweep doesn't work. It can do this either by destroying the planet–the World Cracker–or destroying all. No weapon at all in the design panel, and now that I've built one, it doesn't have a weapon equipped. I just don't want them to have a science Nexus to compete with mine. In terms of raw numbers, Neutronium is better. look at the power of slaves. Destroys the planet it's used on. 17 Badges. I feel awful. Convert the pop, preserve the infrastructure, get the planet, and make coffee. is that so much to ask lmao. And now I realize it has other uses too. You can equip them with a neutron sweep or global pacifier instead. World Cracker is nice for good vibes, Neutron Sweep helps you snowball eco. 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. I thought i'd just say a few brief things about the planet destroyers since I find them fun to use. This thread is archived. 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 remembered the Neutron Sweep as being materialist specific, since the wiki says it's unusable by spiritualist or pacifists (so I just associated it with materialist). g. So I tried to use a global pacifier on it and got another unique message. Pacifists would instead opt for a Cruel Mercy : The Global Pacifier , which encases a planet in an impenetrable shield that only lets light through, trapping the population on that world. If an empire is going to use a world cracker they would probaby be just as willing to nuke it from orbit. Deluge machine is a bit of a downgrade from neutron sweep, unless you don't want to bother with terraforming a new colony. If the world relied on external sources of power, habitats will begin to fail. NANOMACHINES SON Nanobot diffuser: exclusive to DA machine empires. . Unless you’re short on minerals or whatever Reply. Never really had a use for the Global Pacifier. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. Materialists and Xenophiles can keep their Global Pacifiers though even if Aquatic. But the planet cracker makes everything up with its orgastic animation. Reply . 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. 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. The galactic community. Lol UNE was between the successor khanate, three Fallen Empires and a couple dozen star systems away from an LGate. - I got a tad board and decided to go on rampage with world cracker so I decided to make this, it basically removes almost all limits on using colossus weaponry. However, I'm using a neutron sweep this time and was wondering if buildings on a swept planets remain after recolonization of the world. 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. Maybe I'm talking shit but I could do it on a different run when I chose planet cracker and I could then swap it out for the world shielder later. If it's too early for. World cracker takes too long?. After the start I crank out clone armies as cannon fodder. Spiritualists should get the god ray, militarists should get the planet cracker, xenophobes should get some cleansing ray, and pascifists get the sheilder. Nanite Transmutation. The Galactic Community is a governing body where each member empire can vote on laws that affect all other member empires. Using neutron sweep turns the planet into a giant graveyard which can then be colonized, which means people living in a graveyard, which spiritualists don't like (see spiritualists and tomb worlds). The building loss is still not great.