Isn't hive mind kind of overpowered?

[SuboptimizedUtopia]

Wouldn't the extremely adaptive trait allow it to settle on every planet in the galaxy on day 1? The solitary and deviant trait would also have no effect since its happiness is always at 100%. Let me know your thoughts.

[Icicle]

I actually think people who want to play hive minds on day 1 Utopia are odd.

A lot of the Banks revamp is the internal government, factions, ethics shift, etc. That part of gameplay you actually cut out by playing hivemind. I think having that option is great....

but with a new Utopia game... I'd rather experience most of the new internal governing features rathern than avoid them.

[Devin]

Цитата допису Aeryk:

Don't forget, you don't have to be hive mind to consume various pops.

EAT THE XENO.
EAT THE HERETIC.
EAT THE UNCLEAN.

I CARRY THE EMPEROR'S WILL AS MY FORK.

[Jaded]

Цитата допису Devin:

Цитата допису Aeryk:

Don't forget, you don't have to be hive mind to consume various pops.

EAT THE XENO.
EAT THE HERETIC.
EAT THE UNCLEAN.

I CARRY THE EMPEROR'S WILL AS MY FORK.

My fork gives my people the incentive to win wars. When they are sent down to invade a planet they are not given any rations. Their only food source will be their enemy.

[::Maethendias::]

we will see, maybe they actually power creeped the other acsention paths and left the biological one a bit weaker just because of this

not being affected by happiness basically means hive minds can just ignore habitability

and that IS the op part of the hive minds

[Marauder]

Цитата допису ::Maethendias:::

we will see, maybe they actually power creeped the other acsention paths and left the biological one a bit weaker just because of this

not being affected by happiness basically means hive minds can just ignore habitability

and that IS the op part of the hive minds

Only if it means permanent max happiness. Otherwise they are stuck with "standard" production where others can increase theirs.

[Tericc]

Цитата допису Overmind:

Awaken my child, and embrace the glory that is your birthright. Know that I am the overmind, eternal will of the Swarm, and that you have been created to serve me.

[::Maethendias::]

the hive mind thinggy is actually really lazywork...
especially if you look close, you can see a lot of stuff that shouldnt happen

you can research "happyness" technologies, or techs that should not excist in a hivemind (commisar squad wtf!?)
a lot of event flavourtext is not updated
the biological acsention is boring, and flat out underpowered compared to the other powercrept paths

[Delta Prime]

In a game like this where the AI cheats every way possible.

Freaking. Take. It.

[Ruinous]

I'm finding it nicely powerful on Insane with high aggression. Yeh, I went for the extremely adaptive trait, it just makes sense to leverage the lack of happiness malus for low habitability. And when you take over enemy planets, not needing to worry about unrest (its there, just don't make any impact on Hive minds) is quit the boon over a fanatic purifier approach.
I focus on unity generation, the one mind and supremacy bonus from rivals really ramps up unity and with ascenion perk dominion you can really project the borders.