Is Paradox stupid? Machines seem to die more often

[Cirth]

I remember Paradox saying that the new update will make it so machines are less likely to die. I swear within like the first 15 years I've had 2 scientist die, my legion node dude died. I'm reaching the mid game so far my legion node dude has died 3 times, my regulatory node died 2 times and I've had regular scientist in ships die like 5 times (none of them died due to blowing up either).

Before this stupid update I would have maybe a scientist or 2 die due to running into a new system, run into enemies and get blown up. I would maybe have 1 of the node dudes die around endgame but by that point doesn't really matter much.
So I'm noticing a huge difference and it's not better.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Nodes are immortal, you have something wrong in the game.
Machine leaders should start with around 90 years or so of expected active time.

[MrFreake_PDX]

This sounds like a mod conflict.

Can you disable your mods and see if the issue persists? If it does, you will likely need to verify your game files:
Right click Stellaris, Properties, Local files and click Verify Game files. If that doesn't resolve your issue, opening a ticket at support.paradoxplaza.com is your best bet.

Hope this helps!

[Cirth]

Originally posted by MrFreake_PDX:

This sounds like a mod conflict.

Can you disable your mods and see if the issue persists? If it does, you will likely need to verify your game files:
Right click Stellaris, Properties, Local files and click Verify Game files. If that doesn't resolve your issue, opening a ticket at support.paradoxplaza.com is your best bet.

Hope this helps!

I don't play with mods

[Elitewrecker PT]

Something is still clearly wrong with your game if you're having gestalt nodes die.
What's the checksum in the main menu?
Try verifying game integrity.