The eras are not connected to any leader anymore.
Imperial leaders are their own system called Regimes now.
Dark Empire also isn't bound to era 4 anymore.
How Regimes and Dark Empire work is explained in the in-game guides

Originally posted by Cooler12351:

The eras are not connected to any leader anymore.
Imperial leaders are their own system called Regimes now.
Dark Empire also isn't bound to era 4 anymore.
How Regimes and Dark Empire work is explained in the in-game guides

I know this but imperial regimes no longer being tied to an era makes the game worse because the empire will never elect anyone else but sate pestage until dark empire. Plus, research goes to fast, for example new republic can get the viscount way to early in the game and wedge antilles way to early in the game compared to where the player would be at.

Originally posted by Cooler12351:

The eras are not connected to any leader anymore.
Imperial leaders are their own system called Regimes now.
Dark Empire also isn't bound to era 4 anymore.
How Regimes and Dark Empire work is explained in the in-game guides

You forget that stuff like the duskan league goes off and in the future there will be the yuzong vong. Especially with the slower start you arent really able to expand until 30-35 cycles as most factions besides empire, NR, pentastar. So if you wanted to realistically do the thrawn campaign by the time your at coruscate its era 4-5. Then next thing you know its era 7 and the duskan league shoots off. the cycles should be half a month to slow down the eras OR corery should speed up the game by adding more starting units.

I don't think bringing in future content you have no idea how it will be done is helpful here.

The research is year bound and those years are based on lore dates. So no research isn't too fast.
Empire AI not advancing in Regimes is something the devs might look into if true. Also you assume that only the main empire gets DE, which isn't true either.

Originally posted by Cooler12351:

I don't think bringing in future content you have no idea how it will be done is helpful here.

The research is year bound and those years are based on lore dates. So no research isn't too fast.
Empire AI not advancing in Regimes is something the devs might look into if true. Also you assume that only the main empire gets DE, which isn't true either.

In my past 4 playthoughts as non imperial factions, only the empire has gotten dark empire, and when I play an imperial remnant and become the one playing with Dark Empire the empire never moves off of Sate Pestage.

Originally posted by Cryofyte:

Originally posted by Cooler12351:

I don't think bringing in future content you have no idea how it will be done is helpful here.

The research is year bound and those years are based on lore dates. So no research isn't too fast.
Empire AI not advancing in Regimes is something the devs might look into if true. Also you assume that only the main empire gets DE, which isn't true either.

In my past 4 playthoughts as non imperial factions, only the empire has gotten dark empire, and when I play an imperial remnant and become the one playing with Dark Empire the empire never moves off of Sate Pestage.

Well that might just be pure bad luck on the RNG part, but certainly something that needs further testing.

Originally posted by Cooler12351:

I don't think bringing in future content you have no idea how it will be done is helpful here.

The research is year bound and those years are based on lore dates. So no research isn't too fast.
Empire AI not advancing in Regimes is something the devs might look into if true. Also you assume that only the main empire gets DE, which isn't true either.

Did you read my post? okay its bound to lore dates YES. but the speed in which time progesses is too fast. its not an issue with lore instead gameplay. Cycles should be half a month to slow down the game. I had a game go from era 1 to 6 in 60 cycles. All researches unlocked and no time to expand or do anything. Also you straw manned me. you argued only against yuzong vong but not the duskan league. The duskan league is done by date and due to a cycle being a month comes to fast. ALSO there is no way the Yuzong vong is not done by date. what do you think is going to happen? You have to buy a 30000 credit unlock in the government tab to make them show up? are you ridiculous? Actually dont answer that, I know you are.

Originally posted by Cooler12351:

Originally posted by Cryofyte:

In my past 4 playthoughts as non imperial factions, only the empire has gotten dark empire, and when I play an imperial remnant and become the one playing with Dark Empire the empire never moves off of Sate Pestage.

Well that might just be pure bad luck on the RNG part, but certainly something that needs further testing.

"doNt blAMe dEvs BaD LUck RnG" Devs could improve each faction so they have equal chance. 4 times in a row is pretty absurd.

I don't know how to help with the regimes issue, but you can set the game speed so the galactic game will physically move slower. It still is proportionally the same, but it gives you more time to act, think, and plan.

I thought the game was bugged on my Greater Maldrood run when I killed Pestage and no other IMP leader (or any era-specific heroes) showed up for next 40-50 cycles, then boom - yevethans come and wreck everything.

Then I did Eriadu run and by cycle 60-ish Isard didn't show up but some of the heroes did like Convarion. And I already have like half a galaxy painted due to amount of SSD's availeable from the start. And there's no real progression for other factions it feels like.

Definitely a much worse system than the previous one since it oftentimes means Empire has like zero characters since starting heroes die fast and new ones barely appear.

Originally posted by saessence:

I thought the game was bugged on my Greater Maldrood run when I killed Pestage and no other IMP leader (or any era-specific heroes) showed up for next 40-50 cycles, then boom - yevethans come and wreck everything.

Then I did Eriadu run and by cycle 60-ish Isard didn't show up but some of the heroes did like Convarion. And I already have like half a galaxy painted due to amount of SSD's availeable from the start. And there's no real progression for other factions it feels like.

Definitely a much worse system than the previous one since it oftentimes means Empire has like zero characters since starting heroes die fast and new ones barely appear.

Isard - stealth hero, and imperial leader doesn't affect ANY progression

I feel like the fix would be forcing the AI to auto go to the next imperial leader at the canon date. This would stop them from just sitting on Sate Pestage the whole game which they have done for me a plenty of time now. When playing as the empire it is fine as you can progress as you want but watching them sit with palpatines successor until era 7 (which comes so quick it sneaks up on ya) is actually pretty annoying. PS- making my comments more sensible so corey dosent think im info wars

Originally posted by Googs:

I feel like the fix would be forcing the AI to auto go to the next imperial leader at the canon date. This would stop them from just sitting on Sate Pestage the whole game which they have done for me a plenty of time now. When playing as the empire it is fine as you can progress as you want but watching them sit with palpatines successor until era 7 (which comes so quick it sneaks up on ya) is actually pretty annoying. PS- making my comments more sensible so corey dosent think im info wars

my thoughts exactly. appearance \ disappearance of certain major characters adds a lot of flair to the campaign experience

Another problem I see with the new update is that the AI factions seem to also never upgrade their heroes into the isd forms, which in turn makes the game a lot easier when it comes time to fight the heroes. For example, Zsinj becomes the weakest faction in the game because before Zsinj was just built around his ssd, but now that he is stuck in his victory, you can just wipe Zsinj's empire off the map in the beginning of you campaign. I think it makes sense for the player to have to build their heroes ssds, but the AI should just be given them, as it seems that they never build them.

THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING!

Originally posted by Cryofyte:

Another problem I see with the new update is that the AI factions seem to also never upgrade their heroes into the isd forms, which in turn makes the game a lot easier when it comes time to fight the heroes. For example, Zsinj becomes the weakest faction in the game because before Zsinj was just built around his ssd, but now that he is stuck in his victory, you can just wipe Zsinj's empire off the map in the beginning of you campaign. I think it makes sense for the player to have to build their heroes ssds, but the AI should just be given them, as it seems that they never build them.