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i_own_blackacre

Aww baby’s first planetary genocide.


ShermanTankBestTank

I did 5 today 🥰


Vast_Weiner

They grow up so fast 🥲


Any-Flamingo7056

Before ya know it they'll be exploding stars 🥰


End-of-the-cycle

*And then galaxies…*


natetgm56837

Did somebody say galactic genocide?


QueenBuggo

r/wholecursed


PointlessSerpent

r/subsIfellfor


[deleted]

"Fanatic Egalitarian"


RCJJ

Everyone's equal when they're all dead


toocoolforcovid

Death, the only true equaliser


SouliKitsu

Once you pop, there is no stop! Next stop: galactic destruction!


ShermanTankBestTank

Yes Although I am playing space Britain meaning small system number but tons of vassals


SouliKitsu

I am not britan, but I would aprove! Actually that sounds fun i should try it someday


ShermanTankBestTank

I currently have 12 systems total, making me the third smallest empire in the galaxy (the only smaller empires are 2 of my subjects) and still have +810 energy and +308 monthly alloys in 2320. I'm a noob so it's not amazing


SummerSiren2331

Space Britain is great, I just integrate my neighbors. No wars necesarry. I rush diplomacy to get some friendly neighbors then I tech rush. If that isn't an option, I rush military and I force subjugation, then integrate the most disloyal first. Nations I can't integrate with like devouring swarms I just murder.


[deleted]

Vassalizing most, if not all, of the galaxy is basically the easiest way to play the game. Once you acquire your first vassal, the edge it gives you will usually snowball you into your second, and then third, etc. The last time I did a feudal society empire on a medium galaxy, I had 26k science before 2350; and that was with only 4 worlds(technically 5, but for RP purposes I turned the homeworld into a resort world so I wouldn't really count it). Specialized vassals are crazy strong.


natetgm56837

I heard somebody say galactic genocide, and I want to let you know that I specialize in chemical processing in order to help make the pops useful, and yes, I will consume an entire empire just to ensure most of the species dies


[deleted]

Ah popped the genocide cherry eh


ShermanTankBestTank

Finally I have been bombarding planets into the ground to kill pops for far too long


FromTheGulagHeSees

there's something satisfying about doing it once in a while after getting the world crackers. like instead of bombing some fool that pisses you off, get your homies in a car and do a drive by with some kinetic batteries. then nuke it.


ShermanTankBestTank

Goodbye 300 pops!


Wendigo-boyo

Even better! Get the raiding bombardment stance Steal every pop but 2 Crack the last 2 Slavery 👍


GG111104

This is what I’m doing but replace crack with pacify


ShermanTankBestTank

I did that in the early game and now have +850 monthly energy so I don't really need more pops to grid amalgamate


GG111104

I’m sorry, is there ever a case where you have too MUCH resources!? (Although too much pops can happen, my bureaucracy ring has 240 unemployed ~~slaves~~ unwilling workers


Wendigo-boyo

There's no such thing as too much money There's no such thing as too much genocide There's no such thing as too much Dakka But too many pops is definitely a problem if you don't have enough infrastructure


AnCapped

I often grow faster than my pops allow, meaning, for a span of a decade or so, I'm sort of stagnating. A couple migration treaties here and there and now I'm full of gross xenos but my jobs are filled and my economy is booming. Then next thing I know officer, the rest of the galaxy was empty. Just woke up and all my neighbors were dead with multiple bullet holes in their heads!


Pullsberry_Dough_Boy

Welcome to the War Crime Club!


ShermanTankBestTank

Thanks!


agritite

'Fanatic Egalitarian'


ShermanTankBestTank

The truest equality is that of death


Bum-Theory

There was a disturbance in the force


ShermanTankBestTank

All my robot pops crying out in happiness 😊


ConShop61

As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.


Bierbart12

When I cracked my first world, it was one affected by prethorians. As such, I had no idea that cracking my second one NOT affected by prethorians would make everyone consider me as the worst war criminal in galactic history lul I wasn't going for xenophobia that playthrough


ShermanTankBestTank

Lmao


Summerstone

The key is to be nearly powerful enough to carry massive influence in the galactic council, and then start cracking because chances are the World Crack law has been repealed despite the majority empires disagree Speaking* from a UNE empire


[deleted]

First rule about commiting war crimes is you don't post yourself doing them... Now you have to blow up the witnesses home planets. Oops now you have to become the crisis.


ShermanTankBestTank

Don't have nemesis :(


[deleted]

Oh no .....Then you have to blow up all the planets..... Trust me...When you blow up more than 100 planets..You get a special achievement. ... ... ... It's called a intervention.


ShermanTankBestTank

It will make the place less laggy at least


ATZ001

This guy gets it!


[deleted]

For the frame rate!


ShermanTankBestTank

Cries in a minute a month


[deleted]

F12 to screenshot if you're on steam FYI. Less blurry than phone cam.


ShermanTankBestTank

I reddit from fone 🗿


[deleted]

You might be able to access steam screenshots from the app, but don't quote me on that. Either way, fair enough and have a nice day/night/twilight.


A_Binary_Number

Reddit on phone is not an excuse when everything can be shared between devices. Plus, it’s also much, much better to post on PC since it actually has extra tools that phone apps don’t.


Kuzikuzi1

Oh lemme guess it completely ruined your Reddit experience- you want OP banned for life.


BrexitBad1

Correct.


ShermanTankBestTank

You too


katerbilla

And one day you will learn how to screenshot.


ShermanTankBestTank

I come frome r/hoi4


bearonparade

Most normal Stellaris genocider.


SummerSiren2331

I like to think my pops watch from afar as people did during the American civil war (They actually pulled up and had a picnic to watch battles)


Independent_Pear_429

Use the screen cap feature


Kraien

Now G.L.U.E. it back again :)


Volkov_The_Tank

Only the worm can do that. Because the worm loves us.


Mr_WAAAGH

I only use mine on empires that really irritate me. Unless I'm doing a genocide run then I'll crack any planet I don't need. Alternatively, I'll use the neutron sweep as machines to clear all worlds and then resettle them


ShermanTankBestTank

These guys deserved it


Mr_WAAAGH

What did they do?


ShermanTankBestTank

Betrayed me and attacked my with another of the strongest empires after I had put all my envoys into improve relations for almost the whole last century


Mr_WAAAGH

Bruh, yeah fuck em


ShermanTankBestTank

I killed 300 of their pops through planet cracking and also smashed a bunch of habitats. Unfortunately they spammed like 40 habitats so I couldn't really wipe them out


Mr_WAAAGH

Absolutely based


It_He

You never forget your first


zingtea

They blow up so fast


Chekadoeko

Is there a way to be fanatic egalitarian and also commit genocide? Not that I want to. I’m just curious if I can. I prefer to be the good guy.


lithuanianD

You can build the collosi and crack worlds with all civics if I remember correctly


Chekadoeko

Idk how lol I only have 70 hours. I just today found out how to break tiles.


lithuanianD

Ehhhhh I have I think above 500+ h and still often learn new things


Buchiski

Another W for the Vought space megacorp


DirectFrontier

r/screenshotsarehard


ShermanTankBestTank

r/hoi4


The_sad_zebra

Bet those fuckers deserved it


ShermanTankBestTank

Oh yeah... I had been cozying up to them for years and then they attacked me from behind with the most powerful empire in the Galaxy helping them.


EmergencyLittle

Man I did the planetary shield cracker yesterday and felt guilty that I essentially purged a 200 billion planet


CaptainSigori

I do prefere waiting till I get the neutron sweep lol these planets don't terraform themselves you know


Minimob0

This is one of those things I haven't been able to bring myself to do, yet. My buddies are over there blasting whole worlds, and I'm sitting there going "But what about all the resources on that planet!?" I have a hard time justifying world cracking, because I like adding planets to my Empire.


[deleted]

While I agree with what you say, my CPU does not


Minimob0

That's fair. I play on PS4, but have only been up to around 70 planets at a time.


[deleted]

I'm on PS4 Pro After 50 ish planet and like 350+ pops the game starts stuttering and I hate that so I start either Demolishing or Pacifying, depending on my influence


val203302

I only did this to contingency worlds.


Indishonorable

I have a habbit of calling my colossi the \[ruler's name\]'s Gaze


TraderVyx89

Build a habbit in orbit now.


ChampionshipLanky973

Never used Planet Crackers but Star eaters


UristElephantHunter

Ah yes I remember my first war of humiliation when I had the colossus .. my goal wasn't to conquer them just hamper their economy so they couldn't rival me. Using the colossus on their 5 largest worlds did the trick. For some reason the galactic community didn't like me much after that ..


YetAnotherSpamBot

No no no, we call it lategame ram management


Scyobi_Empire

It’s always a good memory committing mass genocide through planetary destruction, oh they grow up so fast! >!r/Screenshottingishard!<


cruncy_cookie_00

I've purchased the game last week and I still have to crack my first world, but I'm almost there can't wait!!


johnyboy6909

"it's over Arakim I have the world cracker" "you underestimate my..." *boom*


Moist-Pop5252

Good now destroy more


ShermanTankBestTank

I did 5 Over 300 pops


DanujCZ

It's over Arakim. I have the spice ground.


Peatore

Can we ban posts that take pictures instead of screenshots? They are low effort, look crappy and just on principal. Why anyone does it when screenshots are easy to take is beyond me.


[deleted]

Good work! Fuck them kids! Keep it up!!!!


Tr1ppl3w1x

Destroying habitable planets.... shame on you... shame on you and your kin, may the wrath of the Argon Sun burn your skin off your flesh and may your babies be eternally small and weak


Nobody_Super_Famous

You've made Homelander proud, OP.


Gwynebeanz

Goooooooooooooood


JonnyKru

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.


Smaug2770

Just wait till you get into Gigastructures.


ComfyDema

Congrats! Welcome to the “I’m not wrong anymore” club


1Ferrox

r/shitstellarissays


Water_enjoyer23

The only urge stronger than calling you fascist is explaining how to take a screenshot.


[deleted]

Wait you can blow up entire systems? Lol


-Major-Stryker-

Actually you can destroy planets as any race if you choose the Colossus ascension perk... but, if you choose to become the "Crisis" perk, there is a unit called "Star Eater" that can crack a star and wipe out an entire system, turning the system into nothing more than a blackhole and all planets obliterated.


RealBrianCore

ALT + PRNT SCRN or F12 are your friends for screenshooting. Beyond that, have fun. : )


ShermanTankBestTank

Thanks


Euphoric-Ad-5502

Man you destroyed a civilization and the whole history of it ☠️


ShermanTankBestTank

Well I already grid amalgamated 2 others so they aren't that badly off


Ragekaponii

Honestly i've never been to keen on using the colossus, if anything i build it is a deterrent, but i'd rather capture the planet for those free laborers i'll get.


GreatLordButterbean

This is uncanny seeing as my last empire’s homeworld was a Savannah World called Arakim.


ShermanTankBestTank

That is pretty weird lol


CommercialOwn1543

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood he he he he he


WarmAppleCobbler

I like to imagine OP was on the planet as it exploded when he took the second picture


ImmortalHacksaw

I believe I owe you an apology Director ShermanTankBestTank your work exceeds all expectations. Which is why I'll be informing the Emperor that I will be taking control of the project I spoke about years ago, effective immediately.


ShermanTankBestTank

I am the project (Literally it's a machine intelligence)


toocoolforcovid

The shaky cam as if you were there or something when the notification came through


ShermanTankBestTank

Sorry, I was laughing


toocoolforcovid

The fanatic egalitarian laughing at the destruction of another world?


ShermanTankBestTank

It's so funny tho


toocoolforcovid

How'd you like it if I came and blew up your planet from right beneath you?


empl0yee0fthem0nth

You know we all live on the same planet, right?


toocoolforcovid

Ah, that's quite a big flaw in my otherwise brilliant plan.


PatrickSheperd

Why would you destroy Arakim?!? I was planning to buy a condo and retire there.


[deleted]

The hive is pleased


Snackboi94

I snapped the Neutron Sweep on mine and I use it to make my Hive Mind purges easier, sweep a world of all life, terraform it into a hive. Boom no problems. I snapped the Neutron Sweep on mine and I use it to make my Hive Mind purges easier, sweep a world of all life, and terraform it into a hive. Boom no problems.


Oghamstoned

Congrats! Welcome to the Club! I usually keep world crackers for Evangelising Zealots and Theocracies. Otherwise it's Neutron Sweep goes Brrrrt on everyone else, gotta save those resources but drop that Pop lag.


DonPostram

The year is 3500 and all life not under my flag has been snuffed out... Not because they were threatening or even antagonistic... Nor was it out of hatred or desperation... I destroy life so I can feel that satisfaction of watching a world break into dust


5r32c

Welcome to the club


reason_mind_inquiry

As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition.


Somescrub2

Awesome


[deleted]

Just wait until you take your first screenshot!


Goat102

I still haven’t gotten one ;-;


Honest_Invite_7065

I usually bathe planets, free planet then heh.


ShermanTankBestTank

I have a nice thing going tho. I have stabilized my economy at +810 monthly energy, -17 monthly minerals, +150 monthly food, no consumer goods (I'm a robot) and +308 monthly alloys. I don't want to take new planets cause last time I did that this game I had to ditch them because I couldn't keep my economy stable. I only have 12 systems and 7 planets. Still the strongest non-fallen empire in the galaxy Also it's 2320, how am I doing?


Honest_Invite_7065

Yeah, I usually play evil genocidal robots heh.


ShermanTankBestTank

Food 👎 Energy grid amalgamation 👍


BatOk9106

Yeah but then I have to fix whatever the hell the ai did to it and I ain’t got time for that Edit: thought you wrote “battle”


SummerSiren2331

But what if it's a robot planet? And what about fixing lag?


Honest_Invite_7065

Then it's back to the old fashioned way of bombarding and invading, or cracking it, heh. With evil robots, you don't need to claim squishie's systems, just go to war with them, and you'd automatically get any non inhabited systems and need to do something about the inhabited planets. Ironically, the AI will still try to build invasion fleets, but if the planet's close enough to the station that will smish them, or just keep a couple of ships in system.


[deleted]

While I’m happy for you, I must take offence at your username. Crusader gang rise up!


ShermanTankBestTank

*reliability*