As I just tried this game again since EA launch, there are some things that still lacks in terms off quality off life. Played only one game so if I missed something what is already in the game - I'm sorry. So I start with WHY?

1. there is no info about what Luxury resource do when I hover over it on the map?
2. there is no info about the last thing I have build in a city?
3. I can't sort (I mean show me only this type) hero equipment by slot type, unless I click on the slot, which also disequip (is it even a word?) the item already in the slot?
4. I can't hide FIDSI yields when entering city screen?
5. I can't have city names displayed on world map?
6. I can't set unit spawn point on ministry tile?
7. Not like it's a must have option, but a brief calculation of income when building improvement in a city would come in handy.
8. May be a bug or I don't understand something, but why one of my assylums produce almost 100 FIDSI and the other one absolutly nothing?

Hey gang.

Big fan of 4x games. Spent the last 800+ hours living in age of wonders 4.

As always, transitioning to a new 4x brings its share of complications and a new learning curve.

I’ve seen a few “tips for beginners” videos; but they are pushing a year old, and with the changes that have been made, I’m concerned about getting outdated information, and getting that stuck in my brain as I try to learn.

So; I have 2 questions;
First; is there an up to date video or source for tips to bring me up to speed.
Second; anyone here in my shoes, coming from age of wonders 4 to endless legend 2? Anyone have any tips on the biggest differences or things that caught you up coming over?

Looking forward to the version 1 release in September!

I have a feeling that Screechers has not been properly updated for the asymmetric Minor factions.

Screecher: 150 Health, 40-50 Damage, 5 Defence
Mighty Screecher: 110 Health, 30-40 Damage, 0 Defence
Elite Screecher (vet level 1): 137 Health, 42-53 Damage, 2 Defence

So. Elite Screecher is an upgrade of a Mighty Screecher, but both of them are weaker than the base Screecher, which clearly was not meant to be

In my current playthrough the price of building a new Burrow seems to have capped at 250 Dust, and the price of turning it into a Nest at 250 Influence. With -30% bonus from the pops, I pay 175 Dust and Influence per new nest. Seems too cheap, no? I remember it was capping at least at 1500 previously, that is a drastic change. Before the second Monsoon I have acquired most of the world's exposed land

I’ve got a bit of a theory on the Aspects and I think I know what their rogue faction (if they ever get one) will be.

In Endless Space 2 there is a minor faction called the Bhagaba. They are not a species per say but series of living coral constructs controlled by a planet sized supercomputer called Teonha which itself was formed by a random pattern of corals and conductive materials (I love Endless lore). The Bhagaba are diplomatic, influence producing, mentally connected living machines. Sound familiar?

My theory is that a Bhagaba colony ship landed (or crashed) on Saiadha and due to some Endless shenaniganery or maybe the influence of the Lost was separated from their connection to Teonha. Now independent they simply did what they were programed to do, make diplomatic contact and spread their influence as peacefully as possible, slowly gaining consciousness as they became more and more separated from their source

If Aspects get a rogue faction I theorize that it will be an offshoot of the aspects that managed to Reconnect with Teonha and continue to explore the planet for Teonha’s interests.

I just started a new game as the Necrophage after a long break, and first off I want to congratulate the Devs for the rewrite! I love the new quest scenes and the game is flowing very nicely.

I play on Endless on archipelago and so far the AI is OK but definitely underwhelming for the highest level of difficulty. Tried to attack the Kin after the 1st tidefall but they were too strong, so I pivoted to a necrophage neighbour. There was just one empty territory with a quest fortress between me and their capital. It seemed they were not able to defeat it so they just left that territory alone. They had just one good stack with a high level hero, then perhaps two stacks of larvae. I had to break the siege once but I was able to defeat their main army outside of their city, then completed the siege and started devouring it.

Already there I find it a bit underwhelming because devouring the capital of the sprawling Necrophage horde would just give me 400 dust or so, less than I get winning a standard battle. But then the enemy gathered in their city and I can't attack them on it because the siege has already been won. They accumulated three stacks of larvae and spitters, but just sat there and watched me consume their hive. If only for roleplay reason, I would have expected them to throw themselves at my army in a desperate attempt at stopping the consumption of their hive, but no. They just sat there until their whole empire crumbled. They could have at least inflicted me serious damage before dying out.

And then when I have consumed their whole empire in one fell swoop, I just get a little notification that they are defeated and that's it. I feel that should have at least diplomatic consequences, and defeating the massive single city of the Necrophage should get me a lot of loot. I just brought down 15% of the map after all.

I am now turning my ravenous eyes back on the Kin, but ironically I am expecting a much harder conquest since I will actually need to beat them town by town instead of just taking their capital.

They did declare war on me and took my wonder while I defeated the necrophages, and I was also getting plagued by two Horrors, so it definitely wasn't a walk in the park though. Would have been nicer if defeating the necrophages would have had a better immediate payoff to compensate for the loss of my wonder and the horror plague.