Stellaris Become The Crisis

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  • Becoming the Crisis is the most powerful Ascension Perk available in Stellaris, but how does it work? And can we minmax our galactic genocide?
    Lets dive in and find out!
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  • @michaeledmunds7056
    @michaeledmunds7056 2 роки тому +1813

    GC: *Passes readied shield resolution.*
    Nemesis: *Disarms military, gaining 230 menace for being in breach of galactic law.*
    "My goals are beyond your understanding."

    • @MontuPlays
      @MontuPlays  2 роки тому +322

      That woukd be a hilarious turn of events

    • @neeklmamp4955
      @neeklmamp4955 2 роки тому +1

      Pacifism is the enemy

    • @steelrexer1062
      @steelrexer1062 2 роки тому +219

      GC: Oh my god! He doesn’t have an enormous fleet capable of shattering plants! He’ll destroy the galaxy with his peacemongering ways!

    • @mirceazaharia2094
      @mirceazaharia2094 Рік тому +29

      @@steelrexer1062 Just As Planned.

    • @mirceazaharia2094
      @mirceazaharia2094 Рік тому +18

      @@MontuPlays I was actually feeling like crap tonight and about to stay up all night again. But then I found your video and felt much better. This perk looks amazing. I can't wait to make a Clone Army nation of psionic, nihilistic sardaukar sadists who bring The End Times. Cheers!

  • @nickslos7399
    @nickslos7399 2 роки тому +1640

    This is a reasonable reaction to losing a system after a war.

    • @Uwawa96
      @Uwawa96 2 роки тому +191

      The A.I cant partake in bordergore if there is no galaxy for them to bordergore.

    • @Thinseeker
      @Thinseeker 2 роки тому +73

      I thought that the planet cracker was overkill but looking at the star eater it turns out...
      I wasn't killing enough

    • @immabreakaleg
      @immabreakaleg 2 роки тому +1

      bahahahah

    • @drxtale9446
      @drxtale9446 Рік тому +4

      This is a reason if your a spiritualistic Xeno phobe that wants to purge de galaxy but is inferior.

    • @nihilistpenguin7511
      @nihilistpenguin7511 Рік тому +15

      *After a diplomatic insult

  • @Dan-zg1dq
    @Dan-zg1dq 2 роки тому +2315

    You know it's a good stellaris video when it's about min-maxing slaughter

  • @henrywilson2136
    @henrywilson2136 2 роки тому +1262

    The Galaxy after the end game crisis. "Thank you, you freed us!"
    The player with crisis aspirant "Oh, I wouldn't say freed, more like under new management."

    • @Nope-en9bo
      @Nope-en9bo 2 роки тому +175

      "Yes, my fellow civilizations. We have come to save you"
      "Hooray, its the Imperium!"
      "FROM YOURSELVES!!"
      "Oh no, its the Imperium."

    • @aza7866
      @aza7866 2 роки тому +19

      My great empire is amazing for the Galaxy. Everyone forcibly volunteers to abandon their race and culture to become identical, immortal robots! The economy has to grow, grow MORE

    • @willianlussin8981
      @willianlussin8981 2 роки тому +8

      @@Nope-en9bo oh Man that reference, i love it

    • @Nikoli492
      @Nikoli492 Рік тому

      O no I know that reference & I love it.

    • @therogueadmiral
      @therogueadmiral Рік тому

      @@Nope-en9bo "KILL THEM ALL, LET GOD SORT THEM OUT!"

  • @Notlordstark
    @Notlordstark 2 роки тому +686

    Thanks Montu for helping me maximize the efficiency of galactic genocide. Always appreciate the war crime tips

    • @MontuPlays
      @MontuPlays  2 роки тому +163

      It's not a war crime if there is no one left to arrest you...

    • @ericposey4124
      @ericposey4124 2 роки тому +23

      It's not a crime if there are no laws to binhd you.

    • @AndyplaysToday
      @AndyplaysToday 2 роки тому +10

      @@MontuPlays its not a war crime if you win

    • @brendanburks8366
      @brendanburks8366 2 роки тому +6

      It’s only a crime if you’re caught

    • @Failsafed
      @Failsafed 2 роки тому +5

      It's not a war crime if the isn't any galaxy

  • @sturmsuccessor4192
    @sturmsuccessor4192 2 роки тому +1464

    Overall i really do like the Nemesis dlc and the become the crisis perk. The only thing i dislike though is the ship types you get (aside from the star eater) and the visuals of the Aetherophasic engine. Some crappy looking pirate ships and a recoloured dyson sphere hardly make you look menacing enough. I wish they would go back to this and do some proper looking designs for these.

    • @cantstopthepun
      @cantstopthepun 2 роки тому +175

      Honestly I wish they didn't introduce the necroid ship set until this DLC. It just looks perfect for a crisis

    • @sylvananas7923
      @sylvananas7923 2 роки тому +117

      Don't worry the crisis shipset will come soon for only 20 bucks

    • @El_Presidente_5337
      @El_Presidente_5337 2 роки тому +31

      I felt like Nemesis was an "ok" DLC for 20 bucks.
      Considering how many DLC there are and what the DLC gave us:
      Galactic Custodian titel, Galactic Community 2 and the crisis stuff.

    • @goldenhorde6944
      @goldenhorde6944 2 роки тому +6

      Overall I actually feel Nemesis is pretty good value compared to some of the other DLC and I'm quite a big fan of the raider design but yeah I wish we had gotten the big frigate model in place of the menacing cruiser we have instead and that overall we had gotten a bit more aesthetic flexibility when it comes to both the menacing ships and the GDF.

    • @RocketPropelledMexican
      @RocketPropelledMexican 2 роки тому +16

      Yeah tbh I was expecting some ship type that looked like Star War's Empire aesthetics
      Also having menacing ships only cost minerals is pretty fucking broken

  • @alt7081
    @alt7081 2 роки тому +428

    Fun thing : If the Unbidden is in the galaxy when the engine explode, they won't die, and they will be the only being to survive.
    I'm pretty sure it's intended, tho
    And I learned that the hard way, hoping to have the achievement to kill them and the big-red-button one at the same time, but missed it because of that.

    • @zagreus1249
      @zagreus1249 2 роки тому +9

      LOL 😂 amazing !

    • @MarcusAntoniusbla
      @MarcusAntoniusbla 2 роки тому +69

      First time i became the crisis the unbidden devestated the galaxy the galaxy. i could barley keep them out of my space in the end we kina both won

    • @alt7081
      @alt7081 2 роки тому +63

      @@MarcusAntoniusbla In fact they win, because they don't die

    • @ssjjshawn
      @ssjjshawn 2 роки тому +42

      Bubbles and other Space Amebas can also sometimes survive, but that may just be a glitch

    • @ssjjshawn
      @ssjjshawn 2 роки тому +11

      @@alt7081 I mean they also lose, because they no longer have any food

  • @JoshSweetvale
    @JoshSweetvale 2 роки тому +613

    If you go the Psionic Ascension route and are _really_ lucky, you can swindle the End of the Cycle, as long as you've started on the Aetherophasic Engine and keep going, you can use the LUDICROUS bonuses it gives to extinguish the material universe in under 50 years.

    • @MontuPlays
      @MontuPlays  2 роки тому +184

      I have never managed to pull that off. It would be great though!

    • @finnfreudenberg5568
      @finnfreudenberg5568 2 роки тому +25

      It's still an end of the cycle though ~ not sure whether it's really a swindle.

    • @elonwhatever
      @elonwhatever 2 роки тому +158

      @@finnfreudenberg5568 I mean you trick the warp gods into helping you outrank them.
      Feels like a swindle.

    • @MsNellie1972
      @MsNellie1972 2 роки тому

      You can cheese the level 5 all war part by waiting till the war in heaven and becoming the leader of the non alined group then holding out till you can white peace the fallen empires as the non alined group would have been killed by the FE's and the rest of the galaxy can't declare war on you due to the peace treaty. On top of that if the crisis is going on or you've just got enough systems you can destroy enough stars to get all the resources without declaring war on anyone

    • @aurum-anadeus4875
      @aurum-anadeus4875 2 роки тому +30

      @@elonwhatever ender of the cycle don't care though. he got what he wanted. seems like a mutually beneficial and advantageous trade deal

  • @kingdom99hearts
    @kingdom99hearts 2 роки тому +410

    Played a game as Spiritualist Xenophobes and got stuck behind some raiders. Only had around 10 systems available and 3 planets. Played super tall, never met another empire, 2350 comes around, mid game crisis has come and gone. I've built dozens of habitats and gone super tall. Kill the Raiders and unleash myself upon the galaxy. Little did the other empires know the Raiders were actually their greatest defenders, when one year came and the raiders demands didn't the empires of the Galactic council thought themselves blessed, someone has disbanded them. No more paying tribute. Then they started to lose comms with neighboring empires one by one as an unprecedented number of stars began to supernova leaving clusters of black holes. They thought it some cosmic anomaly. No, their end had come, the Crisis was here.

  • @TheMoriShow
    @TheMoriShow 2 роки тому +117

    My biggest problem with the Crisis Ascension and mechanics are the Menacing Ships. They are really just the Marauder vessels and thus clash with most themes of your empires because of their more pirate-like appearance.

  • @ScorpioneOrzion
    @ScorpioneOrzion 2 роки тому +333

    Keep in mind if the galactic community does not exist when you become crisis level 5, you will not go total war with everyone. Even if the galactic community forms later.

    • @johnprice6271
      @johnprice6271 2 роки тому +7

      You're joking. How did you find this out?

    • @ScorpioneOrzion
      @ScorpioneOrzion 2 роки тому +4

      @@johnprice6271 seeing someone else do it.

    • @roadtrain_
      @roadtrain_ 2 роки тому +17

      So basically what you're saying is rush lvl 5 crisis before the community forms... that sounds impossible

    • @spun1930
      @spun1930 2 роки тому +2

      @@roadtrain_ terravore unity rush?

    • @Forestxavier20
      @Forestxavier20 Рік тому +7

      @@roadtrain_ Not impossible, just highly, highly improbable. The simple way, in my eyes would be a Driven Assimilator in a massive galaxy with either Maintenance Protocol or Unitary Cohesion as your second Civic. Ensure that you are using Unity Producing Buildings, Prosperous Unification or Resource Consolidation as the Origin. Soiritualist Necrophage would work as well, maybe even Megacorp for the Death Cult and holdings on other planets? It would also allow you to gain unity from the Harmony Tradition, so you assimilate a few empires, produce as much unity as possible from a few neighbors, then go on the offensive and consume everyone else, either by assimilating them or by vassalizing them.

  • @boreasreal5911
    @boreasreal5911 2 роки тому +96

    I was a fool for not expecting to hear the phrase "min maxing galactic genocide" when dealing with Stellaris

  • @ChromaDragon
    @ChromaDragon 2 роки тому +923

    I went for this once. The moment I clicked the button to detonate the galaxy, my game crashed, and would crash every time I clicked the button.
    10/10 would destroy the fourth wall again.

    • @MontuPlays
      @MontuPlays  2 роки тому +164

      That is really, really bad timing

    • @tanker00v25
      @tanker00v25 2 роки тому +89

      Wow that's an awesome feature paradox secretly implemented

    • @ChromaDragon
      @ChromaDragon 2 роки тому +73

      I think it's perfect timing if you ask me. I guess my empire just found a way to kill the galaxy /very very/ thoroughly, which included the game!

    • @xfffg1496
      @xfffg1496 2 роки тому +38

      Lag crisis remains the ultimate one.

    • @Xaphnir
      @Xaphnir 2 роки тому +8

      When was it? I remember a while ago using the QSO from Gigastructures to wipe out a star system or cluster had a high chance to make the game crash. A more recent playthrough didn't result in any crashes as I used it constantly. If the crash is for a similar reason, whatever caused this might be fixed.

  • @synthetic240
    @synthetic240 2 роки тому +240

    Also worth noting! Planets that have been shielded by the Pacifist Colossus weapon will not explode. This also includes Fallen Empire shielded worlds.
    One question, though: would a habitat built in a blackhole system survive?

    • @Uwawa96
      @Uwawa96 2 роки тому +65

      I for a fact do build Habitats in black hole systems , and not only do the survive , they can even thrive!

    • @synthetic240
      @synthetic240 2 роки тому +89

      @@Uwawa96 I think it'd be an amusing multiplayer game to have a post-exploded galaxy where everyone starts with one fully upgraded (and over-crowded) habitat around a black hole.

    • @cosmosyn2514
      @cosmosyn2514 2 роки тому +43

      @@synthetic240 There’s a mod that made you start on a basic level 1 habitat it a post Engine galaxy, but I can’t for the life of me find it again, and it’s driving me insane.

    • @jamescar8085
      @jamescar8085 2 роки тому +20

      @@Uwawa96 average Planet dweller fan vs average blackhole habitat enjoyer.

    • @GM-vt6is
      @GM-vt6is 2 роки тому +24

      This sounds like a great scifi movie actually... trapped in a planet like a fish in a bowl, watching all stars on the other side winking out one by one- including your own...and then, silence. Trapped inside, forever, with just the faint glow of the energy barrier over you.

  • @ShamanMcLamie
    @ShamanMcLamie 2 роки тому +41

    "How can we min max our galactic genocide."
    Words you never thought you'd hear growing up.

  • @epicochafausen9312
    @epicochafausen9312 2 роки тому +87

    As an important note, you don't need to become the crisis to benefit from this. Just stay at tier 4 and play as any normal empire but with the special ships and massive bonuses

    • @badpiggies988
      @badpiggies988 8 місяців тому +3

      But maybe if Bubbles dies…

    • @matiasrodriguez7408
      @matiasrodriguez7408 5 місяців тому

      Yes, but level 5 offers divinity and a higher existence. Not even conquering the universe can compare to that, or maybe becoming gods is the first step...
      I guess the only reason to reject ascension is to build impressive things, or to conquer the entire galaxy first

  • @C05597641
    @C05597641 2 роки тому +146

    Its so tedius fighting swarms of tiny AI fleets. You could massively out number and out gun them and its so hard to chase down all the tiny fleets

    • @LordFusion5620
      @LordFusion5620 2 роки тому +30

      Tell me about it, I remember having to sterilize one galaxy cluster by cluster, choke point by choke point and switch my colossi to a planet cracker cause the buggers kept getting behind my feet's, retaking their systems and recolonizing their planets faster then I could kill them.

    • @7Rendar
      @7Rendar 2 роки тому +10

      Maybe reduce hyperlane density (obviously only possible at start) and have fleets guarding strategic choke points? Haven't gotten to the fifth stage of crisis myself yet.

    • @mr-x7689
      @mr-x7689 Рік тому

      My go to tactic as fanatic xenophobe is pretty simple.
      Research ALLOT in to space warfare. Upgrade all fleets.
      Build several systems with max amount of shipyards. (Preferably next to the enemy system, for easy repair and reinforcements J.I.C)
      (Make sure to have a lot of surplus materials for the empire, as this is gonna be expensive as f in upkeep.)
      Then basically shit out fleets. Divide them into several large fleets of 50k+ fleet power.
      Then set em to go system to system, in the troublesome empire. wiping out planets and starbases where ever they go. And leave no territory alone within their borders.
      Sooner or later any escaping fleet, will endup in one system where several 50k+ fleets will arrive at from several different hyperlanes. And then will crush them like an ant beneath an elephants foot.
      It's a lot of micro managing, but it is a foolproof strategy for as long you don't end up having problems with war exhaustion.
      You could also be an petty lil bitch like me, and use a world cra... i mean a Bringer of peace and love. to passefie any enemy habitat worlds. So even if they win, they will be less able to deal with the next war with you.

    • @UnholyWrath3277
      @UnholyWrath3277 Рік тому

      If you only need to keep the engine system safe just pimp it out with a citadel and a ton of defense stations and 90% of your fleet then just wait em out

    • @badpiggies988
      @badpiggies988 8 місяців тому +2

      Yeah whenever I go to conquer a vastly-inferior neighbor I have to waste an entire megafleet-of-doom forming a defense line at my borders to avoid counter-invasions by a corvette meat-storm

  • @thorshammer7883
    @thorshammer7883 2 роки тому +97

    So basically you become such a threat in your galaxy with so much power that realistically the only sci fi factions that would be able to defeat you would have to be on a tier similar to the Xeelee or the Culture.

    • @MontuPlays
      @MontuPlays  2 роки тому +12

      Basically yes. The Idirans would have no chance ...

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 2 роки тому +1

      @@MontuPlays
      How strong are those guys? As I only know the Culture and power one of their ships have and how they can police their entire galaxy easily and bulit humongous galactic megastructers the likes of which not the Forerunners from Halo could match.

    • @spartanonxy
      @spartanonxy Рік тому +5

      @@thorshammer7883 Actually the Forerunners are the better engineers between them and the Culture. The Culture cannot make Dyson Sphere's though a few other groups can that tend to keep to themselves. Most Culture made structures are planet scale or smaller. The Forerunners make Dyson Spheres in number and even engineer solar systems. Though the Culture also has a insane tech that overall keeps them equal. In the end each has things that they are better then the other in. The field each is best known for ironically are one and the same. AI in both cases. With the Forerunners and their different tiers of Ancilla and the Culture with the Minds. The Minds are on average above the Ancilla but the top tier Ancilla are in a completely different league and in the end it is a interesting comparison.
      The Xeelee though are a completely different ballgame. The Xeelee we born after the big bang but have lived longer then the universe by creating a area of the universe where time passes differently. The only faction in Scifi more insanely OP then Xeelee are the bloody Downstreamers. The Xeelee decided they no longer want to live in the universe so are making a way to leave.
      In the end there are actually quite a few scifi factions that are a threat to a player crisis. Gunbuster humanity, Gurren Lagann well every faction essentially, 31st century Star Trek Federation, Golden Age of technology humanity 40k, Necrons 40k, Eldar prefall into decadence 40k, the ancients from stargate assuming they drop the stupid ball, Doctor Who factions in general, Systems Commonwealth from Andromeda and yeah the afore mentioned Forerunners, The Culture and Xeelee.
      TLDR the crisis is nowhere near as brokenly op as you might think. Especially considering some stuff out there. Gurren Lagann for example reach universe scale rather then galactic. The ancients as another could launch a few seed ships with gates and then fire Dakara and nuke the galaxy in maybe a couple of months. Or make project Arcturus again and kill the universe.

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 Рік тому

      @@spartanonxy
      Wait didn't the Culture create a huge ringed megastructure around the galaxy?

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 Рік тому

      @@spartanonxy
      How do the most powerful Minds compare to Mendicant Bias and Offensive Bias?

  • @kaiserblood6880
    @kaiserblood6880 2 роки тому +8

    I see a lot of Skulls. Blood for the Blood God. Skulls for the skull throne.

  • @dragonslair951167
    @dragonslair951167 2 роки тому +20

    Nemesis feels like a necessity if you want to win in a big galaxy as fanatic purifiers- it's so much harder to kill everyone when you have to rely on standard fleets and win conditions.

    • @badpiggies988
      @badpiggies988 8 місяців тому +1

      And it’s fitting, too; space n@zis wanting the eradication of sapient life in THE WHOLE UNIVERSE instead of one galaxy (which would be the only part realistically controllable) while your Master Race become gods in their new home dimension

  • @paradox7358
    @paradox7358 2 роки тому +8

    "I shall light this holy ring...release its cleansing flame...and burn a path into the divine beyond."

  • @penguinsrockrgr8yt216
    @penguinsrockrgr8yt216 2 роки тому +23

    **Takes notes for when nemesis comes out on console in the next month or 2**

    • @MontuPlays
      @MontuPlays  2 роки тому +5

      I hope it is almsot the same as the Nemesis release for console!

  • @finnfreudenberg5568
    @finnfreudenberg5568 2 роки тому +48

    I personally like the dynamic of an Empire becoming the crisis. It forces me to change my Playstyle and play more aggressively once there is an empire that took the perk.
    Though I never took it myself. I just don't feel like destroying the whole galaxy is a win. While I don't always role-play, it's still to ingrained into me to take that perk ~

    • @bestaround3323
      @bestaround3323 2 роки тому +3

      You become gods, sounds like a win to me.

  • @JamesTobiasStewart
    @JamesTobiasStewart 2 роки тому +25

    You know I feel like in this context the Invincible V Omniman fight is what happens when you and a good friend are playing Stellaris, but where you took Defender Of The Galaxy, while they took Become The Crisis and they're better at the game than you are.

  • @samker7758
    @samker7758 2 роки тому +87

    Talked about just recently on the Stellaris subreddit. Love the crisis story but unfortunately , it has low replayability. The shipset was also a bit disappointing , using pirates ship for menacing ships. I wanted something at least as intimidating as necroid shipset.

  • @CrazyVolus
    @CrazyVolus 2 роки тому +39

    The 'Become the Crisis' I have mixed impressions of. I dislike when someone rushes it and starts rampaging around with 40k Star Eaters when you got a 7k cruiser fleet. But later on you can often whoop the Crisis player.

  • @coolmanspaceguy4793
    @coolmanspaceguy4793 2 роки тому +17

    I liked the intro.

    • @MontuPlays
      @MontuPlays  2 роки тому +1

      I really enjoy making them!

  • @user-xp1xg2dv6i
    @user-xp1xg2dv6i 2 роки тому +23

    Weird stuff goes on in the game tabs after you erase the galaxy. You can see the endgame crysis' faction and other technical factions, there are names of some code strings to be found and yes, it did crash before I could see all of it

  • @aaronimp4966
    @aaronimp4966 Рік тому +1

    I have a playthrough where I'm trying to prepare the galaxy for the upcoming Scourge invasion, so I took "Become the Crisis" to stop the crisis. Since I have arranged the politics in such a way as to keep the peace, I have been generating most of my menace from retaining vassals. It wasn't fast enough for me, so I took advantage of my essential control of the galactic community to repeal my past military sanctions, and passed galactic law that banned my bombardment policy and deluge machine. Once I had more menace than I'll ever need, I repealed that policy.
    All of this is to say, there's more than one usage to the Crisis perk.

  • @cosmokirin
    @cosmokirin 2 роки тому +7

    Every time i see the engine I can't help but think it should really be a set of evil looking gimbals rotating around the star, as apposed to a dyson sphere model.

  • @ditmarvanbelle1061
    @ditmarvanbelle1061 Рік тому +6

    Absolutely OP. Imba! The defender against the crisis gets absolutely NOTHING if you keep it at level 4, meanwhile the crisis-aspirant gets to steamroll everything and everyone. I feel like spammable ships should be the reward for dedicating to be the crisis, not something you get to enjoy with NO repercussions. Either that, or building these should automatically push you over the edge with or without research projects. (the project should be something you WANT to have to be a proper crisis, not something you want to postpone maybe indefinitely)

  • @EnderraphaXX
    @EnderraphaXX 2 роки тому +9

    I really like this ascension perk, great video covering it. The -30% ship upkeep seems not so great until you stack it with similar bonuses like clone army admiral and brain slug host, allowing you to completely ignore naval cap. Would certainly use it more if I wasn't addicted to diplomacy and the galactic community, some level 5 resolutions like Industrial Development are really neat and can really change how the game is played, others can force some empires to quit the community (like divinity of life vs synth/machine empires), and them being out of it may even grant you a casus belli if you progressed enough in mutual defense. Becoming the custodian helps a lot when rushing resolutions.

  • @JohndrewtheSylveonking
    @JohndrewtheSylveonking 2 роки тому +8

    I love the whole minerals cost on the ships. Definitely a great way to save on alloys for other things like battle ships. Plus you can throw on all the expensive stuff you want on your menacing ships since the base price is always the same. Allowing you to build a fleet that would have normally been too expensive in terms of other resources you would spend on normal ships.

  • @Hypersend
    @Hypersend Рік тому +1

    I wish I knew about this when I started my first stellaris playthrough, I was attacking everyone of my neighbors in the beginning.

  • @aquicklad972
    @aquicklad972 2 роки тому +1

    Love this video, thanks Montu

  • @johnjoseph2010
    @johnjoseph2010 2 роки тому +5

    I think that the crisis perk is so well done I wish the Chastodian, for the galactic community, should have it own "mence" progress with a loyalty theme. Along with one for the galactic empire

  • @Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth
    @Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth 2 роки тому +5

    I like it, I wish there was a second crisis end goal that didn't require you to blow up the galaxy. Like if you are a devouring swarm you could become the tyranid/flood or something. Or if your a machine race you can become the reapers or something.
    Edit: yes I'm aware you can do all those things in the game normally. I just want something a little more than just blow up galaxy as crisis out come.

    • @tredausmaxima
      @tredausmaxima Рік тому

      I agree. And I feel this should be added in a potential DLC which introduces another endgame crisis.

  • @ashtonrene1524
    @ashtonrene1524 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this video, I remember asking for it awhile ago but never expected it,

  • @winterine4827
    @winterine4827 2 роки тому +7

    I’d like to see a crisiswin% speedrunning category for Stellaris, think that would be fun to watch

  • @viciousyeen6644
    @viciousyeen6644 Рік тому +2

    Once upon a time, back before even the megastructures, I played a mod where you end up developing ships the length of half a system or more. They were unimaginably strong behemoths too, eradicating whole fleets as if they were Sand you wiped away. That really felt like being a new kind of end-game crisis.

    • @stevensanderson2817
      @stevensanderson2817 9 місяців тому +1

      Sounds like Gigastructural Engineering, you can make attack moon, planet behemothcraft, and solarcrafts that are eventually the size of an entire solar system.

    • @viciousyeen6644
      @viciousyeen6644 9 місяців тому

      @@stevensanderson2817 also interesting! But that mod I mean came out in the first month of the game or so

  • @bubba2861
    @bubba2861 2 роки тому +8

    Thanks for the video, helps a noob like me out a ton!

  • @marcuscaesar3538
    @marcuscaesar3538 2 місяці тому

    A Doctor Who reference AND a Star Trek reference in a minute of each other? You my friend have earned a sub

  • @HellishSpoon
    @HellishSpoon 2 роки тому +1

    0:00
    man there is some thing very cathartic about being a bigger bad guy

  • @arclite2008
    @arclite2008 2 роки тому +1

    Once again, I have to applaud you. The memes are on spot.

  • @kiravatheargonian
    @kiravatheargonian 6 місяців тому +1

    *Becoming the crisis is legitimately becoming the Imperium of Man from Warhammer 40k if it got added to Star Trek convince me otherwise*

  • @Nukesnipe
    @Nukesnipe 2 роки тому +4

    I felt that opening so hard in my current multiplayer game. I was in the middle of invading a neighbor to necrophage them when the great khan showed up and invaded them too. That didn't go well for them.

  • @stephendabbs2213
    @stephendabbs2213 Рік тому +1

    I took this ascension perk recently and got all the way to the final stage......never noticed there was a crisis tab with all the details!

  • @nusantaramapper7580
    @nusantaramapper7580 2 роки тому +1

    The crisis, you know when will you deliver the emperor's speech.

  • @mortache
    @mortache 2 роки тому +2

    "All the moon men want things their way
    But we make sure they see the sun
    Goodbye, moon men"
    -Genocidal fart

  • @migah139
    @migah139 2 роки тому +5

    the crisis needs a rebalance. and a BIG one. its just a free win unless you fall asleep
    star eaters are broken (dont edit them, and you will go waaaay over power limit), costs next to nothing and has 0 upkeep.
    once you unlock them, just "eat" a few systems - even your own if needed - and build a fleet of them.
    congrats.. you're now quite literally unstoppable

    • @Heartrose7
      @Heartrose7 6 місяців тому

      I think that's kind of the point.

  • @realaccount3887
    @realaccount3887 Рік тому +1

    "the rest of the galaxy may not understand, but they will comply"

  • @Charles-wu3lh
    @Charles-wu3lh 2 роки тому +1

    If you crack a planet, do you get kill credit for the pops?
    ...asking for a friend

  • @sigmaaicore1652
    @sigmaaicore1652 2 роки тому +2

    "I understand where your doubt is coming from since all human Commanders still have a sense of humanity more or less... But mankind can only survive if we let go of our sense of humanity and make the most reasonable judgements"
    - Me convincing everyone that Xenocide is necessary for humanity

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 2 роки тому

      Kind of ironic that to argue for letting go of humanity would imply acceptance of xenos

  • @volkovthetank2874
    @volkovthetank2874 2 роки тому +3

    I wish the Armageddon bombardment was put at level 1 instead of 3. That way you can get Armageddon without getting the opinion decreases of being a rank 3 crisis.

  • @corp-_-3853
    @corp-_-3853 Рік тому +1

    Recently conquered several planets of an enemy empire, after the conflict ended I noticed that about 80% of its population was on these planets. These planets were unfortunately out of my reach, since I didn't really want to give them back to him I decided to wipe out the entire population of these planets. Later I gave him back the "cleaned" worlds for free so he could see what I had done.

  • @patwick7351
    @patwick7351 2 роки тому +5

    It'd be nice if they'd add more routes as the Crisis.

  • @kotzpenner
    @kotzpenner 2 роки тому +3

    Don’t forget liquid metal for megastructures

  • @deadpoolthefirstkill6221
    @deadpoolthefirstkill6221 2 роки тому +2

    "how can you min-max your galactic genocide" I love this game

  • @DrewPicklesTheDark
    @DrewPicklesTheDark Рік тому +1

    I wish there was a galactic conquest option than blowing up the galaxy. Would make sense for the other factions to unite to stop you, and conquering 100% of the galaxy seems like it would classify as an end goal.

  • @immabreakaleg
    @immabreakaleg 2 роки тому

    this endgame condition also makes sense in "cosmological evolution theory" context where emergence of intellegence has been naturally selected by increased probability of black hole creation

  • @Acroth
    @Acroth 2 роки тому

    This is one of the most fun ways I enjoys playing Stellaris. Adding the gigastructures mod to it is even more scary especially if you've got a systemcraft ship available, combined with the strong hold habitats and adding the asteroid artillery you wouldn't have to worry about getting rushed by the opposition

  • @knightm4er
    @knightm4er 2 роки тому

    Dang that intro got me thinking about **Massive Galactic War Crimes**

  • @duwaynecalico4539
    @duwaynecalico4539 Рік тому

    “Menacingly use that like button.” I liked that.

  • @Connorthebozo
    @Connorthebozo 2 роки тому +2

    I like how montu casually talks about he genocides entire races

  • @RealTrey19
    @RealTrey19 2 роки тому

    “He’s just standing there.. MENACINGLY!”

  • @chrisramsteck5866
    @chrisramsteck5866 2 роки тому

    Next video idea - dives onto Galaxy Politics. How to become custodian, what the resolutions are, favors, sanctions, etc

  • @wumpusmcgrumpusesquire6965
    @wumpusmcgrumpusesquire6965 2 роки тому

    Lots of bloopers in this one montu

    • @MontuPlays
      @MontuPlays  2 роки тому +1

      lots? Just the one repeat around 3:40 as far as I've been told

  • @RenMagnum4057
    @RenMagnum4057 2 роки тому +1

    So it's basically scenario where the Imperium of Man when they discover a Complete STC

  • @storeyedsnail86
    @storeyedsnail86 8 місяців тому

    One game I had with my friends, my buddy and I picked the crisis perk, but I also picked the defender from the crisis perk so I was the biggest menace, but defender of the galaxy

  • @TheHICDealer
    @TheHICDealer 2 роки тому +1

    I can’t wait until console gets nemesis

  • @heartlessmushroom
    @heartlessmushroom 2 роки тому +1

    I think I wanna try a crisis build next time where I don't pick the final stage of the crisis.
    Keep all the awesome military bonuses so I can keep conquering and vassalizing others while keeping the veneer of a respected member of the galactic community

  • @Xexelli
    @Xexelli 2 роки тому

    I seem to have blown up your star, flowers will be sent in apology as soon as your world ceases burning.

  • @asdanjer
    @asdanjer 2 роки тому

    "To destroy the destruction you have to become the destruction"
    - noone probably.

  • @thomaswilson7103
    @thomaswilson7103 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you montu for giving a guide to ascend to godhood

  • @makiiavely
    @makiiavely 5 місяців тому

    im gonna make a whole ass covenant campaign with this i swear to god

  • @imperiumCirca41
    @imperiumCirca41 2 роки тому +2

    I always get this odd feeling when the enemy lands Gene warriors on my planet when I Synth Ascended and realize I don't get other armies...

  • @54nnu
    @54nnu 2 роки тому

    Did my first run of Stellaris completion with this perk.
    That's what you get, Thembolon Collective for taking my single fucking starbase.

  • @UrVileWedge
    @UrVileWedge 2 роки тому +1

    Bah, you don't need fortress habitats when you get to phase 5. You just need endless swarms of menacing ships to keep anyone from getting to your systems.

  • @dextercochran4916
    @dextercochran4916 2 роки тому +1

    When someone kills your pet amoeba...

  • @brotheralaric7177
    @brotheralaric7177 2 роки тому

    He is Standing There . . MENACINGLY

  • @PyroMancer2k
    @PyroMancer2k 2 роки тому +1

    The casus belli I think are the best part of Becoming the Crisis. I often take the perk most games just for those options and stop at level 4 as I don't want to destroy the galaxy.
    The reason they are so strong is it doesn't matter what the other empires are doing. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to Vassalize an empire only to see they were already at war and thus I can't because in order to declare a Vassalization war they have to reject an offer to become your Vassel which you can only send when they are at peace.
    I prefer Vassalization wars because of the Empire Sprawl issue of taking in a bunch of mismanaged planets. With the new Empire Size system that becomes even more of an issue.
    Also with Wipe them out can be fun on empires who's space you haven't scanned as you might get chance of some anomalies once it becomes unclaimed.

  • @kabob0077
    @kabob0077 2 роки тому

    This can lead to some "I will rule this galaxy or see it burnt to ash around me!" moments.

  • @itty_224
    @itty_224 9 місяців тому +1

    love this video, but it could use an update with archaeotech weapons being meta for crisis empires.

  • @slimeinabox
    @slimeinabox 2 роки тому

    Devouring swarms:
    “We’re way ahead of you other.”

  • @DerFamouse
    @DerFamouse 2 роки тому

    Now imagine being the Menace with the Zerg race from Starcraft. Dream come true

  • @ZanmeksArchives
    @ZanmeksArchives 2 роки тому +2

    tbh i was quite disappointed the second time I played using this DLC but not because of whats in it, more so whats not in it, the first time I use the DLC I was playing a Fantic Spiritualist Empire and when I saw the end goal of the DLC was to "Breach the Shroud" I assumed it was because my Empire was taking the Spiritualist Ascension path. so i thought if i took the Mechine/Bio Ascension paths then end goal was gonna be different. say perhaps converting the whole galaxy into your species though BioAscension or devouring the galaxy in a swam of nanobots for machine Ascension. but no you always breach the Shroud. again its not really the DLCs fault i just thought there was more to it purely because of what path i chose before picking "Become the Crisis"

  • @redenginner
    @redenginner 2 роки тому +1

    The one time I took the crisis perk was when I left the galactic community right before a diplomatic focused AI became the senate,which caused most of the galaxy to declare war on me after declaring me a crisis. I was perfectly happy to vibe until the endgame crisis,but their insistence on being dickheads meant that I pulled out my gluger and picked “become the crisis” as my last ascension perk. It turns out,even the most unified galaxy can’t really deal with the monthly meanacing cruiser output a megashipyard and matter decompressor can put out.

  • @smokinggnu6584
    @smokinggnu6584 2 роки тому +1

    Becoming the crisis is pretty damn fun , have to admit.

  • @lonewarrior8217
    @lonewarrior8217 Місяць тому

    7:39 me on the other hand just sitting at crisis lvl 4 and wanting to conquer the entire galaxy through conventional war and commiting xenocide on every single enemy planet then terraforming them and colonizing it with humans
    Ahhh I am just addicted to this entire process😊

  • @MrNorker77
    @MrNorker77 2 роки тому +1

    One thing worth mentioning which isn't mentioned in the video and which ruined my first Become The Crisis attempt: Each level of BtC gives you a diplomatic penalty with other empires (Which was enough to get two fallen empires to declare war on me at a point where I had no chance).

    • @bitbucketcynic
      @bitbucketcynic 2 роки тому

      If you don't have a -3000 opinion from every other empire by the time you're the crisis, you're doing it wrong.

  • @HimitsuYami
    @HimitsuYami Рік тому

    I like to stop at around stage 3 and build hundreds to thousands of menacing corvettes armed with the highest tier disrupters and every other penetration weapon. Max evasion means that a fleet of 200 of them can take out a lot of enemies and be easily refreshed

  • @oliviermorel5777
    @oliviermorel5777 2 роки тому +2

    Good Video!
    I'm very new to Stellaris, but I want a good build for starters to win against my friends.
    All the new builds use stuff from aquatic and Humanoids.
    I only have Utopia and Leviathans, tho...
    Are there any builds that don't need any other expansions?

  • @funnyguy4217
    @funnyguy4217 2 роки тому +1

    0:01 *PERFECT*

  • @felixalexisortizlagos6904
    @felixalexisortizlagos6904 Рік тому

    You don't need to become the crisis to make Stellaris a galactic genocide simulator

  • @themotorcyclemasswhole
    @themotorcyclemasswhole Рік тому

    As every game is just another way to role play as the Imperium of Man I approve of this mod.

  • @PkedSome
    @PkedSome 2 роки тому +1

    Thought I had a stroke at 3:44 lol

  • @MartinCech-jb3eh
    @MartinCech-jb3eh 2 роки тому

    For some reason two members I was at war with suddenly made a peace deal when the galactic community declared war. They were members of the galactic community and there was no peace offer etc. Just sudden peace

  • @kirkcrawford5091
    @kirkcrawford5091 2 роки тому

    Finally bought the nemisis dlc. So next playthrough ima give this a shot

  • @Josh-py9rq
    @Josh-py9rq 2 роки тому

    Ascend into Godhood I like the sound of that the shroud shall not even be safe 😈⚔️

  • @KingHoborg
    @KingHoborg 2 роки тому +1

    I can only imagine how much balancing this has taken/will take. You want to be as if you are an unstoppable force, without actually being an unstoppable force (that would be too easy/boring for many players).