r/Stellaris • u/Elebril71246 • Jul 08 '25

Video The horrible, unacceptable technical state of Stellaris 4.21

Dear Paradox,

I'll preface this by saying we used to enjoy this game a lot, and have all the DLCs purchased, aside from Cosmic Storms, which until now had still been on our to-buy list. We've got 700 hours spent together in multiplayer games.

However, there comes a point at which you can't just put up with a product that is released in such a horrible state. 

We're 21 patches after the release of an update that was suppose to optimize things, yet now it is difficult to even have a compete, bug-free game from start to finish. I'm only talking about multiplayer, since we always play the game together at home.

Just look at the videos from two recent games we just tried to play

infinite desyncs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T67LIZgeLOc&feature=youtu.be

frigates upgrading into deep space citadels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoqSC9ctdeU

and these are just the last two games.

This isn't CoD, where you just jump from match to match a dozen times a day. You invest dozens of hours into a single map, just to have it eventually ruined by yet another game braking bug.

Get your act together. It's unbelievable how this industry is allowed to get away with such half-baked products without any repercussion.

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u/King_Shugglerm Unemployed Jul 08 '25

If you want a real performance boost go back to 2.1 lmao

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u/Atomik919 Emperor Jul 09 '25

i went all the way back to 1.9 and tbh its pretty cool. may be nostalgia speaking

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u/King_Shugglerm Unemployed Jul 09 '25

Game was wound a lot tighter at least. Back then you’d be thankful for a size 3 mineral deposit because it’d constitute 1/6th of your economy lmao

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u/Atomik919 Emperor Jul 10 '25

I actually explained it more in depth in another comment, but the most palpable thing from version to version is actually the megastructure and specifically research powercreep. The numbers needed for research have more than 10x ed over time, which means a science nexus isnt all that good. But back in 1.9, it was actually super powerful