They slowly mowed their way through the galaxy and destroyed whole empires unimpeded. They have a +120%+ fleet power so far, and it's increasing as game goes on. Active Grey Tempest is first, then Desanu Consonance, followed by Grey, and then the L-Drakes. Lastly, it might not work right if you have already gotten a separate l-cluster outcome. After activating every relevant edict available and a relic, hiring three mercenary fleets, and pumping out a. Each grey tempest fleet is one titan and some battleships. (The 4th Doctor) The trees were then used to make paper for books in "the library". At least the Scourge always attack from the edge of the galaxy. the tempest was a tool used to build the gates. Tier: At least High 4-C Name: The Gray Tempest Origin: Stellaris Gender:. Gray Tempest, what to do? Hi, I've opened the L-Gates and whoops, out comes a terrible ancient threat, etc etc. Oct 28, 2019 @ 9:43am disabling L-gates Is there a way to prevent L-gates from spawning or disabling the whole concept completely from the game without:. Grey Tempest is literally the most deadly crisis in the game. So I am kinda new to the new stellaris. Edit: For clarity, I think this is a mistake and the Grey Tempest Crisis Declaration needs it's logic updated to not share the same AI voting weights as the Endgame Crises. Strike craft are good in combination but IMO a fleet of destroyers and a couple fleets of mostly torpedo corvettes is the way to go. The L-Gates have several big warning signs on them for a reason, if you race to it and get the grey tempest fleets thats pretty much on you. Deadly invasive Nanites fleet called the Gray Tempest; Veterans of Stellaris will not be surprised when they see an abandoned L-Gate sprawling in the galaxies. My two Imperial fleets plus on of my own personal fleets are guarding the first system in, and I've began to convert the L gate systems outpost into a shipyard to refit, repair and reinforce my fleets much more easily. e. (Stellaris Build 3117422 or 2. 48 Badges. 505. Stellaris is a Science Fiction Space Opera real-time 4X Grand Strategy game by Paradox Interactive. Now, I've gotten Grey Tempest across a couple of dozen games almost every time, seeing the L-Drakes on one notable Multiplayer game I did with my friend being the only outlier I can remember. How to Beat the Grey Tempest: A Thrilling Narrative. Defeat the grey tempest and all nanite worlds, including the 7-8 in the L-Cluster systems become “terraforming candidates” which can be terraformed if you’ve got the climate restoration tech. "" graygoo. Tutorial. Features. Its no gamble as long as you're first. ago. Gray Tempest event badly needs rebalancing. when I send my science ship it was empty without Dessanu Consonance and none of the nanite worlds have terraform modifier either. I just finished taking a couple month long hiatus while I waited for 2. The wiki says it requires the L-cluster to work, I am not certain if this means, a closed L-cluster or if it needs to be discovered first to work. ) While I don't mind the Gray. And you can also create another "plug" in the system right before the Replicator, and contain the Tempest there until you build up your fleet power. Hyshphahos May 16, 2022 @ 5:46am. Its year 73 and everyone is weak AF- my own fleet is 1400 (i use Bastion for defence against my single enemy). Although this is sub-mod of End-Game Edition, this mod works without that mod when you are concerned about. It aint here. so, I've got all possible outcomes from l-gates (Dessanu, L-drakes and Gray tempest) so wanted something new. run. the grey tempest is a midgame crisis, that can indeed spawn in the L cluster. Do not remove the Gray Tempest but significantly reduce the chances of AI empires breaking into the L-Cluster if the Tempest is the outcome and/or if the Player Empire doesn't have any L-Gates within its territory. I saw the scourge once before I just turned the Unbidden off. The strongest fleet in the galaxy is mine (excluding FE) at 2 x 20k Torp Corvette stacks. Report. You can also use debugtooltip console command and. And you can also create another "plug" in the system right before the Replicator, and contain the Tempest there until you build up your fleet power. The Grey Tempest is like a Marauder Hoard or Awakened Empire, they are a mid-game crisis and quite dangerous but not an end-game crisis, that title goes to the Prethoryn, Contingency, and the Unbidden with its following rivals. If you have anti-fighter tech, you would slaughter them. The game was developed by Paradox Development. I…Gray Tempest. In my case, I had the Ransomers (distress beacon), and the Drifting Tree (of life). Just leave enough to defeat one or two emerging fleets in the last-but-one system, set the remaining fleets to have that system as their home base, and press in. ago. Awesomefluffyns • 2 yr. So if they appear in 2450, they're not too tough. I was quietly developing my galactic empire, having only recently started a scenario. That factory makes a new fleet every 10 years. I guess for now I just save at game start and trigger the crisis to see whats in store. Fleet power 30k is the min you really should aim for to fight just one of their fleets. What you can do is time your attacks. You have access to a new trait, ships, technologies, planets, buildings, structures, crisis path & jobs. I could send my Science Ship into the Terminal Egress and nothing happened. And they struggle. Lex_Ms Jul 2, 2021 @ 1:06pm. Im a fine for now though. Stellaris. Stellaris. Then I'm assuming when the Galactic Contender perk says it gives bonus damage against the Gatebuilders, it means the Grey Tempest or Dessanu Consonance even though they aren't specifically labeled as "Gatebuilders". Aug 5, 2016. Well I don't think the Khan was ever meant to be a real existential crisis to the whole galaxy, not the way the grey tempest or awakened empires or end-game crises are. Dessanu Consonance: After some lengthy amount of time, the Gray Tempest got bored, and possibly contemplative, all alone in the L-Cluster. I took some notes for your pleasure. I was hit with swarms of 4-5 fleets every 10 years wiping out half my space from. 1". e. Report. Kill them before their strike craft get close. r/Stellaris. Gray Tempest is about a 1 in 3 chance. [deleted] • 4 yr. The game also warns you when an AI is close to opening it. Mod used:Dark space: outliner:. Cheers!In my current game mid-game is 2250, and 75% tech/tradition cost reduction active. Salvage Sunday is Back!Submit your salvageable empire on Discord. The Khan is meant to shake up the politics and the way the map looks in the mid-game. It is very cool! I've opened the L-gates numerous times and found it eerily silent, but never before was Gray around. 6. One of the best additions to Stellaris was changing the galaxy's political, territorial and economic landscape is the introduction of the L-Cluster. Now, I think that the Gray Tempest was always a little OP, but I think that with the new economic system from 2. #1. Once the grey tempest roams the galaxy the damage is already done. They were actually from a planetary forest that was destroyed by developers to build a resort world "Funworld". It was. When you notice the game is running much better and then you finally send some science ships to the other side of the galaxy. 3. I use a Crisis Mod to get her. Grey never mentions turning into space dragons, so I think it's fair to say they came up with that as their next experiment after uniting into a single being. Stellaris. Equip your ships with hangar bays and torpedoes. I activated the gray-tempest, but the initial l-gate cant be used. Thread starter Northernwwater; Start date Oct 20, 2021; Jump to latest Follow Reply Menu. Well i got caught with my pants down when 25K fleets poured out and ravaged the galaxy. Midgame crisises are mainly the AI rebellion, the great Khan (Marauder Horde). 163 votes, 18 comments. zip and open it. Copy it to the Stellaris save folder (Users*Username*DocumentsParadox InteractiveStellaris. This is a minor crisis situation, named such because it is a mini version of the end-game crisis. The tempest is set up so it trickles in a bit at a time. Lol UNE was between the successor khanate, three Fallen Empires and a couple dozen star systems away from an LGate. Stellaris. Description. Now they keep sending fleets via nearby wormhole, and I'm pushed back a bit but can hold. The Grey Tempest has a probability weighting of fifty, with all other options having thirty. Captain_Cape • Space Cowboy • 2 yr. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. To add on, also focus a lot on smaller ships. As the title suggests, I’m screwed. So i just bought distant stars and had my first game with it. The first game I had to abandon because I got grey tempest fleets coming into my empire constantly from two directions. ago. Additional comment actions. Hopefully you have crystal plates developped, cause armor is useless vs grey tempest. Which of the Perks will work on them? Galactic Contenedr works against "gate builders". The outcome of the L-Cluster event chain is already decided at the start of the game. Archived post. A citadel with all hanger bays and potentially a few defense platforms on it can do wonders for keeping them at bay if you don't have the full fleet power to handle it. After acquiring seven L-Gate insights, one of four things will happen. Stellaris was never a game of comparable sizing, but this particular case is my favourite to use comparison . Then someone released the Grey Tempest early (one of the advanced start empires iirc). Grey Tempest broken? The wiki says I need to destroy a factory or something but I've been to all the systems in the L-Cluster there be no factories. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. my L-Cluster System divide by 3 faction. TrotBot Banned. Fortify your borders. After a few tries, you should be able to get the factory even without the perk. Its passive effect gives +3 influence and +100% diplomatic weight. Best approach is swarms of corvettes with torpedoes so it wastes the big laser on cheap ships. Grey Tempest OP? I opened up the L-Gates and the Grey Tempest is currently wrecking everybody. Take that out and ALL other grey tempest fleets disolve. This in turn makes the Gray rather underwhelming as a threat, since no sensible player would open the L-Gates prior to being prepared to handle them. Others have told you the set up so. Half of them are spent in 2017. sav file to . View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. Oh yeah, last time I opened it was just empty, some grey dude talking to me. Hive Worlds/Machine Worlds. The second-funnest Stellaris game I ever had was one where I rushed the L-gates and then got wiped out by an early Grey Tempest. #1. They can kill most enemies if they uncloak right on top of the enemy. Frustrating at times perhaps, but they do give warnings (if you read. . File must be called ' [insert file name here]' without the brackets. Active effect is a bit lacklustre in comparison, spewing out a little bit of resources every 10 years. They use Fighters and Energy weapons. Strike craft are good in combination but IMO a fleet of destroyers and a couple fleets of. com] to receive progress reports or give feedback. I've never encountered the grey tempest before when opening the L gates so I was not as prepared as I thought I was, I've lost the single L gate system I control but I'm currently in the process of setting up a. L-Gate outcome is determined at galaxy creation. I had Dessanu almost every game=after a quick visit to the wiki I realized that the tempest has a FIFTY percent chance of spawning. The only 3 empires left standing were myself and the 2 Fallen Empires, one of which had lost chunks of territory to them. For the sake of all civilization, our cluster has to remain under permanent quarantine. Suddenly, one of the neighbouring states opens an L-gate. #8. By the time I opened the L gate I had a fleet of 150 torpedo corvettes. The Gray Tempest has been improved, not only do they now make use of the more higher end-ship technologies, but also once every two months their fleets will spawn a ship to replace the numbers that the fleet. The grey tempest fleets have energy weapons, fighters and the mothership has a big deathbeam too. Cryten Jun 21, 2022 @ 2:28am. OP is probably fucked. If the GT appears early you just roll over and die, those things can be worst than the crisis. Zagreb 887 Colonel. Personally I find the Khan rather weak but the Gray Tempest can be a great equalizer or opportunity to expand as other empires are picked off left and right provided you can hold your own against the nanite swarm. Are a little stronger and friendly to the Tempest as they have in vanilla only about 1/30 strength of an adult Ether Drake. What you can do is time your attacks. Following lines should be present in the save file for each outcome: "dragon_season" for L-drakes. All other scenarios are pretty much entirely peaceful. #7. This is a re-upload to fix a frame related issue. Change the extension from . FalloutofChaos Feb 27, 2022 @ 7:23am. I'm PROBABLY going to need a lot more flak destroyers than I currently have, possibly among other things too. However, after a while of the Tempest fleets devastating the far side. Tier: At least High 4-C Name: The Gray Tempest Origin: Stellaris Gender: None (Although it can shapeshift to appear organic if it wishes) Age: At least millions of years old Classification: Hub that control nanomachines Powers and Abilities: Superhuman. L-Cluster & Grey Tempest Spawn Questions. I've been in all the systems, can't find any factory O_o Gray Tempest iirc has the same fleet strength regardless of difficulty (which means you can't also make them more difficult), and in the OP's case, the AI is opening L-Gates before the midgame. screw this gray tempest ruined my entire game. 1. Grey tempest . Language. This was the first time I've ever opened it and had the Tempest pour out. EratonDoron • 4 yr. Edit 4: Ooh the Grey Tempest are attacking Fallen Empires. From there you can work your way towards the factory producing the fleets. This is a minor crisis situation, named such because it is a mini version of the end-game crisis. So it's around 2320, and I've opened the L-Gates and every few months over 100k in fleets in pouring into my empire, as best I can tell noone else is being attacked right now. it has been part of the game since forever. Wait for the tempest to send out their latest spawn, THEN take the terminal egress system and build up a station. Therfore use many small ships ad counter the strikecraft. Sadly I only have a 5k army which is pathetic next to the 30k. They Grey Tempest do not use missiles, they use strike craft. Otherwise, you can do it by just throwing stacks of corvettes at them. Granted there is a lot of RNG in this game, but if you are saying its happening repeatedly in 30 playthroughs I would look at mods for the answer. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. Then I'm assuming when the Galactic Contender perk says it gives bonus damage against the Gatebuilders, it means the Grey Tempest or Dessanu Consonance even though they aren't specifically labeled as "Gatebuilders". Currently ruling a pacifist empire and the Lgates have yet to be opened, so anything's possible atm. A single Grey Tempest fleet is 61k. I’m currently researching the L-Gates, but I’m sure it’s too. Deppending on what version you play. Definitely sounds like a bug - the Grey Tempest factory is usually hiding in the trinary system at the top from my experience. 1. spudwalt • 3 mo. If they do, swoop in quick and claim fast before an ai does. The Tempest’s biggest advantage is that they specialize in hyper effective fighter based fleets. Opened at 20k fleet, cause last time a guy named Grey joined me and he was 40k fleet by himself. Stellaris. The other results aren't worthy of being called crises because they don't threaten. ago. The AI decides it wanted to open up the L Cluster. . 0 unless otherwise noted. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. 400" - Encounter Grey Hope this Helps Reply. Reply. Lastly, it might not work right if you have already gotten a separate l-cluster outcome. Exactly. The letters are the systems. Gonna explore and clean up the place one system at a time. )It seems to me big guns start to target big ones while leaving the corvettes to small short range weapons. 3) Command: "event " + "distar. Fuck the Gray Tempest and Everything it stands for. When I try to send a science ship through the gate, it tells me "No Known Destination". Everyone is having the same L-Cluster outcome every time since 3. But the quick kill power of battleships can still work. Gray Tempest (SPOILERS) I unleashed gray tempest upon the galaxy accidently. Dont use larger ships if at all possible; tempest titans can one shot battleship and below, and titans will be forced to retreat after the first salvo exchange if they survive. memorable. To access the L-Cluster you can either click on one of the L-Cluster systems (should be just outside the main galaxy) or click on the L. It was officially announced at Gamescom in August 2015 and was released on May 9th 2016; in an unusual twist for grand strategy games, it later came to the PS4 and Xbox One on February 26th 2019. I was worried about the Grey Tempest, so I waited until fairly late in the game, when I had a solid navy. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game. If you're not a good player, there's always time to learn. But the problem is that the Empty Cluster popup didn't appear. And when I got the Gray Tempest, I was already powerful enough to just wipe them out immediately. The actual version is still backward compatible to pre 3. Each Tempest fleet comes with a Titan, and its main weapon (an Energy Arc) does 5-10k damage per shot which bypasses shields and armor. The year is 2306 and I am by far the strongest empire. paradoxwikis. Enjoy the game!. In this (short) video essay I explore the mysteries of unlocking the L-Gates in Stellaris! First I look at the general experience a player has when they open. I know I did it before someway with the save file looking through it in notepad to find either "gray_goo_crisis" or "gray_goo_empire" but I forget how to do that and I lost the post or whatever it was that said how to do it. I kinda afraid that galaxy is doomed now lol- 34000 fleets fly around and murder everyone. Destroyers/Corvette work good on Grey Tempest because of the Interdictor auto-kill but I do Battleships mostly, one or two Titan-supported BS fleets, and one or two double Afterburner Cruiser fleets to rapidly capture territory. Looking at the gray tempest AI, they occasionally send one fleet through the l-gate. Apart from my first game, which was tempest. - The Khan/Grey Tempest activates and harvest the galaxy. by out_there_omega. Crisis strength only refers to end game crises. In the wiki i read its around 38 percent of the time though, not something like 70 percent. Sometimes the L-cluster is empty or other events trigger. If you want an early mid game and the tempest is released early, great. The Grey Tempest simply appeared from the reactivated L-gates, and scoured nearly a third of the Galaxy of all life. But the quick kill power of battleships can still work. . Whenever I engage a grey tempest fleet, they quickly dispatch the nanite interdictors, but then they completely fail to go after the. Thread starter TrotBot; Start date Apr 20, 2021;. paradoxplaza. The wiki says it requires the L-cluster to work, I am not certain if this means, a closed L-cluster or if it needs to be discovered first to work. The Gray Tempest spawns reinforcements every 10 years. Stellaris. I've played 7 full games of Stellaris now and have only encountered the Gray Tempest once. Fortunately I have an empty ascension perk slot, but I was trying to figure out if the damage bonus you get to endgame crisis factions from the 'Defender of the Galaxy' perk included the Tempest and I couldn't find an answer on the. Stellaris. No gray tempest or l-drakes. Half my fleets destroyed with 0 survivors, my ships despite being on passive didn't fight near the starbase so got killed first then the tempest went for the station, the. If you're starting new galaxies every time, then it's just random chance being random chance. The Cluster is determined at game start, reload (if you open the L-Gates) wont work. [stellaris. Mods maybe) There is a console command to fire the grey tempest. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Quite_Likes_Hormuz • Additional comment actions. paradoxplaza. As someone who came back to Stellaris since before the Apocalypse update, I need advice on the whole L gate thing. So, use the command at your own risk. Sure enough, I opened the L-Gate and the cluster is empty. The Florii only survived thanks to sharing a border with a hive-minded arthropod species known as the All-Consuming, which necessitated strong defenses along the border. The funnest Stellaris game I ever had was one where I rushed Jump Drives from the Dimensional Horror and then I almost got wiped out the Unbidden, had I not managed to escape by hiding round the back of the. Following lines should be present in the save file for each outcome: "dragon_season" for L-drakes. Share. All right. I fought the nightmare that is the Gray Tempest for the first time. That means you will lose at least one ship per engagement unless this weapon misses, which is unlikely if you have anything bigger than a destroyer. . Yes it's worth it. After activating every relevant edict available and a relic, hiring three mercenary fleets, and pumping out a. The strike craft were never updated for point defense. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. I play vanilla on PC with all current DLC. paradoxwikis. Spoilers: So I went into the cluster and found a 'human' that was actually the grey tempist that got bored after destroying it's creators and being trapped for thousands of years. I have had three great games going now that have been ruined when some AI empire opened the L-Gates and set loose the Grey Tempest on the galaxy. Grey Tempest gets regular fleet spawns so you can't win by attrition. Active Grey Tempest is first, then Desanu Consonance, followed by Grey, and then the L-Drakes. Their guns are just so optimized for massacring that they're honestly stronger than crisis fleets. #1. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming comments. The other half, more or less, was defeated by myself, went onto obliterate two. Cryten Jun 21, 2022 @ 2:28am. ago. And after that they'll still manage to deny declaring the Grey Tempest as the galactic focus in the senate. AI empire opened the L-gates and Grey Tempest invaded, i was chill with letting the rest of the galaxy burn a little but then they single handedly wipped out the tyianki, i have decided im going to avenge the goofy little creatures with extreme. Mix Frigates in, that have a bit different behavioral profile. r/Stellaris • How the Gray Tempest Killed the Galaxy but I Won the War. STELLARIS GRAY TEMPEST 👾 Mecanicas de la Tempestad Gris en Stellaris Distant Stars Puertas L. Legacy Wikis. They did actually deny it, lmao. I don't know what things are…Stellaris > Workshop > FirePrince's Workshop > A Deadly Tempest [3. Lol. Evasion is the only real defensive measure. till ~2400 and then the latest beta till now ~ 2440 ). Originally posted by malthric: their fleet power is between 50k to 100k. This mod also adds a city appearance with matching style. com] Buildable L-Drakes are green: WIP The Gray Someone (including AI) opening the L-Gates triggers the gray tempest, but not every time. Since Nemesis dropped I have since nearly matched the old record and managed to open the L-Cluster (just Drakes this time) by 2236 - but I was not explicitly angling for it to happen. It is the most probable option among all, but far from appearing in every second game. Jan 2, 2022. Grey Tempest fleets are equipped with powerful energy weapons and strike craft. Enter the name of an event to filter the entries in the table. A (more or less small) stand-alone mod which increases the chance of an invasion by the Gray Tempest through the L-Gates to 66% (and for the Dessanu the rest). each grey tempest fleet features a large ship with a cannon that can instant kill captial ships. There wasnt any nanite fleets or any factories - I know I acitvated the Gray Tempest event because I could set it as a crisis as the Custodian That's much harder because there's probably around 150-200k of fleets there, but if you destroy the station all Grey Tempest fleets will dissolve on the spot. Jump to latest Follow Reply. Forcing the Gray event chain using console commands. (Great Khan) and Grey Tempest (L-Gate). Stellaris. Long enough that War in Heaven triggered but with AE's completely ignoring it and letting it run rampart. The Machine FE can awaken to fight the contingency (or go rogue). And a fun challenge too. Remember, the game does need to be accessible and fun for very casual players. . You want the Starbase to do as much damage to make your fleet last. 7% Gray Tempest 21. This gives you time to gear up. This limits reinforcements as once Terminal Egress is fully secured the fleets out there can be worn down by attrition, including death by flying into an FE / Marauder home system. Use instead a balanced loadout for the Tempest's balanced defenses. Anyway, I got a bunch of big fleets together to go through and take them out and I miss clicked on of the fleet directions or something and it sent them prematurely into the L-terminus. The AI with the only l-gate opened the l-cluster 40+ years ago and got the gray tempest. Description. A (more or less small) stand-alone mod which increases the chance of an invasion by the Gray Tempest through the L-Gates to 66% (and for the Dessanu the rest). New Arrivals in [FromFrom. A good player will prepare and be able to handle the Grey Tempest (which is likely, but not guaranteed). Was somewhere in the 2240-2260 range. Get around 55k or more pure vette fleet. It could be said that is the case, but in my most recent singleplayer game, I had Grey Tempest and then the Marauders rise up, grey tempest happened in year 2300 and the Marauders united in around 2400-2410 (which was when I had midgame crisis set to) before any one had even come close to dealing with the tempests. System H at the bottom is Terminal Egress. The Grey Tempest is a mid game crisis and the defender of the galaxy does increase damage done to them. I did this knowing that if it was the Grey Tempest, I'd lose the system, but they'd stop attacking me. ago. ago. Is the Grey Tempest supposed to always spawn when opening the L-Gates or is it just a chance to spawn? In my first non-ironman game (post Niven) I encountered my. Thread starter Frankenberry; Start date Jun 2, 2018; Jump to latest Follow Reply Menu We have updated our. Abuse the corvettes 90% evasion and you should be fine. Also, the Tempest fleets seemed to ignore the Sol System entirely, it’s that little circle in between all the other UNE blue. Having had the AI release Grey tempest several times, my own real advice is to always put Bastion Stations with maximum defense/weapon modules and defense platforms, preferably Torpedo Equipped or Hangars since GT has excellent balance of Shields and Armor, and their weapons synergize to destroy armor and generally ignore. Torpvettes are ideal, though you can also go plasma+2 autocannons and get results. Literally. Sure enough, I opened the L-Gate and the cluster is empty. Jump to latest Follow Reply. This page was last edited on 5 February 2022, at 00:26. Sol III is 45 size planet, ringworld is 4 planets size 60. Let the tempest burn a couple worlds. b:0 "Access Fragment II" graygoo. I kinda afraid that galaxy is doomed now lol- 34000 fleets fly around and murder everyone. ZeAphEX • 5 yr. I recently got into Stellaris after a long haitus (the last time I played was before Unity was even out). I have it with the Dessanu, boring as fuck. It didn't hold. When you initially open the L-Cluster and the Gray Tempest spawns, the initial attack spawns directly from the L-Gates themselves.