Am I the only one who HATES being on the galactic rim? - r/Stellaris (2024)

I love being on the galactic rim. Sometimes I reroll just to get there.

I love being on the rim because if makes it easier to defend myself.

I usually love having a quiet spot on the edge of the galaxy, with as few border connections as possible. But I totally get why you'd want to be in the middle of the action as well.

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Being on the rim sucks if you're aggressive and is good if you're passive. I prefer to start galactic center as an militarisric empire but since its random, it is painful in influence costs to start rim without auth or xenophobe as an aggressive empire.

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Depends what I'm doing. I've mDe several variations of an earth empire and on those I restart if on the rim because its the wrong spot for earth. It sure feels like the game starts you out there 80% of the time if you don't want it!

It depends for me. The galactic rim can be nice because I usually get more space and have fewer potential areas to get attacked from, but then I’m at risk from the Scourge. The inner rim is usually more cramped and competitive, but you are less likely to get hosed by crises

I hate it because it feels so limited and unconnected, I love being in the middle of a bunch of nations going to war and having shifting alliances and borders, etc

I prefer to be on the edge. I can race to choke points to cut off a swath of the galaxy where I can necrophage/thrall world a bunch of pre-ftl civilizations and fester until I'm ready to start conquering/subjugating my neighbors as I creep into the galaxy

If I'm playing as Earth, then being either right at the rim or right in the center wrecks immersion for me.

Depends. I find the rim more preferable for isolationist/peaceful empires because you can usually manage a smaller number of neighbors, whereas I find the closer I am to the center of the galaxy the more of a thunderdome it can become. I also find that usually grabbing land on the rim is easier, so I'll probably go to war later on compared to central locations because I don't need more planets or systems right away

I hate both rim and core equally. I want to expand into all directions.

What!? Why? If you are on the rim, you have one side less to worry about. Unless there is another empire that lock you there, it is one of the best possible positions.

Being on the rim is great for defense because you have one less border to worry about defending.

I am truly indifferent about my starting location.

I play with full hyperlanes so being on a galactic rim is an advantage defence wise since you have at least one direction where enemies can’t attack you but I dislike how the borders look at the galactic rim soI always restart if I’m on the rim

I quite like the rim when I want to play defensive, or when I'm playing a threatening empire, or one more focused on observing/diplomatic manipulation than direct (war). There's just something that tickles the filthy roleplayer in me about a genocidal threat coming from the edge of the galaxy, or the mysterious watchers who seem to be pulling all the threads in the galactic senate.

I'm with you! It may play better mechanically but I love being surrounded by and forced to interact with other empires.

you're not alone, i hate being on the galactic rim or directly bordering the galactic core, i'll accept a couple systems in from the core but if my start is on the outer or inner rim i WILL restart with extreme haste.

I like to start close to the rim, but not on it. Doesn't feel good if my start sector doesn't have room to branch out.

Funny, I often restart if I wind up in the galactic core (note that I only play 4-arm spirals).

Depends, i prefer inner rim up to inner half of the galaxy

Being against the edge of the galaxy can make make you feel more secure for a while (one less border to worry about), but the first time I encountered the Prethoryn Scourge, back when they were introduced, they arrived right in my empire and steam-rolled me completely. That galaxy was then lost to the Scourge.

On a starburst it is the perfect start. On a spiral galaxy not so much.

I don’t mind spawn geography.

More border connections the better

I just hate when i dont start in a one choke-point deadend. Give me 10 systems with 4 planets and one choke-point. Perfect play-through right there.

I do this but for core. My claustrophobia kicks in.

Yeah dawg, I think its just you. I honestly despise spawning anywhere other than the edge/corner of the galaxy. Granted, it's probably because 90% of my games I play Tall, isolationist empires...