Anyone seen the Shakturi?

[Lucian]

I've played several pre-warp games in Shadows now (normal empire, not as a pirate) and two of them have gone right to the end game where I cover the entire galaxy and have most techs researched. But both times I won (by victory conditions) before the Shakturi showed up and I'm 100% sure I enabled their storyline.

Has anyone run into them in a Shadows pre-warp game yet?

[Osito]

Actually, I haven't seen them either, but I haven't been to worried about it, as I'm a bit scared of them

[Lucian]

I only met them a few times in Legends but each time I was so powerful, I just quickly crushed them like the bugs they were. I never had them show up early enough to give me any real problems.

Haven't seen them at all in Shadows yet......

[Leon Shirow]

They appeared in my current Shadows game, one of the other empires destroyed all their colonies while I was waiting for my invasion fleet to refuel.

[Lucian]

Thanks, its good to know they're working ok, I guess I'll meet them eventually

[DeadlyShoe]

I only met them a few times in Legends but each time I was so powerful, I just quickly crushed them like the bugs they were. I never had them show up early enough to give me any real problems.

They don't seem to come any later if you increase the research cost, so give that a go... I usually have 200-240k research multiplier, and the only way I can even hurt Shakturi ships is to exploit diplomacy for techs.

[Lucian]

Thanks, I actually prefer slower research, but I remember seeing somewhere that being near the top of the research tree is one of the prerequisites for the Shakturi to appear so I've been keeping it on normal so I don't conquer the galaxy at relatively low tech and never see them..

Although I've heard so many conflicting stories about what triggers them, I don't know what to believe any more.

I'll slow it down in my next game.