Hello. I love this game, and would like to see a possible end game result other than what Nex has to offer, which is going through and killing or allying with all other factions. That can be a somewhat grueling and non-compelling feature, which I fully understand is not intended to be the actual end game, but more so a temporary solution.
I am familiar with the development process and I know the time it takes to create content for people, you can dump inordinate amounts of time into something without getting that far...
With all this being said, I'm curious to know why no one has opted to make mods which offer an end game possibility? I see that others have posted their concerns and recommendations for end game but it seems we're leaving this all to the creators. I don't mean to step on their toes and I don't think it would hurt if someone attempted a few end game scenarios.
I have some examples, maybe not that creative but they're there.
END GAME I: In order to end the game you must construct a device which will enable you to get the warp gates back online, or create a warp gate itself so humanity can traverse through different galaxies again. Though in doing this you anger certain factions and they attack you for doing so, [REDACTED] could be included in this. If you successfully create the device you can go to a different generated galaxy, thus ending the game...
END GAME II:
Stage I: You side with the [REDACTED] by going to one of their bases and find a way to communicate with a special AI core, the AI core is only accessible if you destroy their defenses and or do missions for them which are offered from an extremely suspicious and anonymous source, or a source that seems to be working for the [REDACTED].
Stage II: You are given a mission to retrieve ALL alpha AI cores in the possession of humans and either keep them to yourself or give them to [REDACTED]. Either option gives a different reward, the latter option garners something extraordinary since giving up AI cores is a huge sacrifice.
Stage III: You are to construct a devise, or gather resources/artifacts which would enable the construction of a devise that effectively DESTROYS all life in the galaxy. The devise can be a enormous [REDACTED] factory or simply some kind of cataclysmic 'thing' that just ends it all. All other factions will try to stop you once you get to a certain point, if they haven't already tried killing you for being allied with [REDACTED].
End Game III: ...?
In essence these 'end game' scenarios will take a significant amount of time to accomplish and will be difficult, but the process wont necessarily be excruciating or anticlimactic. Once you reach a certain point you simply win, eliminating the long drawn out process of eliminating the other factions one by one, planet by planet, which, for a player is a very boring and unfulfilling. It is usually most optimal to have the game END at a climactic or critical point where a player feels accomplishment in that moment for succeeding in a difficult task, rather than having them whittle things down repetitively until they, 'rule the galaxy'. Anyways, I'll stop beating a dead horse...