Stellaris' unity rework arrives next week

Spaceborne grand strategy game Stellaris will get its next big patch soon. The Libra patch arrives on February 23, and it's primarily focused on balancing changes and bugfixes, although there are some nice little additions included as well. The Libra patch also introduces the rework to Stellaris' unity system, which will have major ramifications for how you play the game going forward.

Unity will be a more important consideration once the patch is live on Stellaris' main branch. You can check the official patch notes to get the comprehensive rundown on each change made, but the overall thrust of the unity rework is to allow for 'tall' playstyles to be more competitive with the 'wide' approach of amassing as much territory as possible.

The rework makes it so that unity is required for recruiting leaders and reforming governments, and you'll be able to use unity to unlock new planetary ascension tiers. You can generate unity in a number of ways already, but now Autochthon Monuments and similar structures produce an amount of it based on the number of ascension perks your empire has.

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