u/confused-kitty

I started a Hissho campaign and all the advice I was seeing was to pick the religion option for the first quest because it leads to another quest that rewards an upgraded Behemoth probe module. I picked the religion option, got to cordial with the minor faction and got immediately pushed into the next quest, which gave me the Kodaichi Academy instead of the probes. Was this patched out? I'm playing with the ESG 1.6 mod if that's related.

Hey, all. When I'm not making shitposts I'm actually playing ES2, but I'm still very new and it's my first 4x game so I was hoping for advice on a few things, namely settings and mods.

What galaxy size, shape, and density do you guys play on? I haven't tweaked the default settings too much but my galaxies have felt a bit sparse on my playthroughs with only one minor faction anywhere near me and with systems feeling a bit too far away, so I was thinking of upping density to high.

I've also considered installing ESG2 and the Better Planets mod because I often see an abundance of bad 1 or 2 planet systems surrounding me, but I'm worried ESG2 might change too much about the base game. How much customization does ESG2 allow, and aside from old saves not working, are there any other compatibility issues I should worry about?

I appreciate any advice you can provide! I'm enjoying the game a lot so far but I still have a lot to learn.