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Feedback Loop

Basic leader trait · Common
ScientistOfficialCommanderCouncilStarting ruler

Feedback Loop is a basic leader trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 for Scientist, Official and Commander, with an effect on the council. It gives +1 Stability and +100 Amenities. It upgrades to Ruler Feedback Loop 2. It can be picked for the starting ruler (1 point).

Classes
Scientist, Official, Commander
Type
Basic
Rarity
Common
Ruler creation cost
1
ID
trait_ruler_feedback_loop

What Feedback Loop does

Modifier lines by where the leader applies them, as the game prints them; triggered ones with their condition.

On the council
  • +1Stability
  • +100Amenities

Tiers

replace_traits: each tier replaces the one before when the leader gains it.

  1. Feedback Loop
  2. →Ruler Feedback Loop 2

Opposite traits

TyrannicalLeader Trait Tyrannical 2

Who can get it

leader_potential_add and the other limits of the trait (the wording is ours).

  • Gestalt Consciousness
Not with origin
Under One RuleTreasure Hunters
Only with ethic
Gestalt Consciousness

In the game

Efficient feedback loops and action-reaction analysis make this unit far better at predicting outcomes.

Feedback Loop: questions

Which leaders can get Feedback Loop?

Scientist, Official and Commander; it is a basic trait of common rarity.

Does Feedback Loop upgrade?

It is replaced by Ruler Feedback Loop 2 at the next tier.

What traits are opposite to Feedback Loop?

Tyrannical and Leader Trait Tyrannical 2.

What is the ID of Feedback Loop?

trait_ruler_feedback_loop

Source: common/traits/00_starting_ruler_traits.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).

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