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[n9103]

Flamethrowers/molotovs force targeted at an outdoor corpse-only stockpile is the way I've seen them managed sans-cremation.

[pisskop]

Traditionally I've tossed them into the river.  I do enjoy a good massive river on my maps.  Hauling dogs help a lot for that, and they also help eat the bodies

[Great Order]

Flamethrowers/molotovs force targeted at an outdoor corpse-only stockpile is the way I've seen them managed sans-cremation.

Ah yeah, I'm using CE so molotovs and flamethrowers are neither infinite nor easily obtainable. Right now I'm using the corpse-pile-in-a-body-of-water method, but something that means my guys don't have a mental breakdown over the pile of rotten corpses sitting in a pond every time they have to dump a new one would be good.

[Broseph Stalin]

I use ignite everything. It let's your order your pawns do the "set fire" interaction raiders and pyromaniacs get. Doesn't seem cheesier than keeping one molotov in a stockpile for trash disposal also smooths out the fact that whether or not pawns can start fires is based exclusively on whether or not they're causing problems for you.

[Great Order]

Yeah but you see, that's practical.

Anyway, I forgot about harbinger trees. I'm currently feeding almost everything on the map to a slowly growing grove of them. It's great when I get a tribal invasion, even with limited ammo I'm able to slaughter my way through them and get at least one new tree.

[MorleyDev]

The mod that adds floating 'physics' to objects in water makes for some interesting interactions. Can use a river to dispose of bodies by washing them downstream (hey, not my problem anymore!) but can also lose items that way. Plus pawns can be knocked down by running water and drown.

[Great Order]

I've decided to give something new a go: Permanent eclipse. We'll see how it goes, plants should start dying off sooner or later. Should be easier than my ice sheet playthroughs, but the lack of light's going to be a bit of a pain for ranged weapons.

My small bit of headcanon for this is that the anomaly entity is fucking with the atmosphere. Once I'm somewhat established I'll be kicking off the monolith rather than waiting for a long time like last game.

EDIT: I'm also running with a custom geneline, being fast healing, super immune, fast clotting pseudo-clones with major genetic instability and sterility. They can reproduce, but the only way is via implantation rather than actual cloning. Basically disposable workers for hazardous environments.

And I'm recruiting nobody, the only way to grow will be via kids. Ought to be interesting.

EDIT2: OK, turns out you can't actually reproduce sterile pawns. I need to see if there's a (non-anomalous) way to clone pawns.

[Djohaal]

There's a mod I think that adds chestbursting pregnancy. That'd be fun since you'd need prisoners to implant embryos on.

This comes to mind though...

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[Great Order]

So I've never had a game where I've had to fight the Empire. I realised I just sort of ignore them usually, outside of titles and quests.

So this game I've sided with the deserter, and I'm playing as survivors of a ship that was chasing them down after they were overthrown. We'll see how my annihilation attempts go, since I'm playing RimWar.

Also I realise that for the clone game I should have given them an implanter. Can't spawn more clones, but I could have turned others into more clones. Should have given them all the same skin tone and body shape genes too.

[Great Order]

https://old.reddit.com/r/RimWorld/comments/1ebgnh9/i_made_a_comic_about_how_messed_up_recruitment_is/

Little comic I found, nice way of humanising the raiders while also pointing out how fucked up you can be.

[BigD145]

Ah yes, because the raiders did nothing wrong at the start. It's way more complicated than that and no the raiders aren't humanized. The captured raider has no motivation whatsoever except "you killed my friends (after we attacked you for some reason never stated in the comic. yes, i know THEY'RE RAIDERS)". The raider never asks "are we the baddies?" but they do deny any wrongdoing. The defenders at least say "We're not happy about this but you've given us no choice but kill you, your option because you said so and would try to kill us in the future, or wipe your clearly destructive motivation, our option because you won't listen. For the colony to continue surviving we need your skills that you haven't even been using. You could have used your hydroponics skills, and we are right now welcoming you with open arms, but you tried to kill us and spit in our face instead. This planet sucks and you could have grown enough food to survive but you attacked people instead. Who is the brainwashed one, really?" The colony is humanized but the raider not so much. The community would give you the perks of living in semi-civilization and you provide food for everyone. You're safer from other rival raiders who also would have raided you after you raided us.

[Great Order]

Hey, the comic never says the raiders are morally good. Just sort of emphasises how fucked the player can be.

If it makes you feel any better, you could think of it as a traditionally neutral faction that the PC attacked.

[EuchreJack]

In truth, the game itself is more nuanced than all that.

You have factions that are Always Hostile, Aggressive but can be turned non-hostile/allied, and Neutral but can be turned hostile/allied.

Even the term "Raider" is misleading, and moreso with more DLCs.

If you want morally black & white...maybe RimWorld isn't for you? 

[Egan_BW]

OP explained their colony to be vampire-worshipping cultists, so not necessarily evil but you could see people assuming.
We can also assume that if people are "bandits" attacking a well defended base using poor weapons, they might have a choice between doing that or starving.

[EuchreJack]

Considering the abilities and equipment of the people sent on raids in the early game, I assume the choice is between attacking the colony or getting killed by their own faction.