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[SOLDIER First]

That was Fallout 3, IIRC?

[Aseaheru]

 I really wish there was a way for the game to increase the difficulty of tribes without "lol have 80 of the bastards at once". At this point its my standard procedure to get them neutral as son as possible.

[Karnewarrior]

Had a raid of about 20 tribals today. They split into 2 groups and attacked at both the north and southern entrances of the compound.

I sent two militamen with charge rifles to each entrance, as well as one demolitions each. I put the last militawoman on the incendiary mortar that a squad of pirates helpfully delivered.

In about two minutes, the map was on fire, the tribals were fleeing, and the thud of mortar rounds was replaced by the explosions of burning boomalope in the distance.

In three minutes, the stench of burning native filled the air, the boomalope were all dead, as were everything else nearby. No human escaped that day. Two lived, taken prisoner to bolster my workforce. One was consigned to the burning and the winter, to die in fire and ice. The rest were dead or dying, the healthiest tribesman almost making it off the map before making the questionable decision to hug a burning boomrat.

In four minutes, a heavy snow had come, dousing the fires that were encroaching on the walls.

In one day, the cold snap ended, and the snow melted. The rlgrass returned, green and vibrant. The ash was gone. The bodies burned. The grass was all that remained.

Except for the settlement, a wooden palisade in the plain, and a small group of hovels and workshops. In Fartown, the night is stopped by the lights of man. Fartown preserveres. Fartown endures.

So that was my second Autumn.

[Yoink]

Oh my goodness! I just built my first machining table, and... artillery shells only require steel to make?!
How exciting! This bodes well for the future! Once we've finished researching mortars we'll be able to blast the heck out of anyone who steps foot nearby! Oh, and might as well look into making some IEDs as well. What fun!

...Perhaps I'll get my crafters to whip up some actual weapons and armour, too. Pity most of my folks prefer melee weapons to shooting.
Hopefully I can recruit/purchase a decent marksman or two at some point. 

[Urist McScoopbeard]

In the process of constructing a castle (w/ cheats) to do some hardcore wave defense. It makes me wish there were truly flat maps--it would be an interesting and very difficult challenge.

[Yoink]

Thinking of getting Combat Realism, mainly just to make the most of the excellent-quality shotgun one of my crafters managed to make for the first-ever gun I've crafted. Also it is engraved with an image of a colonist, who was purchased as a slave and who as far as I'm aware has never even fired a gun, bonding with a fox.

Oh well, it works pretty well. Although I imagine it would be even better with CR...

[jocan2003]

Thinking of getting Combat Realism, mainly just to make the most of the excellent-quality shotgun one of my crafters managed to make for the first-ever gun I've crafted. Also it is engraved with an image of a colonist, who was purchased as a slave and who as far as I'm aware has never even fired a gun, bonding with a fox.

Oh well, it works pretty well. Although I imagine it would be even better with CR...

I cannot imagine myself playing without CR anymore... Its that good, and shotgun? Give it to your hunter or low skilled guys and check the body count . I have a big ass excellent barrett with a nice infusion bonus reducing aim time... man this guy snipe the enemy from the other side of the map one shotting them as long they dont move because bullet travel time. Most of the time he doesnt have clear line of sight due to spots of mountains and trees.

[n9103]

In the process of constructing a castle (w/ cheats) to do some hardcore wave defense. It makes me wish there were truly flat maps--it would be an interesting and very difficult challenge.

No reason you can't start on the plains in a flat map, and during the landing pause, godmode the few hills that are present flat. Though then you have the issue of having no reasonable source of steel early on. Guess that would make for a very difficult challenge indeed.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

The problem is... once you deconstruct the mountains they cave in infinitely. Very troublesome.

[Broseph Stalin]

The problem is... once you deconstruct the mountains they cave in infinitely. Very troublesome.

Debug: Clear 21x21 or "Delete Roof"

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Noted. That could be very helpful.

[Yoink]

Jeez, my colony's still pretty scrubtacular and I'm only playing on Phoebe Challenging, but earlier/last night we had a raid, four strong I think, with two of the pirates toting grenades. I was pretty worried, but fortunately these pirates were having a ball chucking their grenades at my livestock instead of the people or turrets taking potshots at them.

The only notable casualties were a few sections of power conduit (that cut off power to a turret, but the raid was mostly taken care of by then) and an ibex ram one of my colonists was bonded to. Other than that there was just a blown up bmuffalo and a couple of foxes with shrapnel wounds.

Now I have some grenades and we captured one of the pirates, too, and one of my smooth-talkers managed to eventually win her over to our side. She's a decent shot, but mostly I just plan on getting her to keep my newly-built pool hall clean. Those dirt penalties to room quality are a pain...

Of course I should probably craft her a shotgun at some point, but I'm all out of components. Need a shitload more of those so I can start making them myself. Suppose I'll have to trade for 'em. Ugh.

[Slogo]

Anyone else have trouble finding a difficulty they like in this game? (Mods could be the answer I guess).

I've been playing Extreme and can't quite get comfortable with any combinations of the Scenarios.

Phoebe is a little too laid back and gives you ample time to prepare for everything.

Cassandra ramps up in a way that I find makes the early game extremely punishing based on the randomness. The first real raid may show up as a tribal clan, pirates with sniper rifles and body armor, or a squad of melee dudes with personal shields. You can predict the flow of how things ramp which is nice, but the equipment of the raiders has a lot of wiggle room on top of them being guaranteed to come and to come with good #s. I think my last Cassandra Extreme I had a triple rocket launcher raider show up in the 2nd or 3rd real raid.

Randy so far seems the best for a nice difficult challenge, but I'm only on my first go with him and I know at any moment a whole bunch of bad things can happen at once. Still without the raid cycle being almost a sure thing (like Cassandra) I find there's more gaps where you can get stuff done or get good luck and expand your settler count.

[Cheedows]

The triple rocket launcher is probably the bane of my existence, only way to not have a colonist one shotted by it behind a wall is to carefully time running the fuck away when looking at their firing cooldown.

[Slogo]

I'd settle for being 1 shot by it, the aforementioned encounter with it involved 3 settlers all being one shot by it (no they weren't standing next to each other, each rocket hit a different one). I had tried to time a shot from all 3 settlers to cripple the triple rocket wielding raider, but a pistol and hunting rifle are no match.