MY TIPS on playing after 60 hours

[jojobe]

Im taking a lil break after 60 hours of play. Right now everybody is blowing chunks (vomiting) every few minutes cant take looking at it.
1. TIP ONE - BE PROACTIVE ON THESE BUG ASSAULTS go to them before they go to you. I use the fire and run away pulling a few some times they will get panicked and run back. EVEN when you GET ASH STORM GO if the enemy is there.
2. TIP TWO- go wind in stead of the first solar panel you get. strive for the second tier solar panel. when you scrap things you lose some of the resource.
3. TIP THREE- start working on clothing ASAP because it evaporates. Leather items are the way to go. Hold off farming as long as possible as soon as you lay one farm plot all hell will break loose. Be line for the freezer ASAP.
4. TIP FOUR- use the work schedule to make sure 10 11 12 oclock they will relax before bed. DO NOT SCHEDULE BREAKS IN THE DAY. no lunch breaks
5. Tip Five- the old guy will grant you the alcohol still tech for free. He make grain alcohol.
MAP NET-SAMPLE i camped near the water source away from the vallley.
6. TIP SIX - DEATH COMBO Long range sniper rifle, Concussion rile and laser pistol for the win. Send this combo out to greet your attackers and 50 or so enemies are A LOT more manageable. You will have the time to build your base up.
7. Tip Seven- somebody said Insect will run for any opening of the base, all of them that is NO. They will spread out and attacking all the walls closest to where you are. Their target is you if you are inside the a building they will attack any wall close to where you are.

RECOMMENDED PARTY:
1. CRAZY KEN- send him on back to back explore missions on EVERY MISSION you will never lack on scrap or components. He gets low happiness send him on a bug hunt. He is essential in my book.
2. SLOW POKE GREYSON- do not send him off the base ever, he is too slow but he is a good researcher and crafter with 4X the speed. He is also is good at wood craft which is like 95% of the stuff you will use. He will be able to make clothing faster than anyone in the game.
3. Venessa- is Gresyon wife she is medical help and she cheers up people with music
4. Hann... people swear by Conner lol Hann is way better because he has 25% death shot chance and 100% if they do not see him...the thing is arm him with a rifle (long range) and some of his shot are instant death. especially if they are sleeping.

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[Daniel.Kiwi]

My questions

1 - I just draft mine into a group, move so they attack the edge, only a few come at a time.
then I'll move a little closer so they attack a few more.
But much better than waiting for attacks as they have enough brains to attack the fence than go through an open gate and trigger traps.....

3 - What do you mean farm and all hell breaks loose?
I've had 6 farm plots since as early as I could to keep a large supply of food, grain, silicon & the purple leather plant

4 - How long do you make them sleep for?

MAP NET-SAMPLE?

[Twiz Amber]

I always place a tiny farm at start, this way I can attract animals and shoot them down for meat. I would rather have the food come to me, instead of me going out there looking for food.
Also, The techtree is not the same all the time, there is a little bit of RNG in there. My first completed playthrough, I did not get any of the upgraded versions of Wind turbines or solar panels. Dont bet on it that you get it in your new playthrough.

[jojobe]

Originally posted by Daniel.Kiwi:

My questions

1 - I just draft mine into a group, move so they attack the edge, only a few come at a time.
then I'll move a little closer so they attack a few more.
But much better than waiting for attacks as they have enough brains to attack the fence than go through an open gate and trigger traps.....

3 - What do you mean farm and all hell breaks loose?
I've had 6 farm plots since as early as I could to keep a large supply of food, grain, silicon & the purple leather plant

4 - How long do you make them sleep for?

MAP NET-SAMPLE?

-As soon as you lay a plot you have visitors. farms attract wild life and they will eat your food later bugs.
- use the scheduler its in the list of option beside the task manager.
- Net-sample is the map seed of my screen shot.

[Daniel.Kiwi]

What does your schedule look like?
I've got them sleeping 8 hours & 3 hours of anything time

[jojobe]

Originally posted by Daniel.Kiwi:

What does your schedule look like?
I've got them sleeping 8 hours & 3 hours of anything time

Yeah that is how i do mine. they have 3 hours to walk around and relax. That base and all the stuff is due to my lil PSYCHO Ken. Look at how much metal i got. 2.7 k and look at all the stuff i built with the metal. not including the turrets that are off screen... that lil PSYCHO is rather good. Keep him scavenging and send someone to pick up his drops so he can keep doing it.

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[Odium]

Whose job is it to keep the furnaces lit? Everybody ignores it even though Ive got 3 furnaces each set to cook up till 100 iron. We need it for crafting but nobody gives a damn about cooking it
Also to add to tips

Advanced Research bench is in fact not for advances research apparently. Just got it down and still nothing new to research.

[jojobe]

Originally posted by Tyrael:

Whose job is it to keep the furnaces lit? Everybody ignores it even though Ive got 3 furnaces each set to cook up till 100 iron. We need it for crafting but nobody gives a damn about cooking it

have 2 people set to handle. I switched to electric furnace. I Had 4 stone ones. stone ones are a lot of work

[DTD_Hiro]

I bee line for structures, then power & freezer. you need to have a building you can sleep, craft and store stuff in before winter.

Get grain going ASAP, you'll need tons of it eventually to keep fuel,food, carbon supplies going. If you don't see a grain plant to observe close to your crash site, consider restarting with a new seed. This also tells you if the soil nearby is good enough to consider staying there.

I can't imagine playing without Vivian & Ken. Both are so essential in the current state of the game.

[stretch]

Originally posted by Daniel.Kiwi:

What does your schedule look like?
I've got them sleeping 8 hours & 3 hours of anything time

Just ignore it. Set it to anything for everyone all the time and it's easier and my folk are so much happier. So much happier.

[Daniel.Kiwi]

Originally posted by stretch:

Originally posted by Daniel.Kiwi:

What does your schedule look like?
I've got them sleeping 8 hours & 3 hours of anything time

Just ignore it. Set it to anything for everyone all the time and it's easier and my folk are so much happier. So much happier.

Do they still work a lot?
Or be lazy?

[Arran Chace]

I would swap at least Hahn out for Emelin, rather have a good cook that make everyone happy each meal, as to a second killer, Ken equipped with a sniper rifle is a one man army, who does not need much backup, with 50dmg per shot, and huge range, he kills everything before even getting into melee range.

Emelins cooking Buff, gives a other 18 points of happyness each meal on top of the buffs you already getting, making in my group even Rakha a cheerful person who is loved by even Ken..

If you get Yokko by change in a expedition as 5th member, like i have, She (Grandmother of Ken) loves crafting, and she like ken, adores killing, and gets happy,.

[jyoung2k]

Originally posted by Arran Chace:

I would swap at least Hahn out for Emelin, rather have a good cook that make everyone happy each meal, as to a second killer, Ken equipped with a sniper rifle is a one man army, who does not need much backup, with 50dmg per shot, and huge range, he kills everything before even getting into melee range.

Emelins cooking Buff, gives a other 18 points of happyness each meal on top of the buffs you already getting, making in my group even Rakha a cheerful person who is loved by even Ken..

If you get Yokko by change in a expedition as 5th member, like i have, She (Grandmother of Ken) loves crafting, and she like ken, adores killing, and gets happy,.

This exactly… I haven’t gotten Tokyo but Ken with a sniper rifle can solo 50 bugs or 15 scorpions.
Emelins cooking buff is amazing.


Now if I could get them dressed before winter.

[Arran Chace]

Originally posted by jyoung2k:

Originally posted by Arran Chace:

I would swap at least Hahn out for Emelin, rather have a good cook that make everyone happy each meal, as to a second killer, Ken equipped with a sniper rifle is a one man army, who does not need much backup, with 50dmg per shot, and huge range, he kills everything before even getting into melee range.

Emelins cooking Buff, gives a other 18 points of happyness each meal on top of the buffs you already getting, making in my group even Rakha a cheerful person who is loved by even Ken..

If you get Yokko by change in a expedition as 5th member, like i have, She (Grandmother of Ken) loves crafting, and she like ken, adores killing, and gets happy,.

This exactly… I haven’t gotten Tokyo but Ken with a sniper rifle can solo 50 bugs or 15 scorpions.
Emelins cooking buff is amazing.


Now if I could get them dressed before winter.

I was obsessed with clothing too... but i found out, only Ken needed winter clothing, as i send him out a lot on killing nests, hunting, eradicating threats, and expeditions, and in the wild, there are not much spots to warm him up.
But i give them 3 rest hours spread over the day (after sleep breakfast, Midday for lunch, and end of working day for dinner) so they can eat and warm them self in my dining hall, what seems more as enough to keep them happy during the winter cold, combined with Emelins cooking, and good heating.

[dr46onfusion]

Originally posted by Arran Chace:

Originally posted by jyoung2k:

This exactly… I haven’t gotten Tokyo but Ken with a sniper rifle can solo 50 bugs or 15 scorpions.
Emelins cooking buff is amazing.


Now if I could get them dressed before winter.

I was obsessed with clothing too... but i found out, only Ken needed winter clothing, as i send him out a lot on killing nests, hunting, eradicating threats, and expeditions, and in the wild, there are not much spots to warm him up.
But i give them 3 rest hours spread over the day (after sleep breakfast, Midday for lunch, and end of working day for dinner) so they can eat and warm them self in my dining hall, what seems more as enough to keep them happy during the winter cold, combined with Emelins cooking, and good heating.

Problem is the AI is dumb. If they go into idle mode, they'd wander outside in the middle of winter.

You'd have to set it up so everything they do to relax is in the center of a large base so they can't wander too far.

[Arran Chace]

Originally posted by Kai:

Originally posted by Arran Chace:

I was obsessed with clothing too... but i found out, only Ken needed winter clothing, as i send him out a lot on killing nests, hunting, eradicating threats, and expeditions, and in the wild, there are not much spots to warm him up.
But i give them 3 rest hours spread over the day (after sleep breakfast, Midday for lunch, and end of working day for dinner) so they can eat and warm them self in my dining hall, what seems more as enough to keep them happy during the winter cold, combined with Emelins cooking, and good heating.

Problem is the AI is dumb. If they go into idle mode, they'd wander outside in the middle of winter.

You'd have to set it up so everything they do to relax is in the center of a large base so they can't wander too far.

Funny, i just did that, my base is in the middle, surrounded by fields and fences on one side and a huge lake on the other side, a mountain in the rear, and all vertile land where most crops grow 100%, and i hardly have NPC's wander off as they only can go 2 ways effectively.

Guess by accident i settled on the perfect spot..