Did I do craftworld too early?

[tv]

So I went ahead and did the craftworld on day 115; it was tough but all my guys got out only lightly wounded. But then -- SPOILER ALERT -- all of the sudden the map is huge, I only have tier 1 engine upgrade (working on tier 2), 2 prognosticators and... well, this sucks.

Should I have waited to upgrade the vessel more? I feel like maybe I screwed myself and 2 out of 3 missions are unreachable every cycle now.

Is there a downside to just waiting to beef up the vessel a little first?

[Bubs]

idk because the game is a downward spiral it seems. you can never get every mission. So i think it's a comparison of did you screw yourself because now you have to cover a larger area, or did you do it right because that is less turns that the original map gets infected?

i would say whatever speed you want is the right one.

[Mosta]

Originally posted by tv:

Is there a downside to just waiting to beef up the vessel a little first?

Yes, if you take too long to do the craftworld mission, you'll start to get missions more often (you will eventually be overwhelmed to the point where the bloom will grow too fast for you to keep up). With that said, yes, the map will grow and the missions will spread once you do complete the craftworld mission. I think you're on the right track by working on tier 2 warp drive (should be followed up by prognosticars), but you got yourself in a position where you'll have to be even more careful with which missions you commit to.

[snuggleform]

Even if you have speed 3 and optimally placed prognosticars, a majority of the time you will still only be able to hit one mission at a time on the expanded map. So don't sweat it.

[reklaw99]

> Is there a downside to just waiting to beef up the vessel a little first?
not really, but you will get harder missions(needing more prognosticars to get all the missions) and valdor (or whatever the grandmaster's name is) will take longer to give you the advanced classes(not too long but still kinda long)

tl;dr spam prognosticars or die.