Do NOT savescum

[Angry Croat]

This is just a tip for new and old players alike(important!).

I spent my first 150 hours savescumming and doing the same things every single playthrough. Let me tell you, it gets boring and repetitive very fast and is not the intended way to play the game I'm sure.

Failure is an integral part of the game. So what if half your party died or got enslaved? So what if your ENTIRE party got knocked out, robbed and then eaten alive by blood spiders?

Get to know the game and it's world through failure and multiple playthoughs. Develop your own ways of playing and avoiding game ending mistakes (all you characters are DED).

Ever since I've stopped savescumming my ENTIRE perspective of the game has changed (for the better!)

Heed my words players, you will thank me later.

[GRIMZY]

blood spiders? those sound dope, can i get them as pets?

[Bandy]

Originally posted by Angry Croat:

Do NOT savescum

Glad you have 'seen the light' and truly experienced Kenshi, if not being too pretenious saying that. Your message is not new, but still always great when someone else also finds out for themselves. Almost always has a really interesting story associated with it as well, right? Awesome.

Originally posted by GRIMZY:

blood spiders? those sound dope, can i get them as pets?

That is a good idea, give it an honest try, even if they seem against it in beginning, just keeping trying to pet them, it might work out in the end.

[Angry Croat]

Originally posted by Bandy:

Originally posted by Angry Croat:

Do NOT savescum

Glad you have 'seen the light' and truly experienced Kenshi, if not being too pretenious saying that. Your message is not new, but still always great when someone else also finds out for themselves. Almost always has a really interesting story associated with it as well, right? Awesome.

Originally posted by GRIMZY:

blood spiders? those sound dope, can i get them as pets?

That is a good idea, give it an honest try, even if they seem against it in beginning, just keeping trying to pet them, it might work out in the end.

Not at all my guy, finally being able to experience the true game is an awesome time. And yes, every step you take has potential to take you ona whole new adventure.

[Angry Croat]

Originally posted by GRIMZY:

blood spiders? those sound dope, can i get them as pets?

Sure you can, just don't let them feast on your team and suck out all your organs.

[Undead Rufus]

Originally posted by Angry Croat:

Do NOT savescum

It depends on how you play and what you want out of the game. Kenshi is so janky, I can't really fault anyone for a little save-scumming now and then.

[Barick]

The only time I have save scummed while playing Kenshi was when my MC died and I did not feel like restarting completely. I do restart if it happens most of the time, but if I just spent 5 hours training up basic skills and died early on I've no plans to restart at that point.

I also play with 4x bleed so people actually die and find the game far more fun when there are real risks and consequences.

In my current game I'm limiting myself in many ways such as no mining near a town as honestly it's kind of silly the ore so close is free to mine and not reserved by the factions.

[Wirewing]

Originally posted by GRIMZY:

blood spiders? those sound dope, can i get them as pets?

You can have anything as pets when you make your own game starts. I advise against crimpers tho, they hongry

[Apocalypse]

Agreed. My characters in playthorughs that abruptly end because of death always just end, they sacrifice themselves to give all other playthroughs the tensions and weight to the thrills of victory because I know the playthrough is always on the line. In a way, my quickly dying characters are the true heroes, because they make everybody elses life worth it

[Ghin]

I only really load a save if something buggy happens like my characters deciding to stop moving and ignore all commands inside a beak thing nest for no discernable reason.

[Angry Croat]

Originally posted by Undead Rufus:

Originally posted by Angry Croat:

Do NOT savescum

It depends on how you play and what you want out of the game. Kenshi is so janky, I can't really fault anyone for a little save-scumming now and then.

Of course there are exceptions, I meant more along the lines of playing the game naturally and living with consequences.

[Angry Croat]

Originally posted by Barick:

The only time I have save scummed while playing Kenshi was when my MC died and I did not feel like restarting completely. I do restart if it happens most of the time, but if I just spent 5 hours training up basic skills and died early on I've no plans to restart at that point.

I also play with 4x bleed so people actually die and find the game far more fun when there are real risks and consequences.

In my current game I'm limiting myself in many ways such as no mining near a town as honestly it's kind of silly the ore so close is free to mine and not reserved by the factions.

This is honestly true, the grind can get a little old if you have to restart all the time. But mostly trying to limit your savescumming makes the game that much more rewarding.

[Angry Croat]

Originally posted by Apocalypse:

Agreed. My characters in playthorughs that abruptly end because of death always just end, they sacrifice themselves to give all other playthroughs the tensions and weight to the thrills of victory because I know the playthrough is always on the line. In a way, my quickly dying characters are the true heroes, because they make everybody elses life worth it

Their sacrifice will be remembered (not really)

[Angry Croat]

Originally posted by Ghin:

I only really load a save if something buggy happens like my characters deciding to stop moving and ignore all commands inside a beak thing nest for no discernable reason.

Yeah, as I said, there will always be exeptions to any one "rule". I do this aswell as it's not really cool to have your entire playthrough go to waste simply because some jank. Having your whole squad be wiped out because you decided to take a shortcut through the shrieking forest is a different matter though lmao.

[cdplayer906]

nah, i've played long enough that i want my story to go how i want my story to go. if someone dies who was supposed to be a late stage leader then it's a reload no questions. i got a headcannon to uphold. curious why you care how other ppl play a single player game, especially one w/ no accomplishments, awards, or score?

[Bandy]

Originally posted by cdplayer906:

nah, i've played long enough that i want my story to go how i want my story to go. ... curious why you care how other ppl play a single player game, especially one w/ no accomplishments, awards, or score?

Not answering for OP, but for me at least, I admit save scumming quite a bit in some games <when it didn't go my way> but there is little reason to do so in Kenshi when the game has such deep wounding mechanic, recovery mech, healing etc.

Certainly, play your SP games the way you want, but perhaps on occasion just give the game a chance, grit teeth, and play through when it doesn't go you way. Using intelligence and making crafty decisions is much more challenging than just leveling up your squad chars as fast as possible on training dummies...

Life is unpredictable and makes good stories. Just my $0.02 S!