Settlement expeditions in 2025 - Yea or Nay?

[Mozzy]

^^ Titled because found plenty of threads here and google searches from settlements launch to ~2023. Then for some reason, seems to drop off a cliff with virtually no mentions from early 2024 onward.

The consensus from launch -> ~2023 was settlement expeditions = worthless because all it die was get citizens killed, reduce population that takes the longest to recover from, etc.

Started new settlement with recent save restart and got it up to A class, no more building options being given. For past (16) settlement decision choices, it's always been a citizen expedition. Which I've denied.

But the game/settlement now seems stuck in this loop. It's not exaggeration, I've counted on notepad and (16) straight choices are all locked/looped to expedition only (no visitors offering new productivity, happiness, etc options - no spend debt for happiness festivals, etc.

Basically, it seems game in current Worlds 2 in 2025 state is stuck on this choice only. I recall doing ~3 expeditions while still constructing buildings and don't recall any citizens dying. But now that it is only choice left, anyone know in 2025 if settlements are still 'bad' or 'bugged' in sense citizen expeditions are no upside, only possible downside? aka death for exploring citizens?

[Hikkichaos]

I also stopped allowing expeditions after losing people on them.

But then there was an expedition request that said:
"We recieved a distress signal - it is simply our duty to try and help"

And i allowed that one AND it was a success. What i got? 400 nanites.

Not worth the risk.