What negative traits do you tolerate in your colony?

[KalkiKrosah]

And how do you manage the colonists with these "undesireable" traits.

As new players come streaming in I think it would be good for those of us who have been playing for a while to share how we manage the characters who have great stats, burning passions across the board but occasionally like to set things on fire. Like the colony cat which now has a burn scar because of the ordeal.

[The Great Glumbini]

Originally posted by martonherman1984:

Im new player, but im try to tolerate all the neg traits, cuz those are part of the story.
Ex my starter architect is chem fasci... so im set her drug use to none (other colonists set to one drink / day). Im also set drugs to forbidden in my stockpiles (when raiders drop).
I hve a pyro clean-maid (she is outzoned from chemfuel storage), a bloodlust melee fighter, and already put in sarcophagus an ugly lazy tamer (muffalo tramped her while tried to tame ).
The bloodlusty guy smashed a toe of my pyro, when they were in social fight, so im put them in the hospital, and let the pryro tend the guys wounds (after that im sent my doctor to tend the pyros wound).
My second best shooter is a slowpoke sheriff, but idk if he is slow: sniper rifle dont need much move. :D

This is exactly the kind of stuff that drew me into this game when I first started :P

Also, just some advice about your chem fascination colonist. That trait makes them ignore their drug policy so unfortunately they won't adhere to your "no drugs" rule. I believe forbidding the drugs will stop them, as long as they don't have a mental break to binge on it. When they go on a binge, they will simply look for the drug and use it, ignoring all forbidden orders. The worst part is that sometimes they will have a mental break to binge on a drug even though they're feeling great and entertained. Still, this adds some flavour to the game and I don't mind one or 2 junkies running around my colony on a non-violent bender. More than that might get a little problematic though if there's not enough to go around.

[Legion]

Originally posted by JeSuisPret:

Pyromaniacs and pacifists are the only ones I don't accept as members of my colony. The other negative traits are usualy managable.

Those are managable, though. Pacifists give you pawns who can continue to work when there are raids so production doesn't come to a halt and pyromaniacs just need to be jailed for a day and then released.

[Legion]

Originally posted by Representing Joe:

Originally posted by martonherman1984:

Im new player, but im try to tolerate all the neg traits, cuz those are part of the story.
Ex my starter architect is chem fasci... so im set her drug use to none (other colonists set to one drink / day). Im also set drugs to forbidden in my stockpiles (when raiders drop).
I hve a pyro clean-maid (she is outzoned from chemfuel storage), a bloodlust melee fighter, and already put in sarcophagus an ugly lazy tamer (muffalo tramped her while tried to tame ).
The bloodlusty guy smashed a toe of my pyro, when they were in social fight, so im put them in the hospital, and let the pryro tend the guys wounds (after that im sent my doctor to tend the pyros wound).
My second best shooter is a slowpoke sheriff, but idk if he is slow: sniper rifle dont need much move. :D

This is exactly the kind of stuff that drew me into this game when I first started :P

Also, just some advice about your chem fascination colonist. That trait makes them ignore their drug policy so unfortunately they won't adhere to your "no drugs" rule. I believe forbidding the drugs will stop them, as long as they don't have a mental break to binge on it. When they go on a binge, they will simply look for the drug and use it, ignoring all forbidden orders. The worst part is that sometimes they will have a mental break to binge on a drug even though they're feeling great and entertained. Still, this adds some flavour to the game and I don't mind one or 2 junkies running around my colony on a non-violent bender. More than that might get a little problematic though if there's not enough to go around.

When a chemical fascination pawn binges, put all drugs in a small, walled-in room with no doors. They can't use what they cannot get to and when the break is over, just add a door back.

[GeneralVeers]

Originally posted by martonherman1984:

I hve a pyro clean-maid

A pyromaniac housemaid.........

Holy crap. That is going to go badly.

Edit:

Originally posted by Nomadic:

When a chemical fascination pawn binges, put all drugs in a small, walled-in room with no doors. They can't use what they cannot get to and when the break is over, just add a door back.

Do addicts on a "binge" disobey area restrictions? The documentation (i.e. the Wiki) says they disobey drug policies, but it (as far as I know) says nothing about restricting them to an area that has no drugs in it........

[The Great Glumbini]

Originally posted by Nomadic:

When a chemical fascination pawn binges, put all drugs in a small, walled-in room with no doors. They can't use what they cannot get to and when the break is over, just add a door back.

That's a neat trick. I know some people use transport pods as item lock-ups too. They'll load the items they don't want to get used into a transport pod, then cancel the load when they want them out. Never thought to do this during a drug binge until right now to be honest lol. I've been using this trick more for holding my textiles since they're light but take up alot of room.

Originally posted by GeneralVeers:

Do addicts on a "binge" disobey area restrictions? The documentation (i.e. the Wiki) says they disobey drug policies, but it (as far as I know) says nothing about restricting them to an area that has no drugs in it........

As far as I know, mental breaks in general will cause colonists to ignore area restrictions.

[Legion]

Originally posted by Representing Joe:

Originally posted by Nomadic:

When a chemical fascination pawn binges, put all drugs in a small, walled-in room with no doors. They can't use what they cannot get to and when the break is over, just add a door back.

That's a neat trick. I know some people use transport pods as item lock-ups too. They'll load the items they don't want to get used into a transport pod, then cancel the load when they want them out. Never thought to do this during a drug binge until right now to be honest lol. I've been using this trick more for holding my textiles since they're light but take up alot of room.

Originally posted by GeneralVeers:

Do addicts on a "binge" disobey area restrictions? The documentation (i.e. the Wiki) says they disobey drug policies, but it (as far as I know) says nothing about restricting them to an area that has no drugs in it........

As far as I know, mental breaks in general will cause colonists to ignore area restrictions.

Correct. Mental breaks ignore anything restricted/not allowed. Technically, they're your pawn but they're not your pawn which means you don't have control over them. And, if they're chemically fascinated then it's a sure-fire bet that they'll ignore all restrictions.

And yeah, I don't personally see a use in launching goods away since I use only one colony. I use a second for small things such as material gathering but that's about all. The resource waste is smaller with just deconstructing a wall/door to replace one another as opposed to using chemfuel to launch goods that you'll wind up needing back. But, that's just me.

[M.K.]

Originally posted by GeneralVeers:

Do addicts on a "binge" disobey area restrictions? The documentation (i.e. the Wiki) says they disobey drug policies, but it (as far as I know) says nothing about restricting them to an area that has no drugs in it........

Addict on a binge is unstoppable, unless you knock him out and jail him.

They ignore policies, they ignore zones, they ignore forbidding items, they ignore forbidding doors.
Completely walling off the stuff can fool them, it seems.

[Nihil sub sole novum]

I dont accept gays, lesbians, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, uglys, pyros, drug intrest/fascination, or depressives

[2312274418]

Originally posted by Santa Fish:

I accept chemical fascination as I rarely use drugs on my pawns

I accept the gourmand trait

I semi-accept the misogist (or whatever it's called) and the other one for the opposite gender


Pyromaniacs get an automatic death/banish sentence (unless their skills are great)

Pacifists aren't much of a trouble.

I hate arsonists

[martindirt]

And just a few mins ago... My pyro went to rage, so she is sittin in the prison now.

[Immortalits]

I'm using prepare carefully always to start with the exact same 10 people (5 couples), they're all 14 years old, have 1 specialized (strong but not super OP mostly) young backstory, kind and 1 big or 2 small positive traits (35% production is big, 20% is small, etc.) and all of them have 12 extra points to spend on for some traits they will be specialized for and there is one quite multifunctional blonde girl, that will produce luciferium in the long run (needs crafting, medicine, intellectual to be relatively high all to be crafted) and finaly, they all have 5 points of passion to be spread.
In case of combat, 2 are mele + ranged capable, others are ranged only, mele capables are carefull shooters, 2 are trigger happy (for snipers - they have 100% accuracy anyways), mele use some machine gun or now with minigun2 mod, minigun.
Game start is 8 shortbows and 2 steel spears, a few annoying/unrealistic event disabled and with some extra pemmican and the base starting wood and steel.

Rule I'm using to deal with annoying traits is: NEVER accept any new members. Prisoners are donors for emergency transplant, but regeneration bay(mod) is mostly enough.

In terms of waiting for 'random rerolls', wel, my colonists are essentially immortal (luci heals more mod), and my colony can handle any incoming threat extremely easily even in hardest diff. so it would only be more time just to wait for the 'perfect' colonists to arrive, which I think is pointless, so I've reated them so at least they will look how I like them to look :)

Once I've tried to create a side colony, but they've just added meaningless extra wealth to my colony, so I've disbanded the team.

[Kiwi]

Nudist
I actually like them most of the time since they rarely mental break. The only time when it's concerning is if I severely lack fighting capability.
- best for range weapon; can use melee weapons if also a wimp to prevent serious injuries but of course is not an optimal fighter
- in cold weather, wear a tuque and they can defrost indoor or when sleeping
- in hot weather, they can cool down indoor

Bloodlust
I didn't even think this is negative since they are so useful. Maybe it's just me but I don't recall having a too troublesome social fighting bloodlust in my colony. Since my fighters travel often to complete missions or to escort negotiators, I guess there isn't much room to social fight.

Abrasive
This can be annoying but not a deal breaker unless it's an ugly creepy breathing depressive abrasive sack of meat that cannot do dumb labor.

Brawler
I love them. It's harder to find a suitable melee fighter than a range one. And if they are also masochistic, that's hitting the jackpot. :)

Greedy/Jealous/Misandrist/Misogynist/Annoying Voice/Creepy Breathing/Lazy/Nervous/Ugly/Psychically Sensitive
I usually glaze my eyes over these unless they create a very unpleasant combination and therefore unappealing. However, if I need a hauler and maid, and they can haul/clean, then they still get the job.

Gourmand
I find this quite annoying if food is scarce. This stacking with gut worm is ultra annoying. Unappealing but not a deal breaker.

Wimp
I find this trait quite hilarious. It's useful if you want them to survive, like highly skilled non-combantants and tamers.

Chemical Fascination/Interest/Teetotaler
If they binge, I just wall off the hospital since that's where all drugs are kept. Never had a problem with teetotaler since I rarely use drugs anyways.

Slothful
Very unappealing and won't usually buy a slave with that trait. However, if they wandered in or joined for whatever reason, then I don't recall ever noticing a problem with it. I let my colonists have 2 hours of leisure time prior to going to bed so seeing a colonist gaining joy doesn't bother me. If something needs to be done then I just force them to do it or queue the tasks.

Slowpoke
Give them shoes. :)

Pessimist/Depressive
Pessimist is okay. Depressive can be annoying and be a deal breaker since this is a constant debuff. But if it is highly skilled, then maybe babysitting is worth it.

Volatile/Very Neurotic
Caravan 24/7 lol (if colony morale is low or when they need to process bodies)
The constant tantrums with +40 catharsis is workable for colonists worth babysitting.

Staggeringly Ugly
I am very partial to this trait. I often find them very skilled and would feel sympathic to their likelihood of being bullied. Some of my most critical colonists were staggeringly ugly and I totally doted on them.

Psychically Hypersensitive
Foil helmet :)
Wouldn't pick as a starting colonist or in early game.

Sickly
Not a deal breaker but definitely need to be careful with this one. Bring herbal medicine even on quick trips. Almost lost a fighter due to a flu and had no medicine on hand while being only a day away from home.

Pyromaniac
Caravan. :)
Worst case, arrest them.

[LYNX Scout]

I think I'm finally going to have to decide on no wimps, at least in the starting years.

[KalkiKrosah]

Originally posted by LYNX Scout:

I think I'm finally going to have to decide on no wimps, at least in the starting years.

I had a wimp once. They got the flu and fell down on the ground with nothing else affecting them. Never again.

[LYNX Scout]

Originally posted by KalkiKrosah:

Originally posted by LYNX Scout:

I think I'm finally going to have to decide on no wimps, at least in the starting years.

I had a wimp once. They got the flu and fell down on the ground with nothing else affecting them. Never again.

This chick has been in bed the entire time with sensory mechanites. Of *course* she's 100/100 friends with my top doctor. *sigh*

edit: Oh. And apparently my head researcher's sister. Ah well.