Quick observation - torch lamps are OP.

[DG Dobrev]

Why? If you are not concerned about huge beautification, they provide heat and light, and are very easy to replenish from your regular tree farm. They will always keep the room temp a few degrees over the outside one, and your colonists will never complain about being in the darkness.

Have I forgotten to mention that they are really easy to maintain?

EDIT: Oh, yeah - and they also give your colony that Minecraft-torchy style feel. Not big on Minecraft really, but it sure as hell works...

EDIT 2: Let's face it - you are hitting 2 stones with one bird by using them :D

[Loues.S.Cat]

Try using them on an ice sheet.

[DG Dobrev]

No sir I wont. Sorry :D

Meaning: when I play ice sheet I have different ideas :D

[Loues.S.Cat]

And neither will anyone else in their right mind :p

[DG Dobrev]

Precisely :D Although ice sheet is kind of interesting for a solo guy start. You might just make it :)

[kaiyl_kariashi]

hardly, there's so much that has to be done quickly before your limited supply of wood runs out, that you NEED the extra hands to get started....and as a emergency rations.

Of course the Harsh Desert is worse IMO. Cold can be countered by getting/stealing parkas and a wood fire of last resort, but intense heat NEEDS refrigeration to counter since stripping naked and staying deep in a cave system can only do so much.

[DG Dobrev]

In a harsh desert I would never use them - as well as in some other climates.