do you prefer Charcoal Only Runs?

[Imperatordavius]

I'm doing a lets play in which i'm playing the new home scenario run with custom settings (everything but resource/mining on hard) and challenging myself to use only charcoal/1 automoton (no automoton upgrades), but this got me thinking, what do other people think about using only the charcoal kilns to produce coal?

[Madrigal]

I'll tell you in a day or two! Just sat down to start my first Charcoal Kiln run for the achievement now. Here we go...

[Aturchomicz]

Originally posted by Imperatordavius:

I'm doing a lets play in which i'm playing the new home scenario run with custom settings (everything but resource/mining on hard) and challenging myself to use only charcoal/1 automoton (no automoton upgrades), but this got me thinking, what do other people think about using only the charcoal kilns to produce coal?

Theyre op with Max Automaton and max upgrades

[Jekko]

Originally posted by Aturchomicz:

Originally posted by Imperatordavius:

I'm doing a lets play in which i'm playing the new home scenario run with custom settings (everything but resource/mining on hard) and challenging myself to use only charcoal/1 automoton (no automoton upgrades), but this got me thinking, what do other people think about using only the charcoal kilns to produce coal?

Theyre op with Max Automaton and max upgrades

Better than mines?

[Madrigal]

Originally posted by Valdr:

Originally posted by Aturchomicz:

Theyre op with Max Automaton and max upgrades

Better than mines?

On a "per steam core" basis they are (max upgrades) better than max upgraded coal mines but come at the cost of massive amounts of wood. Bottom line is that if you can supply a sustainable source of wood (ie wall drills not saw mills) and have the resources to power wood + kiln production then this would be optimal for coal output, especially if you don't have steam cores.

For coal I'd say it goes like this:
1. Plenty of steam cores, low manpower = Coal Mines
2. Plenty of wood, low steam cores = Kilns
3. Plenty of manpower, low steam cores and wood = Thumpers/Gatherers.

OP/Overpowered and game-changing though? No. Just a tradeoff of higher coal production rate at the cost of wood consumption.