Heya and thanks a lot for the mod!!

Just my opinion and I completely understand if you have no time/interest to make changes or don't find these attractive/needed.

The shinies and general idea of the mod is very nice, but hunting them isn't as interesting/rewarding. Hunting and using essences earlier in a less restrictive way could do wonders for QoL/enjoyment.

Disabled Tek Engrams in config but creatures still reward with resources that make little sense such as obsidian, congealed gas, kibbles, etc.

Could you rework the mod a bit or include extra options in .ini config to:

- Shinies do not give any extra resources/unfamiliar stuff.

- Spectrals don't poop, or at least no extra resources/unfamiliar stuff.

- Adjust level required for engram of shiny essence prod (80 is way too high).

- Add a chance for each shiny killed to drop an essence, 10% base chance +1% each 2 creature levels (configurable for easier/harder, so people that play with 500+ leves can also adjust). Essence that drop is based on type of shiny mod affecting creature + creature size.

- Change essences to have 4 tiers - Simple - Regular - Strong - Special.

- Essence tier directly related to creature size - Small - Normal - Large - Very Large. (For example, if a Large creature drops an essence, it will always be a Strong Essence)

- Every essence can be used on any creature, but has a chance to fail based on size. Simple Essence is for small creatures, it has a 99% fail chance if used on Very Large creatures, 85% fail on Large and 60% fail on Normal sized creatures. Strong Essence still has a chance to fail on small/normal creatures, but wayy reduced. Get the concept right? Should Special Essences always work?¿

- Aberrations killed with previous use of prod always drop a Special Essence. They can still be killed without the prod for the chance of essence drop that their level + creature size grants.

This way hunting shinies is more purposeful/rewarding (IMHO) and can be done early. Currently only Aberrations of chosen creature type are worth, rendering the mod impractical unless ini is edited around specific creatures/essences.

Thanks for reading every lunatic such as me, maintaining the mod and helping peeps with it and other things around the community!