IronicDongz posted:

Nullkigan posted:

It's something a lot of people don't like, but seems to have come from a backer so we're kind of stuck with it until there's a blacklist for colonists like Emmie (and to a lesser extent, Min the popstar who is useless at everything and used to appear every single game).

However, it's a PAST occupation. There are also other victims like child soldiers, orphans, indentured labourers, etc., plus giant assholes like bounty hunters, violent ex-con escapees, military commissars, etc. Different backgrounds might make you feel uncomfortable, but think of it as trying to build them a better future maybe?

Slime posted:

Those other victim occupations aren't really designed for whoever had it added to the game to wank over though

Famethrowa posted:

First thing that struck me is how happy people are. How are you getting so much joy?

Squeegy posted:

Am I some kind of loser nerd for always giving my colonies real, sensible names?

NatasDog posted:

In a nutshell, they sleep in Superior or better beds, get 4 hours of joy time after work every day, and all of my workstations have a comfy alpaca wool chair that they sit in while they do their jobs.

NatasDog posted:

As an aside, grwing devilstrand with a short growing season sucks. It takes forever even with the soil tilling mod pushing the growth rate to 200%. Even then I have to manually tell my colonists to harvest them early before the first snowfall and take whatever I can get.

Squeegy posted:

Am I some kind of loser nerd for always giving my colonies real, sensible names?

GenericOverusedName posted:

Wall in a growing area, give it a sun lamp, and put some heaters in the room and they can grow year round!

Famethrowa posted:

Ahhh. I never even thought they would be able to sit and work.

My issue seems to be getting consistent work done. Early game colonies are really hard to find a balance between hauling and constructing or crafting. Does joy increase work speed too?

edit: also, a mod that skips sleep time like in the Sims would be super

Zhentar posted:

I put together an imgur album to share my temperature management learnings: The thermodynamics of Rimworld

Squeegy posted:

The surgery is pants-on-head retarded in this game. Literally, your surgeons are so stupid they probably wear their pants on their head. Doesn't matter how much skill in medicine they have, how good the medicine they're using is, or how brightly-lit and sterile the operating environment is. They will empty your patient's abdominal cavity while trying to fit them for a hook hand, because Tynan demands it.

Jamsque posted:

I don't mind the hilarious consequences for amateur surgery, I think the more general problem is that the high skill levels for some skills don't seem to give the benefits that the skill descriptions imply. Skills that use workstations (and construction) just progressively decrease the time tasks take and increase the chances for a high quality output, which works fine, but the one that stands out as most broken to me is actually shooting. My best marksman might be a 'planet-class master' or a 'visionary' and carry an excellent sniper rifle but they will still miss 70 or 80 percent of the shots they take.

Seashell Salesman posted:

Are there any essential management mods I should grab for this before I start playing it? I've heard mixed reports about how tedious the micromanagement is.

Nullkigan posted:

However, it's a PAST occupation. There are also other victims like child soldiers, orphans, indentured labourers, etc., plus giant assholes like bounty hunters, violent ex-con escapees, military commissars, etc. Different backgrounds might make you feel uncomfortable, but think of it as trying to build them a better future maybe?

Seashell Salesman posted:

Are there any essential management mods I should grab for this before I start playing it? I've heard mixed reports about how tedious the micromanagement is.

OwlFancier posted:

The way that works is that the game calculates your chance to hit the target, then subtracts the weapon's accuracy (sniper rifles aren't actually that accurate, just long ranged, survival rifles max out accuracy much easier) to illustrate that no amount of aiming can make an inaccurate gun shoot better. Then it subtracts cover, which is always effective and can't be enitrely overcome by better shooting. Same with poor lighting conditions and lying down bonuses.

I think if you manage to get shooting accuracy at greater than 100% then you could start to overcome these modifiers but by default shooting skill just moves you closer to 100% accuracy.

A level 20 shooter using a 100% accurate gun should hit almost every shot against a standing target, in the open, in daylight.

Reztes posted:

This would be a fine explanation if that past occupation didn't prevent them from doing whole categories of work for the rest of their lives.

Jamsque posted:

So am I better off sending a guy with a survival rifle to harass raids then? I just had the experience of a colonist with a sniper rifle shooting at a raid for the entire span between their arrival and assault, and scoring a hit only once.

Reztes posted:

This would be a fine explanation if that past occupation didn't prevent them from doing whole categories of work for the rest of their lives.

Looking at you, medieval lord background! I don't give a poo poo who you were on your last world, you wanted to live, you shoulda gotten out into those fields like everyone else.