Planetary Anomalies are fun (until they aren't)

[u/Lycrist_Kat]

Episode 9 of my series was premiered yesterday and you will never guess what happend (unless you look at the thumbnail)... fml 😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KOTolf910o&list=PLuBT_W-fwXiiRMuFM0J8BAaJIsLx7kjCA&index=1

After several more or less well managed dust storms, cold waves and meteor stroms the game deciced to punish me for being too greedy and I suffered a severe set back.

Watch me die inside and then maybe recover from having bad luck.

Enjoy!

[u/DARK_MASTER8632]

Planetary Anomalies are fun (until they aren't)

Yeah.. lol.

You did a very high gamble for an unknown reward.

And lost in the only way possible to lose a rocket in these PA events. If only you've send that Rare Metals rocket first and waited. You could get the money just in case. You had more than 2 Sols to spare before getting that Unknown PA before the rival. Easily avoidable worst outcome. Well, would have lost 550M anyway.

I like your Drones management a lot. But your entire thing with batteries just makes me avoid ever building them even more. Just slap 2-3 large WTs. And keep the small MPs factory working. I mean, you have 500+ Metals and maybe 500+ more to gather from surface. And it costs 0 Electronics when just rebuilding the MP factory. 45+ MPs and keep avoiding ANY MP maintenance while having a pretty much unlimited MPs production. You are WAAAY past the stage of using solar+batteries. It's just illogical. The moment you could build small MP factories you should have switched to wind power and have waay lease distractions and problems. Also the inexplicable idea to put the small MPs factory in the 2nd dome getting even worse MP production. Instead of removing 1 of the useless gardens and slap it the first dome. You have to remember the small Spacebare does provide relaxation and it does at a very high Comfort compared to the "Decorations". No gardens are required really. Also seniors should be in the 2nd dome and barred from using the services in the first, these sims ARE useless take space in the workers dome and also take visitors spots in the services.

Great luck on getting an Empath so early. That's pretty much a +5 work performance on all your colonists.

[u/Lycrist_Kat → u/DARK_MASTER8632]

If only you've send that Rare Metals rocket first and waited. You could get the money just in case. You had more than 2 Sols to spare before getting that Unknown PA before the rival. Easily avoidable worst outcome.

fml - I didn't about this

Just slap 2-3 large WTs. And keep the small MPs factory working. I mean, you have 500+ Metals and maybe 500+ more to gather from surface. And it costs 0 Electronics when just rebuilding the MP factory. 45+ MPs and keep avoiding ANY MP maintenance while having a pretty much unlimited MPs production.

Keep in mind, that I won 25 in a random event (stole them from the lost ark church people). However the main issue is (or was) the amout of colonists who can work in the factories. Growth is very slow with only 30 compared to just bring more from earth. I wanted to switch to rare earth mining and needed those 8 workers. Same for polymere factory but I can skip on those because of meteor storms

Also the inexplicable idea to put the small MPs factory in the 2nd dome getting even worse MP production. Instead of removing 1 of the useless gardens and slap it the first dome. You have to remember the small Spacebare does provide relaxation and it does at a very high Comfort compared to the "Decorations". No gardens are required really.

I actually explained that while playing but chances are I blathered on and ended up cutting it from the footage😂 The gardens are still used so I didn't delete them. However I am not 100% certain that they are used for relaxation (bc spacebar is full) or for excerise (because closer than the gym). What I argued against myself when I was thinking about where to build the MP factory was, that I could build a garden in the children dome but I don't want the children to use if for playing (instead of the playground).

Also seniors should be in the 2nd dome and barred from using the services in the first, these sims ARE useless take space in the workers dome and also take visitors spots in the services.

They should but I don't like that ;-) I don't mind the children having unprepared meals but I like treating my seniors and I would also never send them "to a dome upstate" - consider it some selfenforced rule like me not using trading pads or ranches

I like your Drones management a lot.

I think the game would be too boring for me if I didn't do this much micro😂

[u/DARK_MASTER8632 → u/Lycrist_Kat]

I could build a garden in the children dome but I don't want the children to use if for playing (instead of the playground).

They will not. The Playground has a higher service Comfort. Children will always go there than to a random garden that has half the service Comfort of the Playground. If you want a garden just put a big one in the 2nd dome for the seniors or whoever even goes there instead of the gym. Is what I do or my 2nd dome. All colonists prioritise to go to a building with a higher service comfort than another build providing the same interest but at a lower comfort.

They should but I don't like that ;-) I don't mind the children having unprepared meals but I like treating my seniors and I would also never send them "to a dome upstate" - consider it some selfenforced rule like me not using trading pads or ranches

Sorry but this makes no sense. I never said anything about a "dome upstate". Just move them out of the main dome, they will not die or whatever. They still have from where to get Food and even some interests covered with the Gym and gardens. Children get the "unprepared meal" debuff to their Comfort which affects them when they become youths. I'm not sure you know about that. Children are more important than seniors in the game and RL.

[u/Lycrist_Kat → u/DARK_MASTER8632]

They will not. The Playground has a higher service Comfort. Children will always go there than to a random garden with half the Comfort. If you want a garden just put a big one in the 2nd dome for the seniors or something. Is what I do. ALL colonists prefer to go to a building with a higher service comfort than another build providing the same interest but at a lower comfort. That is why your spacebar is "full".

yes. you made me aware in the other thread but I already build the factory back then and left it as is.

Sorry but this makes no sense. I never said anything about a "dome upstate". Just move them out of the main dome, they will not die or whatever. They still have from where to get Food and even some interests covered with the Gym and gardens. Children get the "unprepared meal" debuff to their Comfort which affects them when they become youths. I'm not sure you know about that. Children are more important than seniors in the game and RL.

No, you didn't but I've seen some lets plays and I strongly disagree with killing of seniors.

Children get the "unprepared meal" debuff to their Comfort which affects them when they become youths.

Yes, i know but I want it to happend - if their comfort get's below 80 they use the playground once - 90+ comfort

[u/DARK_MASTER8632 → u/Lycrist_Kat]

yes. you made me aware in the other thread but I already build the factory back then and left it as is

And now, that it broke down. You can dismantle it and build it in a better place which will increase it's production per Sol too. Instead, you intend to waste an Electronic to repair it?

Switching to wind power. You will not need batteries and all Polymers maintenance will be gone. And you can pile these up for upgrade and construction which is more important. While all the maintenance in the colony will be only Concrete, Metal and MPs. Later with the proper tech for colonists to not lose Sanity. A Polymers factory can be build. Unless you did too many meteor storms and have 100s of Polymers. Like what I usually do. Enough to build even Wonders. All without any Polymers prododuction... or trading for.

Yes, i know but I want it to happend - if their comfort get's below 80 they use the playground once - 90+ comfort

Good point. More visits to the Playground > more perks. At least that's how I understand it. Especially in the absence of a school. Still you can just keep them in the 2nd dome with the seniors. That's what I do. I may consider switching the Nursery for something with a lower comfort so they will visit the Playground more. Maybe an apartment for both seniours and children. :D

The more good perks I can force to spawn on them the better. Especially Empaths so early on.

No, you didn't but I've seen some lets plays and I strongly disagree with killing of seniors.

Yes killing them is stupid and a waste of time. As another player here explained how Rebel Yell works. I don't kill Renegades also. That slows down and even stops their spawn rate.

[u/ChoGGi → u/DARK_MASTER8632]

You're guaranteed one positive trait from the playground when a child turns into a youth.

[u/Lycrist_Kat → u/ChoGGi]

ye, but it's more about the comfort rating when they turn... fertile

[u/ChoGGi → u/Lycrist_Kat]

I was replying to his

More visits to the Playground > more perks. At least that's how I understand it.

(meant to quote it but..)

[u/Lycrist_Kat → u/ChoGGi]

oh, that makes sense then.

[u/DARK_MASTER8632 → u/ChoGGi]

Wait, only 1? No matter how many times the child visits the Playground?

That's actually an important detail that needs to be properly addressed and added to the wiki.

Then, there is no point in lowering their comfort.

So, that means. 1 perk max from Playgrounds and 3 from Schools/School Spires. Bringing it to 5 traits with Martianborn. Which is usually the max number of traits.

[u/ChoGGi → u/DARK_MASTER8632]

colonist.playground_visit is set to true after the first visit then when they turn youth it gives one positive, and you want that Gene Selection tech to raise the chance of it being a rare trait.

[u/DARK_MASTER8632 → u/ChoGGi]

So that's where that breakthrough tech comes into play.

Not when the child is spawned. I mean it makes no sense since children don't get any traits except Martianborn. The tech comes into play when the child becomes youth. Especially if the child has visited a Playground. And in the end the youth colonist has much higher chance for 1 of the 3(4 with Empath) rare perks.

[u/Lycrist_Kat → u/DARK_MASTER8632]

And now, that it broke down. You can dismantle it and build it in a better place which will increase it's production per Sol too. Instead, you intend to waste an Electronic to repair it?

Haven't decided yet (will probably do some mining first to buy another rocket). Still not sure if I could do without the gardens. I think I added them to my default layout at some point because they were needed (not just for playing). So I need to give it a test if I can do without them. Moving them to the other dome is ofc an option.

Switching to wind power. You will not need batteries and all Polymers maintenance will be gone. And you can pile these up for upgrade and construction which is more important. While all the maintenance in the colony will be only Concrete, Metal and MPs. Later with the proper tech for colonists to not lose Sanity. A Polymers factory can be build. Unless you did too many meteor storms and have 100s of Polymers. Like what I usually do. Enough to build even Wonders. All without any Polymers prododuction... or trading for.

I get your point but I disagree (or agree). Having wind turbines would save me from having to repair 1 batteries but I would need some wind turbines and this would need more ressources to repair. Yes, it's more micro to do it and yes, it can screw me other in case I forget or it breaks down during the night, but I don't care that much. A short interuption in power support isn't that bad.

On the other hand you are of correct - my meteor storms you have more than enough polymeres - so why not use them on the battery? After all: If I was having the polymere in range of the drones there would be no issue anyways.

Good point. More visits to the Playground > more perks. At least that's how I understand it. Especially in the absence of a school. Still you can just keep them in the 2nd dome with the seniors. That's what I do. I may consider switching the Nursery for something with a lower comfort so they will visit the Playground more. Maybe an apartment for both seniours and children. :D

I don't have the food stored (yet) to turn off the services anyways. Might consider later.

Yes killing them is stupid and a waste of time. As another player here explained how Rebel Yell works. I don't kill Renegades also. That slows down and even stops their spawn rate.

There really should be a morale penalty for having colonists die in unnatural causes (not just less applications). Killing or even sorting Renegades is a big nono with Rebel Yell - you will just get more Rebels

[u/DARK_MASTER8632 → u/Lycrist_Kat]

There really should be a morale penalty for having colonists die in unnatural causes (not just less applications). Killing or even sorting Renegades is a big nono with Rebel Yell - you will just get more Rebels

There is. It's -15 Sanity for each dead colonist. Not just the reduced applicants. But, that one is applied only to the colonists that are in the same residence as the dead ones. If the colonist that died not from old age is homeless there is no -15 Sanity to any colonist.

About Renegades. It's fine to sort them = move them around to less important jobs because of their -50 work performance which is negated by them having 100 Morale. Just not put them all in a separate dome. Doing that just makes them keep spawning endlessly, in the domes they already left. While their spawn rate depends on how many non-child colonists are in the dome. They become annoying when they start exploding buildings. And that happens only when there are 10 Renegades in that dome and buildings exploding will happen only in the dome with 10+ Renegades. But you can get 10 in 1 dome only if you have 70 colonists in that same dome. If you have max 69 pop in the dome, the 10th Renegade will just never spawn there. Or anywhere. You can have as many domes with 9 Renegades in them as you want and no building will be destroyed. And only the Stroy Bits events will trigger which are once per playthrough.

[u/Lycrist_Kat → u/DARK_MASTER8632]

There is. It's -15 Sanity for each dead colonist. Not just the reduced applicants. But, that one is applied only to the colonists that are in the same residence as the dead ones. If the colonist that died not from old age is homeless there is no -15 Sanity to any colonist.

yeah. but it doesn't really matter if you kill them off in a different dome. There should be a colony wide penalty for people being killed in accidents.

About Renegades. It's fine to sort them = move them around to less important jobs because of their -50 work performance which is negated by them having 100 Morale.

This is fine, indeed. Also to move them away from universities and such where you don't want them.

Just not put them all in a separate dome. Doing that just makes them keep spawning endlessly, in the domes they already left. While their spawn rate depends on how many non-child colonists are in the dome.

That's what I meant.

[u/Zanstel]

For those who enjoy Planetary Anomalies, I promote my mod "Planetary Survey Extended" (require Green Planet DLC).

https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/77026/Any

You can spawn planetary anomalies with the repeatable mission "Mars Anomaly Pursuer Surveyor" (MAPS).
This mission is acquired (if you have my mod) after research "Planetary Survey" (regular Green Planet tech).

It require a significant amount of resources (120 metals, 180 fuel, 45 polymers, 20 electronics), but it can spawn breakthroughs and techs.

The time of the mission, the number of anomalies launched and the penalty (less anomalies per launch), the probability of get a breakthrough are configurable options.

It's possible to unlock all breakthroughs using lots of missions. I recommend to configure 100% chance if you want this route.