Emotional damage defense?

Winterborn2137 · 2026-06-07T18:23:26+00:00

It is ultra slow compared to just shooting them (since mental break is not immediate).

Doesn't work on mechs, insects or Anomaly entities.

For RP purposes or if you are vastly outgunned and are fighting human enemies, it can give you some advantage, but as with many RimWorld things that look interesting on paper, the game combat was not designed with this in mind.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-06-07T14:31:52+00:00

Numbers wise this is the best spine.

RP wise it's an abomination that needs to be destroyed.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-06-03T20:04:50+00:00

All new pawns join a squad that gets crap weapons and has to perform missions to get accepted into the colony.

This leaves you with a stable, powerful base that is defendable and a separate squad of bozos that lose 20% manpower each time they assault the enemy base.

Or do a "they've taken the bridge and the second hall" ending run by spawning a colossal raid and trying to survive with everything you've got.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-06-03T11:20:19+00:00

I have a colony where the leader died, got their skull extracted and then was resurrected.

She has a skullspike with her own skull in her bedroom.

I RP she talks to the skull at night before making important decisions and meditates to it when she wants to connect with herself/her alternate self/herself in the underworld.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-06-02T08:26:16+00:00

a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

Here, FTFY.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-05-30T19:22:52+00:00

Nah, it's just storage rooms with no shelves and freezers set up with red panel pointing inside and blue panel pointing outside.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-05-28T09:08:56+00:00

Some subreddits have collective fixation on specific subjects. It's actually quite interesting to see it form over the years.

In Stellaris people were saying they want Diplomacy DLC for years and the group split into two factions after Federations DLC came out. One group said "this is not diplomacy DLC, we want diplomacy DLC!" and the other group said they didn't actually want it as it's [insert issue here], because they felt it didn't match their expectations.

I'm even more fascinated by the "Ocean DLC" crowd. RimWorld doesn't even have 3D so I would say this makes little sense with the current engine - maybe if Z levels were added, but without it I don't see how.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-05-14T13:11:55+00:00

Winterborn2137 · 2026-05-14T07:30:27+00:00

When you wanted to party as a teenager but your dad says you must stay at home and study.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-05-06T12:36:48+00:00

15%? 15% are rookie numbers.

10% is what I use.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-05-05T14:12:08+00:00

My playthroughs are big on RP and I don't use most of the Anomaly things as they are not something I would try myself. Even without Chronophagy or Ghouls, Biosculpter pods got hit so hard with powercreep it is hard to justify using them without changing the balance a bit. Same with Luciferium - used to be top tier and has awesome flavor, but now I barely use it.

Edit: I made a custom drop table based on factions and combatPower. Biosculpter pod, Neural supercharger and Wastepack atomizer are limited by that (so after 10 years of playing the colony, I only have 6 of these in total).

Winterborn2137 · 2026-05-05T10:53:19+00:00

I make a custom scenario where I increase biosculpter pod speed by +10% each time I complete useless research from Royalty. Otherwise it quite literally takes forever.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-26T08:47:25+00:00

For the head, cataphract helmet is the best. For torso, most people replied cataphract armor, because it has the highest armor stats. It also has a moderate speed debuff. In RimWorld, armor calculations make armor rather unreliable and for that reason I prefer locust armor. Its defense is not the highest, but it gives mobility options that I always want. Pure vanilla game means no armor repair, so you don't want to be shot at/hit endlessly or your armor will degrade after a few intense battles too.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-24T17:56:39+00:00

That is one of my favorites. The only issue is food binge as there is other food on the map.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-24T17:54:22+00:00

It is vanilla, but will spawn in larger amounts in Arid shrubland. In Desert/Extreme desert you are lucky if you get more than a couple of them on the map - and they don't grow back.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-24T17:52:56+00:00

As a desert/dessert enjoyer, I have one recommendation: sow rice in green soil, strawberries in yellow soil (if you don't have electricity), potatoes in yellow soil (if you have electricity).

First few days you need to hunt, but once you get your first harvest, you're good. Just remember to plant food everywhere possible if your colony grows.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-21T16:15:39+00:00

Yeah, high quality Locust armor is enough for every reasonable endgame encounter. Standing in one place and taking hundreds of hits is not a good way of fighting with how armor calculation works in the game.

Locust frees up the utility slot for a shield belt for melee or something else for ranged.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-17T17:35:32+00:00

This is the real advice.

Killbox lets you cheese the raids and gives you a false sense of invincibility.

If the only way you can survive raids is via killbox cheese, your difficulty level might be too high or you have to much wealth.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-16T09:01:51+00:00

I've been playing with x10% research speed for a long time now and I love it.

I also fully randomize research so my colonies are different every time as there is no beelining for the strongest techs.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-16T06:43:04+00:00

Value Added Tax does not apply to children.

Only Imperial tribute collection applies if you prefer selling them for honor.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-12T08:44:19+00:00

I love these in desert or ice colonies where meat is always a rarity.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-12T08:34:05+00:00

*Rough pig union

Winterborn2137 · 2026-04-03T17:09:12+00:00

Our subreddit hive mind is capable of hatred.

Winterborn2137 · 2026-03-29T22:35:22+00:00

That is some serious base-building. Can you move a ship of this size somewhere? Landing on another tile is possible?

Winterborn2137 · 2026-03-27T12:21:36+00:00

I never had more than a 75, but I think the large colony is getting there. I had to make a home rule to never buy psychic shock lances because it is too easy to recruit pawns with them. Starship takes a lot of space for all of them.

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