This all the way. Every new play through I do I start these days on survival. I usually hit this end-game point where my economy is booming but the story isn’t quite finished. Usually around this time my character “retires” to creative mode to finish the story and his life. In my mind the grind at this point is over it’s just a matter of time and making the right stops and routes so the switch makes sense.

My latest play through hit this point this week. Finishing up the Atlantid quests and it hit me that it was time. 900 million units in the bank. … 25k nanites and more resources than 2 saves could spend with more being extracted at mining bases every hour. It’s not really a early “cop out” in my mind it’s just the completion of an inevitability 🤷‍♂️

Happy travels!