Guys, thanks for the answer! I don’t want to use console commands, it’s easier to build a CV. I just wanted to find out the rules of this game.
Swamp planet start, lasted maybe a minute, when 3 bugmen, 1 alien scorpion, and a rocket drone ripped me to shreds. Well played.
Yes the swamp start is certainly full of things trying kill you but still one of my favourites. All the best Alkemmi
The swamp has taught me some important lessons for sure. I'm playing iron man style, going for a fresh restart if I die. After the 1 minute attempt, I restarted and made it through the day. Put together some resources, started building a wooden base, and almost immediately was attacked by a drone. Turns out they are nearly invulnerable if all you have is a super tool and no armor for jetpacking. When his buddy the rocket drone started floating in, I gave up, grabbed my stuff, and rode to safety on my motorbike... for about 2 seconds, before the motorbike exploded. Then I walked/ran away from the drone, going through all my meds and water, it was tough to outpace him on foot without armor. I think I had finally lost him, when 5 raptors ate me. Third restart is going much better, I have armor, weapons, an HV, and I've even done a partial POI raid. Looking forward to the new ultra hard start, @ravien_ff.
Sounds like fun! I have some cool things planned for this rogue planet start. Going to take a lot of work to put it all together but it should be both very difficult and cool.
The Ocean start with Patrol Vessel can be the worst. Particularly if start on (or close to) a small island with few resources around, with critters and a PV that very shortly might try hunt you down, maybe even a couple of drones if "lucky" enough with POIs or an ore deposit close. And before you get a suit, then POIs in the ocean might be unavailable, but close enough for a drone to get a lock on you. Swimming is slow too, with possible attacks from sea critters. Can be some other/additional challenges too.
Ill be trying that one after I decimate the swamp. I'm trying to refine my tank building skills at the moment, and the swamp has plenty of locations for field testing. I'll clear the zirax first, then pick a fight with the talon, then the polaris, then I might cut down every tree across the planet and salt the earth. Swamps are horrible. That being said, I've got a ways to go with tanks, they've never been my goto combat vessel.
This bloody swamp is giving me all kinds of new experiences, partly because I'm not building SV's or CV's until it's conquered, partly because it's a festering nightmare of evil. I know for a fact that I've raided drone bases like this before with no issues, but I'm thinking I must have detoothed them with my SV before clearing them later. Built the tank on the right as close to the t2 limit as I could, and she couldn't even dent the shield before losing half her turrets in a salvo of Zirax missiles. Slapped together a quick Area Denial Pod delivery HV in creative, god moded it and 4 AD pods in and then learned that wouldn't work either. Reloaded the save from before God mode, sapped the place, and took in my battle bike to clear it. My first sapping attempt was fun, felt sneaky as hell. Tomorrow I'll likely pop into creative and start work on a dedicated sapper for the hard nuts, while trying to think of a name that weird looking T2 tank.
Sorry, that's an HV battlebike, not an SV. I've changed things around on it a little bit to shorten it by a block. I can definitely toss it on the workshop if you're still interested.
Have at it then sir, I had a save from before I changed things up, so here she is from the picture. I'll be putting her on the workshop with next round of releases, with whatever final form she takes.
... Balls. I didn't think to backup my most current save. I'm gonna have to sap that drone base. Again. Actually.... Cool. I'll do with an all in one sapper this time.
Not sure what that would be about. Is he playing on a server? Do you know when he started his save? I updated the PDA when I last updated the scenario.
