Storyteller

[kenobi87]

I haven't been around for awhile and had a few questions. How does the current AI storytellers calculate what threats to send? I remember people saying that turrets added to the difficulty of the raids is that still true? My main problem is that I am trying to get "ahead" of the raids I can never seem to have enough defense. If adding turrets adds more enemies I wont build them but I need to know for sure.

Also if someone can tell me how the storyteller gauges your colony before sending raids in and how it adjusts the size of the raids, like is it based on colonists? weapons? turrets? time passed?

[iame6162013]

for as far as i know:
it's based around wealth, the more wealth the more raiders.

[kenobi87]

okay, what is wealth exactly? buildings value? colonists value? money stockpiled?

So it has nothing to do with turrets and I can build as many as I want without a massive increase in raiders?

[iame6162013]

okay, what is wealth exactly? buildings value? colonists value? money stockpiled?

So it has nothing to do with turrets and I can build as many as I want without a massive increase in raiders?

Wealth is your building, resources, (I think colonists)
you can see it in the history tab (and change it to wealth)

[kenobi87]

Ok so if it is in fact based on wealth then its based on what resources/items you have mostly my building wealth is only 8000 and my resources wealth is 90,000 is that a lot? (I'm 22 days in)

I'm trying to think of how I can tone back this value, im playing on casual one step above "base builder" and getting 15 person raids 20 days in and if its due to my resources idk what to do, stop mining? stop making so much food? im so confused. I had always liked stockpiling lots of goods :[

[Shaithis]

Im not sure I'm doing this right but I just stop stock piling silver and uranium and all the other goodies that fall out of the sky. I leave them Forbidden until im ready to use them (Or stock pile it in a convenient spot, forbid them and then delete the stock pile).

Also, you'll notice everything has a dollar value on the info page. I once was excited at a new colony I started when I found myself next to a huge vein of Plastisteel. Yeah, mining that early was a big mistake. My 3 colonists were squashed by the huge raid that showed up after stock piling all that ore.

[milon]

for as far as i know:
it's based around wealth, the more wealth the more raiders.

That was true back in Alpha 4.  I think wealth still plays a role, but only a very small role. The major factors are colony size and colony age.