I haven't played enough games to know the probability of join rates (is it fixed over time or totally random?). My current game is going quite poorly as I've accepted most of those who tried to join and the supposedly random number gods gave me 5 people in a row with the lazy trait, half of them won't do a bunch of important tasks, and all are melee, and most are brawlers. Not exactly the kinds of people we needed. Do you all reject anyone less than modicum? Accept nearly everyone regardless?
I'm playing on Cassandra medium difficulty and having a pretty rough time in my current game. Once again, the RNG has been terrible causing me to have to reload an inane number of times to keep from dying out (temperate forest zone with short winter).
Curious to hear your own play choices!
I will not take chemical interest/fascination or pyromaniac. I'll only take 1 jealous pawn per colony unless i can be sure of EXACT same room stats.
I won't take pawns that have ALL THREE of the following: no dumb labor, low stats, several other incapables. Any two of those is fine.
Lastly i generally won't take (meaning i won't capture downed raiders with) more than 1 mood break detriment (volatile, neurotic, depressive, too smart). one of those is usually fine.
Finally, no bad back or frail. Artery blockage, cirrhosis, asthma, or missing limbs i'll take if they're otherwise good pawns and will be worth buying or harvesting the parts to fix them up (good crafters, growers if i'm planting outside, builders, cooks, shooters).
In my opinion, bodies are better than lack of bodies, and slapping an assault rifle onto a 2 skill, no passion shooter will still help fight off raids.
I play HCSK, my main criteria is half decent crafting (7-8+) and to not be too old (30s at most) because my colony is nearly 10 years old and Rimworld's vastly accelerated aging means that people live pitifully short lives that don't see them surpass 10 terran years most the time. Everyone else just gets fixed up and sent on their way.
I am pretty picky, I always find myself 10 years in with 6-10 colonists. But I am on sea ice, and RR Extreme, So I can't take on too many mouths to feed. Currently only have 8 colonists and 4 muffalo on year 5.
If they can do enough to be not-idle and not cripple me, they can stay.
That's most pawns TBH.
I'll put up with almost anything but a slowpoke. I cannot deal with slowpokes. Always late to the fight.
I'll deal with anyone who can fight. If they're incapable of fighting then they can burn.
I pretty much execute on the spot nearly every pawn trying to join my colony. Especially in A16.
Yea I'm pretty unhappy with how my current game is going. I don't want to give it up as I spent so much time planning everything so carefully.
What happens if I let several of these people die via melee accident when the next raid hits? Will my remaining colonists be besides themselves in despair?
Not very. I'll accept crappy colonists given that I have a niche role that they can fill up. But I draw the line on cataract, dementia, and heart problems.
I used to be very accepting. I let everyone join who would. I would have prisoners until they tried to leave and die or joined... or when I ran out food and didn't feed them...
That was until the sea ice challenge... having random pawns just join is annoying. most just strips and dies. prisoners either are harvested or if they are really good join... I feel like I'm pretty picky.
My pickiness is pretty up there. and is pretty close to Limdood..
You should make this a poll
Quote from: Seeker89 on February 04, 2017, 12:31:25 AM
I used to be very accepting. I let everyone join who would. I would have prisoners until they tried to leave and die or joined... or when I ran out food and didn't feed them...
That was until the sea ice challenge... having random pawns just join is annoying. most just strips and dies. prisoners either are harvested or if they are really good join... I feel like I'm pretty picky.
My pickiness is pretty up there. and is pretty close to Limdood..
You should make this a poll
Me in sea ice I let everyone jon more fishermen for me = more food = more leather to sell
My only two requirements:
- no incapabilities
- no previous injuries
Everything else is fair game and keeps the game interesting, in my opinion.
Very, very, very picky.
NO
• pyro • volatile • jealous • greedy • lazy • brawler • gay • hates (m/w) • pretty / beautiful • brawler • hardworking / industrious • slowpoke • abrasive • creepy breathing • prostophobe • chem interest / fascination •
YES
too smart • prostophile • optimist / sanguine • kind • green thumb • deaf • iron willed • jogger • steadfast
Also don't need / want passion in: melee, social, animals, art.
No for any of "unable to caring / hauling / growing / skilled work / dumb work / scary / violence".
No for un-fixable injuries or scars.
Yeah, my colonies are under 10 people, is hard to find good colonists. :P
Up to 5-6 colonists I take everything. You need bodies to survive, and less than 5 is cutting it too close when you're past the very early game IMO.
It doesn't matter that they aren't good at anything, as long as they can hold a weapon they might get a lucky hit. And if not, they can still stand in front and eat bullets while my usesful pawns hide in the back with long-range weapons.
As for non-combat pawns they tend to have some other skills to make up for the fact that they can't fight. I have actually come to prefer non-combat doctors as you can keep them happy, fed and rested while the others fight and they'll be mentally and physically prepared for a long day of doctoring, hauling bodies, cleaning etc. while the others rest and heal.
I pretty much do everything Limdood does when it comes to colonists. Some things are obviously bad but can be mitigated with the right play. Combinations of bad things are what you have to watch out for! :P
Haha I let die or kill anything that isn't good enough.
It's just that about 90% of colonists are COMPLETELY USELESS.
It's a design fault I believe.
I take maybe 2 useless colonists in order to be haulers/cleaners, but that's it.
I'm kinda picky, but that depends on the situation. I'm willing to (temporary) accept pawns that have no's, if I really need their manpower in something they do well (which means their no's don't matter a lot). I try to replace them with better pawns asap, because I do have specialised colonists, but nobody does only one worktype. I'm in year 5 or 6 now and have six pawns, three of them I took only because I had to. Finally got replacement pawns. I have to add that I get mostly mechraids due to rather cold ice sheet.
I only played the Engie's frozen ocean challenge this alpha, and in there Im not very picky. Pretty much everyone who manages to reach my shack alive is accepted :). So far 2 people made it, the second one died to, ... well lets say the food rations were a bit unfair ;). The first person is A totally useless guy called Vladimir, he cannot haul, clean nor craft, and he sucks at practically everything, only his melee skill is decent. Also he is constantly complaining that his part of the shack isnt decorated with gold. Pretty much the worst kind of pawn for the challenge, but it adds additional level of "fun". Ive decided I will have the two escape the planet together.
In normal games I ussually completely ignore pawns with the following: Pyromaniac, incapable of hauling, sucks at everything, cannot do any of the jobs I need to hire someone new for, mood debuffing traits, incapable of violence, no permanent brain damage.
If I have 3 colonists or less, I take only the best.
From 3 to 8ish, I'll take anybody capable of hauling, with the following exceptions.
-Chemical interest/fascination is euthanasia.
-Slow moving is euthanasia.
-Pyromaniac is euthanasia.
After I'm safe, I go back to being picky.
-No chemical interest, pyromaniac, slow moving, slow working, or brawler.
-Capable of shooting and hauling.
-Has a relevant interest.
-Passable mental break thresholds. Things like volatile and too smart on the same guy are bad. Jealous and Iron-Willed is okay.
I take people I see potential in.
the only trait I don't take is pyro, I don't tend drugs so chemical interests do not bug me.
Relatively picky. Especially early on when food is scarce. I mostly want colonists who have at least 2 or 3 useful skills. But I'm willing to overlook certain negative traits if they have other benefits.