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Avoid heavier weapons? What classifies as 'heavy'? Just miniguns and rocket launchers? Or should I add sniper rifles to that list? Also, leave as many colonists unarmed as possible? It looks like the person who built the town at that link has armed nearly every colonist with at least M-16s, and more than a few with charge rifles. What classifies as 'as few as possible'? A certain percentage of my colonists? I usually fight with only two out of five at any given time, anyway, and that generally works for me. I also don't use killboxes; I always kill my enemies on the fields as they come. Of course, I have been using turrets to distract raiders, too, so... meh.

Still, this 'urban' style seems promising... though I might wind up doing something a little more decentralized than a full-blown armory building. A weapon rack for every house sounds about right; I could stock both melee and ranged armaments as necessary, that way. Any other conditions in mind? Or mods?

(And thanks, btw; I'm really glad to be here. I was always a big fan of Dwarf Fortress, and RimWorld has all the charm of DF combined with a far more easy-to-grasp gameplay system. I'm really looking forward to seeing where it goes!)

I feel like I have effectively reduced RimWorld to methodology at this point; stockpile resources, farm food, build structures, fight off enemies. Not that I'm saying the game is boring now, or anything; far from it, actually. But I think I need an actual challenge to face, rather than simply playing around with random colonies in temperate environments, even if I do turn up Cassandra to 160%.

So I'm asking you, my fellow forumites, as my first post on the forums of this great game, to give me a challenge to overcome. You may name specific terms and conditions for a new game, such as a minimum temperature biome, embarking with a ship full of psychopaths, having me build a spaceship to escape within X days, forbading me to use any food except nutrient paste... ooh, that might be interesting. I already have issues keeping my guys' mood up as is. Seriously, though, if someone could give me a challenge like that to make things interesting, I would really appreciate it. I'd even make a story out of it so that you all could track my progress. So c'mon! Hit me!