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I find 2 wide hallways avoids the cramp debuff.   I use 5x6 rooms in A10c.

I haven't played 10c yet, but in 10b, I use 5x6 with royal beds and they get the debuff except when at the foot of the beds. I hope this is fixed in 10c.

2 wide hallways have been fine.

I also have had prisoners go berserk, though not quite that often. I didn't think about joy for prisoners, but it's now something I will keep in mind. I was getting frustrated with my guys needing medical attention for trying to have friendly chats.

So I'm kind of between everyone here, so let me offer my perspective.

I have very little issue choosing a spot except that the icons are a little hard to see so I have to select a few until I find what I want.

As for the colonists? I would like to see some of the randomness curbed based on difficulty or something. I'm still learning and playing casual so of course I'm not going to accept the biologically 68 yr old with a bad back, frail, and cataracts. I'm also not going to pick that person who is abrasive, nervous, and incapable of intellectual, dumb labor, and plant work.

If I was playing Randy on challenge, then sure, anything goes. I'm not there yet. I do find myself hitting random quite a bit to avoid what I feel would be a Randy build.

But here's the thing: I'm not really looking for the perfect colonists. I'll accept a chef with a bad back or a miner that's abrasive. In fact I love some of the traits that are somewhat negative just because they add flavor. I don't want to use Prepare Carefully and make the super awesome perfect colony. I just want the first 3 to have a possibility to live long enough (given my inexperience) to capture a 4th and recruit them.

Omenpapa does sound like someone who should play a colony or two with Prepare Carefully (or back the difficulty down a little - I personally backed down to base builder instead of Prepare Carefully) so he can actually get into the game long enough to learn what he needs, but I do feel he makes some points that would improve quality of life to some extent.

This game gets better with each release and I understand it's still alpha, but seriously, the reason it gets better is because there are suggestions out there and some make sense.