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The game takes place in 5500 AD. 5500-3892 = 1608. I doubt there were cryocapsules at the time, so something is wrong here

Maybe the person was resurrected by necromancy after having frozen to death in Siberia.

Raiders already know how to batter down doors, or how to fire a rocket at a colonist, but what about firing a rocket at a stone wall to create a breech?

heh, I know how to counter that one: Build bollards out from the wall that obstruct lines of fire against the wall. If the raider attempts to fire a rocket at the wall, he will strike one of the bollards and fail to breach the wall, and if he gets close enough that he can hit the wall, he will destroy himself with the blast.

Ideally this will mean they'll attack exposed assets as you've described. I was also thinking of trying to write an AI that would have them seek weak points in your defenses - even if it means blasting through a side wall.

I think this sounds more like even more pressure to move even deeper into a mountain, since the alternative is the logistically infeasible requirement to defend in 360 degrees. We would need a larger selection of turrets and more capable power generators if we were going to go this route.

Well, if the turret example isn't working for you, they can also shoot and destroy granite mountainsides.

The more enemies you have, the less likely any attacking enemy is a given specific enemy. If you make peace with the human factions, you will only get mechanoid attacks for all your attacks.

My example was that a shoddy 51% regular t shirt sold for more than gold.

Well, you have to keep in mind "gold" is a "small" item, which means it takes up less space. Using a "stack of" things as a comparison, a whole STACK of gold is worth a shitpile more than a stack of shirts.

And since I'm using the combat realism mod and raiders usually don't survive I've been stuck at three colonists my whole game.

I think this qualifies as a self-inflicted injury and cannot be blamed on the game balance.

The game would need to track what the natural terrain was before the man-made terrain came along. This may include ancient structures as well and how they're generated.

Since the map is generated from a deterministic seed, this shouldn't actually be hard to determine, since the game already knows how the map is "supposed" to be, as it can deterministically regenerate the flooring.

This game needs something fun, like methane emissions underground.

Can we use these emissions to generate power, or create a constant flamethrower to immolate raiders, thus ruining the fun?

The FREEZER is too cold? Say what? What madness is this?

We'd need coatracks for colonists to hang their coats on when going in and out of places.

If it happens while you're loading the game, or booting up, this is normal, just ignore it and let it chug away.

Personally I've only ever found mortars to be useful in a group of at least 5.  5-10 become devastating to sieges and especially tribal attacks that wait first.

Yeah, you basically need massed batteries if you want to actually hit anything. I would not recommend using them against infantry groups even if you can hit them, though. If you use them to bombard infantry-only groups, any injured that you can potentially recruit will almost certainly bleed out before you can retrieve them, and basically, you're preventing them from bringing the loot to you.

Or just not have batteries at all. I mean, previously you had a power grid that was powering your air conditioning, heating, and lights. Now you don't need those things anymore, so have your guys turn off the lights before they go, and the only thing that your geothermal plants will be powering is the guns. Who cares if the food goes bad, nobody's around to eat...

Some times it's very easy, and u can stand behind some rocks and shoot them one by one. Other times it has to be done over several days, because they have a sniper that deal damage on my sniper, or they counterattack with some melee chaps. Then I must retreat, and come back later.

Yeah, THAT sounds a bit more familiar. Unfortunately, doing this does not, in fact, prevent them from incinerating your base.

Parkas have -20% global work penalty, isn't that nice ?

Yeah, but since about 90% of the time-cost of work is the hauling and moving, that's less than you'd think, as work penalty doesn't affect hauling or movement, which are the primary costs of doing anything.

Has anyone tried flat tundra and survived ? I mean on 100% difficulty.

I think you would probably die. You'd have nowhere to build, nothing to build it with, and everything would be on fire.

Heh, now we need a Temple of Doom challenge: Design a fort that will continue to stand and kill all who try to enter after you leave, until you receive replacements.