Is it worth it to act like a raider?

[Forfor]

I do find it an interesting idea to role play as a raider faction, I'm just worried that I might excessively depopulate the nearby factions. Is that a concern? What are some of the other ups and downs of this path?

[b0rsuk]

Raiders don't make rational decisions. They build expensive mortars to destroy without gaining anything. They take several casualties and run away with some silly loot like a large wooden sculpture. They get artificial bonuses and you couldn't sustain a playstyle like that.

[Wanderer_joins]

Not worth it if you raze their camp and depopulate the area.

OP if you just take the drugs.

You have to set your own rules in between.

[Lightzy]

It doesn't work cuz you can't really raid anything until very late-game, when it's long since pointless.

If you raid with your starting tribe/colonists you'll most probably just die horribly, if you raid without proper armor and weapons you'll just die horribly (or get injured which is pretty much the same as dead in a caravan), you'll lose colonists (which are much more precious than anything you can steal), and.. yeah. game over.

And late game there's no point to raiding cuz it's late game already.


Perhaps in upcoming versions there will be more incentive to interact with factions. Maybe some faction can have some special relic that you need to make a spaceship and it's holy to them and they won't let it go and you have to raid for it or whatever.
endless ideas

[Listen1]

It doesn't work cuz you can't really raid anything until very late-game, when it's long since pointless.

If you raid with your starting tribe/colonists you'll most probably just die horribly, if you raid without proper armor and weapons you'll just die horribly (or get injured which is pretty much the same as dead in a caravan), you'll lose colonists (which are much more precious than anything you can steal), and.. yeah. game over.

I manage to raid settlements as tribal. I used the bait technique to lure the melees onto a mountain side and destroyed them with my large numbers (had about 8 colonists, there were only 2 melees with them) After that I grabbed my whole troop and attacked with melee the rest of the base, once I got in, I killed everyone in the map. It was quite awesome.

The best part being using their hospital to heal my colonists in the middle of the raid.