Colonist scumming or take what you get?

[CheeseGromit]

I almost always reroll, usually to avoid colonists with negative mental traits and/or the inability to do too many key tasks.

I also avoid brawler, that may change with shields. Probably not though.

[Kelvorn]

I will sit there and re-roll a hundred times until I get the three that can do all jobs and work really well together. Well that was until I got come prepared they I re-rolled until I got the three I liked then saved them. Now I use them and the only thing that I changed from the original was the age on one of them (way to old to be our miner).

[Stannis]

Take what you get.

[TheSilencedScream]

I run Prepare Carefully for my first three, but for people I recruit, I pretty much avoid:
-Lots of restrictions (can't cook, can't haul, can't shoot all in one)
-Anyone who can't haul
-Assassins. Sorry, but being good at fighting (until your skills dwindle down to 10) does not make up for your lack of everything else.
-Sensitives. Just... no. I play on Randy, and I wind up getting lots of crashed ships that I have to take out.
-Brawlers. Same reason as sensitives. I also run combat realism, so brawlers wind up getting shot at 50+ squares out.

Beyond those, I'll take anything, including older people. If they have damaged limbs/cataracts and they're worth their skills, I'll trade out old parts for bionics.

[Cibi]

I have one colonist that I have created in prepare carefully, kind of my representation, otherwise, all random, all the time. I essentially take the worst of them out, and replace them, and keep the other too, making a point of not re-rolling.

[200Down]

Roll until I find a tolerable mix.

Then prep carefully to change looks and hair color to mix it up. Not a fan of females that look like males and the one "jacket" type that leaves them naked looking. Also add cloth pants if there was none, unless it's a nudist

[RemingtonRyder]

As long as they're relatively youthful, I'll roll with almost anything the randomiser of doom throws at me. Older colonists tend to go blind and shuffly when their birthday rolls around.

[200Down]

As long as they're relatively youthful, I'll roll with almost anything the randomiser of doom throws at me. Older colonists tend to go blind and shuffly when their birthday rolls around.

Same, although I rely on mods for "fixing" that later. Which way is more cheaty? Arguable I guess Honestly the cataract seems a bit too regular to me but eh... adds flavor.

[skullywag]

Cataracts can apply once a pawn hits 30.

[FridayBiology]

Edb prepare carefully.
using points i start with 4 colonists normally. with extra resources and cotton cowboy hat.
though i do run with randoms if i'm after a quick fix.

[Coolrah]

I'll roll until I can get someone who can at least contribute to the colony. I don't mind all the bad traits cept the hyper sensitivity one and ones that ban important jobs. Good traits are a bonus but I won't reroll if a colonist has none. Like a lot of people here have said before me I feel like it ruins the randomness of the game. If you could pick I feel like my head would hurt from the shear amount of choices so letting the game randomize it for me at least until I find something that's doable seems the more logical choice at least for me.

[Daemoneyes]

Depends, i often use prepare carefully and create them according to the theme i have in mind
but even if i go for random i always reroll abraisive.

[Kazuto Kirigaya]

I re-roll them a bit until I have something that looks acceptable but I'm not too fussy about age or traits, just mostly trying to avoid any particularly annoying banned jobs.

I'm exactly the same.

[BetaSpectre]

Fast movement, and fast shot is usually high on my list.

[w00d]

same as above i use prepare carefully or reroll. There is no point in playing when all 3 of your colonist end up as No hauling or no violence etc. Hell one time i ended with 3 pacifist who refused manual labour...