Plague unbeatable early game?

[b0rsuk]

Put the sick people in ancient cryosleep caskets. They can't die while in there. I'm surprised no one else figured this out!!

[Shurp]

Yeah, that's what my team armed with short bows should do when someone comes down with the plague: storm an ancient vault and take on the mechanoids inside! :-P

(Actually, I've noticed that since a15 there aren't many mechanoids in vaults anymore.  What happened?)

[Hans Lemurson]

Put the sick people in ancient cryosleep caskets. They can't die while in there. I'm surprised no one else figured this out!!

Sooo...you're saying I shouldn't have decosntructed all of the caskets to collect their little scraps of Uranium? 

[b0rsuk]

Yeah, that's what my team armed with short bows should do when someone comes down with the plague: storm an ancient vault and take on the mechanoids inside! :-P

Very much doable. Some vaults are guarded by hives, which are pretty easy to kill with hit&run tactics. If there are mechanoids, but not too many - scythers can be even killed in melee. Shortbows can take them out from wall cover. And the real deal is deadfall traps.

I don't know why it happened but I've seen a centipede drop on its 3rd steel deadfall trap. head: destroyed, 0/36 HP. But centipedes are the real problem.

The tactic I would actually use against centipedes depends on their behavior. Some mechanoids raid you, some guard the area. If they raid you, you can.... simply walk around centipedes and put the desired people in cryptosleep caskets. Cryptosleep caskets, as long as they're not claimed, are not attacked by enemies ! If they guard the area, creating a bit of distraction lets you open the caskets, releasing neutrals or hostiles, and centipedes will often shoot them instead of you. Many times those guys are armed, and you can then take their weapons. Also, ancient danger rooms contain psychic lances and last time I heard they... work on mechanoids, so by opening a vault you're answering your own question in a way.

Facing mechanoids certainly beats reloading or whining that you're helpless.

[Shurp]

Facing mechanoids certainly beats reloading or whining that you're helpless.

But modding medicine so it works properly beats both!

[b0rsuk]

Facing mechanoids certainly beats reloading or whining that you're helpless.

But modding medicine so it works properly beats both!

How is it not giving up ?

[Boston]

In my opinion, medicine shouldn't be a be-all-end all to diseases and wound-care.

Medicine isn't 100% effective; it doesn't mean you are going to fight off the disease, all it does is boost your chances.

[Shurp]

That's why my medkits are at 85%, not 100%.  Good enough to save someone with plague... barely.  I really have to keep an eye on them and make sure they don't get up to play horseshoes or put out fires.

What medicine should definitely *not* be is a 100% failure rate, which is about what you get with 70% medkits on day 30.

[EnricoDandolo]

Usually vistors have stuff to sell. Most of the time, more often than not, they have Penoxocide, happened for me, saved my life.

[Shurp]

Penoxocide should instantly kill your colonist ;->
         ^^^