Hey
Loving the events and all the new stuff in the patch. But.. I started a new game this evening that ended premature after getting my first dome setup. Among the two first missions given to me, i ended up taking the one that my vehicle could use. The event was about a rocket that had crashed and i had two options, investigate it using blowtorches or leave it alone. I investigated it and behold, It blew up, and took my one and only rocket in addition to the vehicle i sent there to complete the mission with.
Now i dont complain about the mission itself, but the timing of it. Getting hit like that in my first 10 sols, is poor game design in my opinion. There should be a restriction on what kind of terrible things can happen to you in the early game. I played Japan, Futurist and have only 1 rocket to start with. I had next to no chance on recovering from it. I open science and i was far away from patents repeatable in order to make up for the lost money. This ended my game, very sad about that. The event prior to this happening, i got a 100% increased cost to electronics for the next 5 sols. That is okay tho, but loosing the only rocket and the vehicle, that is just overkill. I would not mind this happening in the mid/end game, when you naturally would get a hit, but not a game-ending one.
Loving the events and all the new stuff in the patch. But.. I started a new game this evening that ended premature after getting my first dome setup. Among the two first missions given to me, i ended up taking the one that my vehicle could use. The event was about a rocket that had crashed and i had two options, investigate it using blowtorches or leave it alone. I investigated it and behold, It blew up, and took my one and only rocket in addition to the vehicle i sent there to complete the mission with.
Now i dont complain about the mission itself, but the timing of it. Getting hit like that in my first 10 sols, is poor game design in my opinion. There should be a restriction on what kind of terrible things can happen to you in the early game. I played Japan, Futurist and have only 1 rocket to start with. I had next to no chance on recovering from it. I open science and i was far away from patents repeatable in order to make up for the lost money. This ended my game, very sad about that. The event prior to this happening, i got a 100% increased cost to electronics for the next 5 sols. That is okay tho, but loosing the only rocket and the vehicle, that is just overkill. I would not mind this happening in the mid/end game, when you naturally would get a hit, but not a game-ending one.
It is totally fine to get penalties, but a penalty that is game ending in the first 10 sols, is poor. The only lesson i learn is to avoid that mission in future games.