Gestalt Consciousness and Amenities

[Sacramental]

Dear anyone,

I've been trying to wrap my head around what to do with amenties as a Determined Exterminator Gestalt Consciousness.

I've had it in the massive plusses aswell as massive negatives and I don't see any difference in production output.

Considering it's supposed to improve happiness, which is something my pops are unaffected by, is there even a point to getting any amenties at all and if so, should it actually be a point to begin with? (I know the latter might stir up a discussion, however I'm trying to find out what I need to do with this rather than actually kick up a storm)

Any and all tips would be appreciated, I'm at a complete loss as to whether or not I should be concerned about amenties for my pops.

Kind regards.

 

[permeakra]

In case of gestalts amenities represent maintenance and control. Individual drones are unaffected by happiness, but they need to be directed to specific task and they need to be cleaned, oiled and recharged.

mechanically for gestalts amenities directly affect stability, which in turn boosts production (or harms it, if amenities are in red). Also, gestalts are terrible in producing amenities, so collecting every boost to it is worth it. For example, for hiveminds taking charismatic trait and ascetic civic is almost nobrainer.

 

[Sacramental]

Thanks a ton!

I guess me not seeing a difference in production values might be me interpreting things wrong in that case.
It does make sense that drones need maintenance indeed