First of all this is a wonderful game overall! I would love trying different DLCs for this, but the latest "Below and beyond" mechanics leaves a lot to be desired.
# Problems:
* New exotic minerals are added but are totally optional.
* Underground wonders are kinda meh and doesn't change the overall gameplay by a lot.
* Mohole mine (which people can easily get to around sol 150 on even max difficulty) makes almost all deposits useless. Thing is you can't effectively settle underground before that time anyways due to required researches and clearing needed. I also barely need to touch a single deep deposit in most gameplays. I can mostly tap 2-4 surface metal deposits and build the Mohole mine.
So in all I don't see a point of playing this DLC.
# Potential solution:
The thing I would really enjoy is being able to integrate underground as part of the main gameplay. This can be done by following steps in my opinion:
1. Moving all deep deposits underground and reducing surface metal deposits by a lot. This way players have to venture below if they want meaningful amount of metal to be collected.
2. Making Mohole mine a reward for building bottomless pit research lab. Plus as a cherry on top, it can only be built on top of a specific underground POI (say next to bottomless pit). This way there is a real need to go below ground if you want your colony to be self sustainable.
3. Now to add a need of sustained underground dome, make sure that the Mohole mine employees humans and only produce resources when mined by (say 30) geologists.
I know in that case bottomless pit has to be a static feature on all maps. I still think it can coexist with another underground wonder.
# Problems:
* New exotic minerals are added but are totally optional.
* Underground wonders are kinda meh and doesn't change the overall gameplay by a lot.
* Mohole mine (which people can easily get to around sol 150 on even max difficulty) makes almost all deposits useless. Thing is you can't effectively settle underground before that time anyways due to required researches and clearing needed. I also barely need to touch a single deep deposit in most gameplays. I can mostly tap 2-4 surface metal deposits and build the Mohole mine.
So in all I don't see a point of playing this DLC.
# Potential solution:
The thing I would really enjoy is being able to integrate underground as part of the main gameplay. This can be done by following steps in my opinion:
1. Moving all deep deposits underground and reducing surface metal deposits by a lot. This way players have to venture below if they want meaningful amount of metal to be collected.
2. Making Mohole mine a reward for building bottomless pit research lab. Plus as a cherry on top, it can only be built on top of a specific underground POI (say next to bottomless pit). This way there is a real need to go below ground if you want your colony to be self sustainable.
3. Now to add a need of sustained underground dome, make sure that the Mohole mine employees humans and only produce resources when mined by (say 30) geologists.
I know in that case bottomless pit has to be a static feature on all maps. I still think it can coexist with another underground wonder.
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