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What is the absolute hardest settings one can choose when starting a new game ? I'm curious if i can mange it and how it is

all resources on very low
all biters on very high
starting area none

have fun

Smarty wrote:all resources on very low
all biters on very high
starting area none

have fun

Also known as deathworld

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and with some mods, wich strenghten the aliens and ommiting the military-mods that come with them it is even harder

wow, thanks all

But what means terrain segmentation ? Is it like finland then, 1000 lakes ?

Low segmentation means you get large patches of the same terrain (large desert, then large plains, then large tundra....)
High segmentation means you get all kinds of terrain mixed together.
I still cant figure out if segmentation affects forests, but it probably does...

Biter attacks depends on the pollution absorbed by biter nest. Trees and surface also absorbe but cant attack.

So desert with almost no trees and normal or small starting area is best. I regulary get 100+ attacks after 1 hour.

This is how a large attack looks: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =518347707

MisterSpock wrote:Biter attacks depends on the pollution absorbed by biter nest. Trees and surface also absorbe but cant attack.

So desert with almost no trees and normal or small starting area is best. I regulary get 100+ attacks after 1 hour.

This is how a large attack looks: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =518347707

Ohh thats a nice column. They must have some military training

PS.
I never managed something like that

Tried it out with hardest settings, but there are more red spots on the radar then anyting else. Lived 4 seconds, not longer. Thought it would be a bit more realistic to choose the hardest settings. is there a setting that is from the community accepted as hardest setting but gives you at least a chance of 0.5% to survive the first minute ?

Give yourself a little starting area. I went with medium so I could at least get room for ammo build before aggroing everything.

Yup weapons is first priority

Mark100 wrote:... absolute hardest settings ...

Phillip_Lynx wrote:... deathworld ...

Mark100 wrote:... Lived 4 seconds, not longer...

You asked for

And if find a way to survive that.. there are always enemy mods - some even have difficulty settings (DyTech one for example). Should be able to find nice compromise between insta-death and difficult game.

I have been using bobs enemy's + natural evolution mod + vanilla weapons for toughness.

Ackos wrote:I have been using bobs enemy's + natural evolution mod + vanilla weapons for toughness.

Add RSO and marathon mod it will be hell

Smarty wrote:

Ackos wrote:I have been using bobs enemy's + natural evolution mod + vanilla weapons for toughness.

Add RSO and marathon mod it will be hell

I am 14 hrs into a RSO/Marathon build + the above.