[0cf8612b2e1e]

I have only ever played casually, but have dozens of hours into ONI. The thing that kills my enjoyment is how long it can take to get some tasks completed. Like I have a goal to get a natural gas generator going. Except, I only have one smurf who can drill through the ultra hard rock, and he is busy on the other side of the map. Then it turns out we are short on igneous, so I’m stuck waiting for a fetcher to deliver some, so on and so forth. Maybe at the end game you can automate more tasks and free up more workers (instead of losing so many to maintenance activities like food production), but getting there is a slog. Coupled with how big the map can be, it feels like you lose a huge amount of time just getting the right guys into position.

[NeveHanter]

There are mods that make map smaller, make dupes move faster or add tiles that allow them to move faster. You can also train the dupes' athletics skill by forcing them to use the manual generators.

The Spaced Out DLC also has smaller asteroids, it changed the game so it now requires more "inter-planetary" automation. I highly recommend trying the game with the DLC, but I'm not sure if Steam allows refunds for DLCs.