PART I: The Blobs
Ok so like…what is the deal with the spawn rate of small blobs (I get that when you kill them they splatter into two small blobs, but it no way does that account for the 60-90 something small blobs I have on my screen). Do blob-globs reform into small blobs like zombies get back up if you don’t butcher them, but at a more alarming rate? Do small blobs reproduce through parthenogenesis every few turns even when you’re not actively killing them? Can you kill them faster than they spawn?
Most importantly, is it at all possible to clear an area of a blob infestation by any means? Can you kill them faster than they can spawn? The area is nowhere particularly near a Slime Pit (~) if it makes a difference.
Also if it matters, I always play on Static Spawn. The other Spawn mode (forget what it’s called) is just too unforgiving for me. I die enough on Static.
PART II: The Goddamn Fungaloids
Is there any remotely effective way in this game to beat back the growth of fungal beds and fungal walls? Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate that Fungaloids are non-aggressive, it’s a huge relief in a world where everything is trying to kill you (although I would also love a mod that made the only enemies fungal zombies and made them aggressive, i.e. turned the game world into that of The Last of Us, my other favorite post-apoc game and the reason the Cataclysm needle is back in my arm this time around). But is there anyway to defeat their unstoppable terraforming?
They create fungal terrain so fast. Over the years I’ve had three or four bases or potential bases just get completely ruined by some combination of blobs and/or fungus. (More than once I’ve set about fortifying a mansion only to discover that two sides of it were completely overrun with fungus and two sides of it were completely overrun with blobs.) I was hoping fire would kill the fungal beds similar to how it quickly removes cobwebs, but no such luck (which does makes in-game sense). I have noticed that a recipe for Fungicide Sprayer exists but I have yet to actually build one and I have no idea how efficient it is. (I did/do have a couple of small bags of fungicide. I foolishly assumed that when I was (a)ctivating it I was sprinkling it on the ground. I thought maybe it needed a lot to take effect to so I did this about 20 times. Only when I looked at the morale screen did I realize that I had been (E)ating the fungicide by (a)ctivating it. I disliked fungicide. I disliked fungicide a lot. But this raised a whole other series of questions: if fungicide can be injested, does this mean that your body can be infected by fungus? I’ve never let a spore cloud explode on me, so I don’t know.)
Tell me your tales of fungicidal crusades. Can the fungus among us be defeated in current build? Is there anyway to scour it back faster than it terraforms the terrain?
