Hey there, been playing with a lot of vanilla expanded it's really great. Thanks for your hard work.

Normally I dont leave suggestions, but I find looting the secured vaults is more annoying than difficult and really takes me out of the gameplay loop.

With 20+k HP walls, and 400+Hack HP big doors, getting into and around the vaults once inside is a massive micromanaging time sink - the threats inside and around the vault usually are little more than a couple of basic pawns and turrets.

This leads to my vault expeditions consisting of being the 20 int researcher and one melee unit basically going on a week long camping trip where they're periodically dropped drugs for mood and meals, however i have to micro-manage them the entire time as a pawn won't hack on it's own and will starve itself to a mental break if you forget to tell it to un-prioritise hacking.

While I love not being able to sweep through it or break it down, the time to hack is simply too high to be enjoyable when I need to get through 2-3 locked doors on average. I would recommend tuning this down to less than half of what it is - and increasing threat by reducing the amount of time between "caravan spotted" raids to compensate; more resources have to be allocated towards taking over and holding the vault rather than micro-managing every door in the vault.

Another thing is that the power-locked doors don't turn back on when manually reconnected via battery and wire. Not sure why, may be a conflict on my end but breaking down those doors is hell haha.


Thanks again for the content you provide, please see this as constructive criticism on balancing specifics rather than a complaint over the content you've put out for free. Many vanilla expanded modules combined feel like full-on DLC and I'm grateful for the work your team has put in on giving players a more enjoyable experience on the rim.

Cheers!