Worth reporting. Seems unlikely Embark wants that behavior.
In the meantime, if you’re looking for squads, I’d check some Discord servers and team up with people that way. Good luck!
Did you make any adjustments to the game for the 2nd play through, or was it vanilla?
How was having to recollect all the hard drives, sloops, and spheres? Those are the things that daunt me most as I’ve already explored most of the world, so those searches feel much less satisfying.
I did start a second play through where I unlocked all alt recipes and that made it more interesting for me since I had new ways of doing things from the get go.
I’ve seen a few comments on Reddit (so, ya know) from people who switch back and forth between console and PC without any issues.
I’ve seen some players say they are role playing serving justice to those being wronged in solos. Roaming topside, heading towards sounds of gunfire, and Judge Dredd determining guilt and delivering sentencing.
Great color scheme. What a labor of love. 🖤
FWIW, it seems like nuclear is optional. I didn’t bother since I had a large rocket fuel energy plant which was only half done when I finished project assembly.
That said, build it if you want! But if you don’t like it, you don’t need to.
What helped me was two things:
- Accepting that things didn’t need to be perfect and that there was actually a decent amount of wiggle room available to make things work.
- I took a month break when it felt like the complexity took a major leap up. Games should be fun and I realized I was feeling daunted and like it was a chore. The break let me come back refreshed and feel the joy again.
Also, I leaned pretty heavily on https://www.satisfactorytools.com/ to help me wrap my head around the complicated builds and flows. Donated money to them since it was so helpful.
Of course, that’s just my experience. Hope you make it though! It felt really satisfying to get to the end. I really appreciated their progression system.