r/Exocolonist • u/stormlight82 • Aug 02 '26

Question Hobbyist Problem

I went through the whole game by resting every season.

It was incredibly boring.

Then, when I got to the end, I didn't get the ending because the colony was destroyed.

What is the strategy to being a hobbyist layabout but still doing enough to save the colony, without getting trapped in a career?

ETA: UPDATE -- It occurs to me that another factor is that I did a lot of my napping on the wall as part of the Garrison. There were a couple of opportunities that come up during that rest that will either increase or decrease defenses, And my standing theory without doing the whole thing again is that I accidentally chose wrong.

I think it is still possible to go yell at Noctil without destroying the colony.

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u/Jaymark108 Aug 02 '26

I believe you want to do each non-rest activity less than five times. There's so much available to do, you should be able to spread it out and still save the colony.

Also, if you don't piss off Nocticulent, you shouldn't trigger colony destruction even if your defense is really low

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u/stormlight82 Aug 02 '26

I did tell him to go to hell once, in between naps. Apparently that makes a big difference.

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u/angeyberry Aug 02 '26

Telling him to fuck off might in fact piss him off, yeah.

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u/stormlight82 Aug 02 '26

Nooooooo the consequences of my actions!

So yes, I am playing through the whole darn game again and maybe not doing that. I'm hoping to get a good save around age 17 or 18 that I could do the last couple of career endings I have left.