Hi,
I have clocked over 120 hours on the mod and reached level 105. Played on default difficulty default settings except I turn off blood moon since I didn't enjoyed that somehow. Did the bunker and science lab (died several times of couse), beat the science lab without laser weapons by locking the incubus behind a large door hehe... but found out I don't bring mats to make the laser workbench, duh. Going back there the second time with laser pistol I scavenged and kill two incubus and get the demonic essence. After going back with laser workbench and all, my life feels empty. I got master mechanic, security, and scavenging. Mechanic I bought with skill points, security and scavenging the books from trader gal. Finished 45 quests for one of the trader at last but he gave security and scavenging

. I feel I also won't use the laser pistol, because I can't put silencer on it. Gun blazing POIs is just asking for constant screamer trying to invite me to a party. I should visit the other traders and do their quests but I only see apartment and factory on list of tier 5 quests and it get boring after the tenth times.
I enjoyed the slower progression of this mod and how it make things being useful. Like food and better quality food for wellness and so that include farming, scraps become so important (electronic scraps for end game bullets), and more reasons to explore. I felt after reaching lvl 100, all the remaining progression feel slow and pointless, and I lost interest.
Some feedbacks:
1. the pagoda is listed as tier 4 quest, the same with the shamway factory. While pagoda is very small like tier 1 or 2 poi.
2. The working wall oven cornbread recipe requires clay bowl water, while the campfire one require boiling. I like boiling more since getting the murky water is a lot faster.
3. On df medium map, I only got factory, pagoda, and variety store for tier 4 quests, while factory and 6 stories apartment as tier 5 quests, it is... disappointing.
Some questions:
1. Are the mastery books the trader gave fixed on the mod?
2. I am playing on medium, will bigger DF default maps perhaps have more tier 4-5 POI choices?
3. Did I screw up my own progression by disabling blood moon horde?
4. How can I reduce the exp from mining?
5. Is it possible to make trader show more tier 1 and 2 quests even at the end. Its more of I am bored with the current tier 4 and 5 quests.
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