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Stop using massive magic dances that are visible right at the start. When i am doing suicide runs, I refuse to let the owner of these lame houses profit from my death so I just walk out.

Build something fun that is hard to solve but lulls me into thinking i have a chance

NO house is immune to 2k of or even 1k of tools.

Remember u only have to partially solve the house then just use the tools to assist you, give you more chances when u open the wrong door etc.

When im starting out I ALWAYS start from highest value houses and work my way down. By my philosophy the high value houses should be getting smashed the most but if those are the numbers you are receiving then either u have a way too scary house (poxy magic dances right off the bat) or maybe everyone does it differently to me.

I have never built my own place with the starting 2k, always been 5k to 60k.

The worst that can happen is I fail and get chills on that house for 24 hrs.... and i probably learn something along the way. I have always managed to rob someone before i get down to the 2k range, and i have had to rebuild  A LOT of times.

Does everyone else start from scratch with a 2k house, plucking the low hanging fruit of 1-2k houses to improve their house at an agonizingly slow rate????  o_0

It isnt, but the current system prevents alot of shenanigans

Every time i die i make a new rule eg:

CASTLE DOCTRINE: THE RULES OF SELF PRESERVATION
- NEVER hold movement buttons down, always move one step at a time
- ALWAYS pause after opening a door
- ALWAYS remove ALL lethality when testing a house (amendment: including fucking pits)
- ALWAYS fully complete a testing run before introducing lethality for final run
- IF I'm feeling impatient or bothered... walk away
- ALWAYS do a full non-lethal test after changing any wiring
- ALWAYS take your time and be methodical
- IF in doubt, walk out

This is a new one,

- Actually follow your own fucking rules...

There are many variants of that floating around, including one that traps you between a fleeing shotgun toting wife and a pitbull. Ive died to these clever variances of them maybe three times.

I used this one myself for a while, but retired it in favour of traps that preserve a robbers tools... I cant have him wasting them when he can be giving them to me can I?

http://castledraft.com/editor/Ok0wZ6

I actually solved it... this was a total troll as I suspected, I brought many times the number of tools OP suggested but i had an army of chihuahuas following me and while memorising the way to the safe and the exact number of tools i would need (i ran out) i died like a dumbass.

Do not enter if you value ur life.

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The fall in player numbers speaks for itself. i believe this is one of the reasons for it.

The game is unforgiving enough without overly complex electronics. That learning curve is too long and punishing for a roguelike game, yes ofc there should be a decent learning curve but i think this crosses the line. Not everyone wants to sit and figure out how these advanced electronic systems work, and they are quite complex! The game is supposed to be a rogue-like game according to the dev, not something that reminds one of the high complexity electronic systems of minecraft.

Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?

More players = being able to play the game continuously instead of playing the game for 20 mins then waiting 4 hours then playing for 5 mins then waiting another 4 hours.

The point I'm trying to make i suppose is:

To be able to sit and play this game continuously, you need a large player base. Otherwise you spend large amounts of time waiting for people to try to rob you so you can save enough money for tools/improvements. Unless you want to keep mashing up/down arrows looking for the occasional soft target which is snapped up in the blink of an eye.

These advanced electronics systems are, I believe, a significant contributing factor towards poor player retention. They cater for a minority of players at the expense of the majority.

I have no problems leaving my houses, even early game, overnight. U do need to put the time in before this into making it strong enough ofc but it isnt that difficult.

For longer periods like now, i just reduce my house value to make it un viable to rob me