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[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 55 points 6 days ago

Ugh. I fought stages so hard in kerbal, that everyone I showed my rockets to recoiled in disgust. It's not my fault, guys! I have a pathological repulsion of 'wasting' items!

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 29 points 5 days ago

Does the extra fuel you used hauling around your entire launch vehicle not count as waste?

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 5 days ago

Don't... don't make me cry, man. Not this late at night.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago
[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 days ago

Yes, but I don't think I've ever gotten past the 90 research cost mark, so I was always a little gimped in my approaches. One day I'll buckle down and really get into it. I'll need to find that research mod that makes it not so painful though.

[-] Gladaed@feddit.org 7 points 6 days ago

The base research is trivial. Just do the random missions. They give so much in return, it's ridiculous.

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 days ago

I just like building my initial crawler with like eight of every sensor to go around the space complex. I always thought that was a great bit of game planning on their part.

[-] Gladaed@feddit.org 14 points 6 days ago

Ok, did you ever feel regret when realizing how many items you wasted going for that approach? Just use a reusable booster stage.

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 6 days ago

Well, see, that's the thing! I put enough parachutes on, AND made sure I could hit the atmo enough to slowly drag my velocity down to an entry arc, AND had enough fuel to keep my velocity low enough at that point, that I never lost any parts, landed them all and recovered!

I was a horrible designer.

[-] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago
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