I recently tried a combo of Bob's Biters and Rampant. I started in an island, so it wasn't terribly difficult to clear he few nests newr me early on. But when I had to expand to the mainland, carving out a little area proves very difficult. Then, once I assume evolution had maxed, nothing I could do ...

Using the map editor disables achievements, unfortunately, which I learned when finally sitting down to earn "raining bullets" and "no solar" (or whatever). I love the challenge of maps with lots of water, so I either Google cool seeds or just play with settings until I find something I like.

I absolutely love this! Limiting yourself to only one rocket silo and no bots is my personal preference too, I feel like too many logistics bots tend to make me lazy in designing bases so I end up only having bots deliver materials to me directly

I remember seeing something similar to "tunnels no, viaducts possibly" written by a Dev, but for the life of me I can't find it now.

Edit: it was from the Reddit AMA a while ago