[2021] Admit it some playthroughs you stop playing because screamers.

Nope. Never had a playthrough where I had an issue with screamers. I take care around my base to not produce so much heat that I get a screamer ever- Often going 30+ days easily before even seeing one. And once I see one, I back up a bit on my activity level, and split production to a new nearby location so all my activity producers aren't in one place.

The biggest mistake a lot make is they get to mid game, they get a gun, then they start going hog with it shooting everything that moves..Guns are LOUD, and produce a lot of activity which in turn calls screamers easily. Then using your gun to kill the screamer and her horde will just cause more heat and cause another screamer even sooner.

Take care with your activity, and you'll be fine. Be careless, and you'll run into trouble.

Originally posted by Zindai: the auger seems to attract them very easily for some weird reason. The devs need to adjust it so that i can mine in peace.

More specifically, It's an auger while mining Iron that attracts screamers super easily. Mining iron in general is very loud because the material is very hard. Pairing that with an also incredibly loud auger just makes for a screamer spawning simulator... It's unlikely they'll rebalance this as it's the intended effect. If you wanna gobble up an entire iron vein in peace with an auger, Set up traps.

In fact, in general, if you wanna use an auger for any length of time, set up traps.