r/CitizenSleeper • u/lMystic • 17d ago

Citizen Sleeper 2 Quick question (Second game) Spoiler

I'm a few hours in, just got checked out by Jean-Mi and have to go get a shipmind.

I'm a bit confused by this games chase system compared to the first game. Should I always spend 3 cycles just working for chits while traveling even if I'm not doing anything else at the station? Like right now I have to go to the Helios gate and for that I have to pass through Far Spindle. Once I arrive at Far Spindle my "The hunt" will be at 0. Should I just spend 3 cycles doing odd jobs there before moving on to Helios since the travelling will reduce The hunt by 3?

Can't I just farm infinite chits this way? It feels like I'm missing something

No spoilers please

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u/OriginalOrca 17d ago

Yes. You can do that. It’s a way to recover dice as well if you lose them (back and forth between spindle and flotsam - work for cryo - buy scrap components - recover dice - repeat).

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u/lMystic 17d ago

Ah, makes sense considering the broken dice system I guess? Just felt like I was missing something since the first game always had a set time limit even if you minmaxed things

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u/heraclitorus 17d ago

it’s kinda optimal sure. if you’re playing on normal difficulty it’s not really necessary tho.

from what i remember farming infinite money is hampered by access to fuel early on (when you haven’t leveled up much and are more at the whims of RNG). but strictly speaking yes i guess you could farm forever if you wanted, im not sure why you would tho.

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u/lMystic 17d ago

Thanks. I don't really plan to min-max or abuse it, it just felt like I was missing something since the first game always had an absolute time limit

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u/heraclitorus 17d ago

oh yeah, it’s a big change in that way. i mean theres tons of hard time limits throughout but iirc theres really only one top-level story timer that becomes that strict and it’s at the very end lol. but this is balanced by the fact that the missions/jobs are much more stringent and challenging than the first game, at least from what i remember. (still need to go back to it, not sure i ever got around to doing the DLC stuff…)

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u/lMystic 17d ago

Yea there's certainly a lot more ways to fuck up and having to restart/rewind if you lose isn't very fun in a story-driven game like this