VVE Raid mod is so good
For those who don't know, modders have created two separate Vehicle Raid mods.
One is named Vehicle Raid Framework and the other is named VVE Raid. I can't speak to VRF yet as he just did a big rewrite and I didn't add it to my modlist, but VVE Raid?
Holy fuck is that good shit!
I have a 65 man colony that is built up nicely with defenses, a valley base between two mountains. Been dealing with mech raids, Empire raids, infestations, all good and had built up my defenses nicely. So I was thinking, okay, nobody can threaten me, starting to feel like there won't be any more close calls. So I added the VVE Raid mod on a lark to give it a shot.
Then I got my first vehicle raid, which was a large raid of pirates with a ton of vans, off road vehicles, cargo trucks, dirt bikes and motorcycles. They knocked out a couple walls that I haven't had knocked down in a very long time as they rolled up Mad Max style and dumped a shit-ton of infantry and were able to breach into my killbox before my defenders were fully set up. However, their lack of armored combat vehicles meant I was able to run them off despite the breach. I'm thinking, huh, that's neat! Really gave a different feeling as I watched a large component of trucks and cars come up to my walls and start dumping infantry out. Very cool feeling, very different after 6k hours playing Rimworld.
Then I get a second vehicle raid. Light tanks, flame tanks, IFV's, armored cars and a scytherman. Probably around fifteen armored vehicles with a large infantry support component, tox raiders, so they're throwing gas and knocking down walls to open up my base for their vehicles.
Despite using my defensive Buryah as they approached (which thank god, because if I didn't have that to take out the Scytherman, shit would have gone real sideways) and calling in a small squad of allied support, they were able to breach into my fields which hasn't happened all game. I lost two of my best colonists, one of which was a psycaster who I screwed up moving and he got murked by a light tank shell.
I haven't even faced a serious T3 vehicle raid yet and just am loving it. Have enjoyed the vehicle mods as a concept but felt they were making me a bit too OP since raiders couldn't use them, but now I have a reason to build rapid reaction tank units which I've never done before.
If you've been waiting to use the vehicle mods for modders to implement vehicle raids, give it a shot. The VVE Raid one isn't perfect yet, but it's already a wild time when you get a armored vehicle raid. There was something truly uniquely scary about seeing that Scytherman light up and launch a barrage at my colony, was great.