There's an issue with pausing in other similar games in that it just kind of invalidates most of the challenge or rush and there's no benefit to playing at real time, just hurting yourself for no reason by doing so
For that sake I'd just prefer slowing down if possible, 2/3 speed or even 1/2 - maybe even for a limited time so that it's not too strong in a balance sense
Also understand that yes death is a crippling factor in the game right now, but.. nobody forces you to take on those missions, they can be left for later, train up etc - that particular mission, fighting pit rats, I had about a 4% death chance, not 40%
All in all, just saying that not everything anyone requests is good or the best course of action
Having finished it off, would be nice if the quests actually did the things they said they would, think it would alleviate much of issues in the game
There was one in the top right underground area about setting up food transport or something and I was just thinking it'd be so nice to have some actual industry (equally ease up on the influence/hunting ground drag and give more reason to expand rather than just drain your resources more each time) - or the barricades you set up around the warlord genuinely contributing to offensive actions in the area etc
Or some mission on the surface to disable a guard unit - just things that add more depth
Good luck with wherever you take this
