A fair point, but dying of thirst or hunger is considerably less of a loss, than losing an entire base (assuming it’s your home-base)

I want to make it clear that I actually LIKE the purge, IN THEORY, but that’s the real issue isn’t it?
In my personal experience it’s been hit and miss at best, and while I am sure in the past I could have done some things differently, coming back online to find your entire base wiped because a purge triggered when you were offline (for example) is not what I would call fun, that just sucks.

I don’t mind a challenge, but at least give me a chance.

At least this way I can choose when I am ready to experiment with the mechanics of it.

Without coming back to an empty void.