It's the nature of these simulation survival style games where at some point the game stops being fun in the service of more busy work systems and more "realistic" combat.

Happened to cdda, now it's happening to zomboid.

>>29049760
Au revoir

>Have a super busted ship with a module that refreshes a weapon every time I fire a lance, with multiple lances and a big fuck off 7 shot flakk gun
>Teleport my commander onto the bridge to guarantee the shield penning lance shots go through
>Didn't notice the ship had 15 health, not 20 like the last one
>immediately pop the ship with a single salvo
>with my commander still on it
>instantly lose
>>Literally one fight from the final boss

I already killed myself and I want to do it again for real.