07-26-2013, 10:46 PM
Hydroponics is deceptively deep. If you have some spare time, spend a round just mapping out all of the different combinations for splicing. As it stands, if you work at it you can usually find something with a 30-40% chance that you can splice as an intermediate. Your first step should always be to fill a plant with Gro-Boost, so you can plant-harvest quickly for additional seeds. Once you know all the splice steps, you can usually find a way to connect any two plants with only a few steps, and at a decent success rate. Unless you're super unlucky, or just dumbly slamming seeds into the machine and *screaming in frustration, it normally won't take more than 20-25 minutes to splice whatever frankenplant you're going for.
That being said, I would definitely appreciate a second look at some of the splice rates. One of the herbs flat-out will not splice with other herbs, there's a few oddities in the vegetables, and there really needs to be a better fix for going Vegetable<>Fruit and Vegetable<>Herb. Maybe boost splice rates on eggplants and onions, to serve as better intermediates?
That being said, I would definitely appreciate a second look at some of the splice rates. One of the herbs flat-out will not splice with other herbs, there's a few oddities in the vegetables, and there really needs to be a better fix for going Vegetable<>Fruit and Vegetable<>Herb. Maybe boost splice rates on eggplants and onions, to serve as better intermediates?