I have since learned to never level ground unless it absolutely necessary. When building structures, I now submerge 45 degree wooden beams into the soil as foundational supports for the corners of a building. When selecting a patch of land for growing foodstuffs I make sure it is flat enough to require little or no levelling. The main reason I now do this is levelling ground is cause and effect for massive fps drag. Our first main base and HQ was levelled extensively and has become a nightmare for gameplay. The fps drops from 60 to 4-14, making it impossible to perform even the simplest of tasks. Subsequent bases where we refrained from levelling the earth experience no drop in frames per second.