CrashWasntYourFault

Rather than turning off bugs entirely, I like to adjust settings that indirectly make them less aggressive. I usually spike the moisture setting so that I spawn in a forest rather than a desert. Dense trees consume pollution in the early game and gives me more time before my cloud reaches the nests. I also like to play with the water coverage settings to create large lakes and rivers, making more choke points and reducing the need for long, fortified walls.