The idea is that it is intended for us death world enjoyer's. Ramped up pollution values.
Currently on a marathon death world which is certainly playing out a bit differently. Not done marathon before so being a bit cautious but got a fill ring of ammo around the factory and starting to fill out the turrets. Got full turret and partial wall coverage but some patches are pretty low turret density still.
Starting to see a few medium biters, about 0.22 evolution and the walls are probably good enough for 0.4-0.5, big biters would probably be a problem without more tech/weapons.
Current plan is push for efficiency modules and then expand with those reducing the pollution cloud.