Many of these systems need actual overhauls, not blunt tick changes.
Steel? It doesn't need to be faster, it needs to not reset when it goes out.
Satiations? They need to reset in a batch, instead of continuously. Have all satiations get set to zero every 24IRL hours. Boom, minmaxers only need to eat once a day, noobs don't really care about the system either way.
But if blunt is all we're getting, please for the love of god not steel. That's already a pain timing wise, but speedup means it needs 24hr attention.