My CPU is usually 4-5 for my single room so far.

After cloning the default branch and switching to the new one, the CPU is constantly at 9, even after the re-require() spikes.

After switching back to the default branch (+requires), the cpu returns to normal.

Confirmed with another player yesterday.

Did you secretly introduce a nerf for using different branches, recently?

Flags currently are about the only means of directly interacting with the screeps in-game, aside from accessing, changing and committing code.
Maybe we could have some sort of buildings that resemble configurable switches?! That would add some more value of defending/attacking a certain room and could enable us to interact with them screeps more directly. Just true/false like a checkBox or a radioButton. Maybe something more sophisticated later on the RCL path?

I would love to make 'em do something by a flick of a switch, instead of changing code or "abusing" flags as triggers...
What do you think?