EoTE - confirm something for me?

Hi all! Not adding a ship log here because I don’t want any hints, but I have heard online that the >!stealth!< sections are supposed to be entirely solvable with very little actual >!stealth!<, is this true?

I have been to all three >!simulation!< areas (that I know of), but I find them pretty unsettling and frustrating, especially trying to find whatever is in the >!secret well!<.

I know there are some things I can probably do to improve my odds, such as >!flooding one of the areas!< (haven’t figured out exactly how that helps yet, I took a break and forgot the layout) but I want to know if the solution to these areas still eventually requires me to just git gud at >!baiting and juking the owlks!< , or if I am able to do the whole thing without a lot of “interruption”.

Another question which really goes hand in hand with this is, how long should I spend looking for clues in the >!ringworld!< before I start exploring the >!simulations!<? So far I haven’t learned that much by being in them, except once where I !>snuffed out a light in the simulation and it opened a door in the ring world!<. Aside from that, are they only important for the end solutions or do they hide some other important clues too?

TLDR scaredy cat wants to avoid the spooky places for as long as possible, when should he start trying to solve them properly?