So in practice none of them really are "infinite". It is all just a question of "how far before it is not worth it anymore". But for everything else that's actually a question, with some tradeoffs and decisions to make. ie. Gameplay. With productivity researches the answer is ju...

The main issue I personally have with the productivity cap is that there are infinite researches that stop having an effect after a certain level due to a hard-coded cap rather than a natural effect of other factors. For instance, I don't have a problem that damage research stops being effective on...

I would actually go a step further and say all the Science Packs should be balanced such that they take the same amount of assemblers to output the same amount of science per second. At least I never was much of a fan of "arbitrary" crafting times just for that "puzzle" feel. The...

So I would still argue it is not worth crying over something we don't have yet. The cap isn't in yet either. You don't say. ^^ We are explicitly talking about the expansion content. I was just as much talking about the expansion and I don't know what some people expect. With the expansion in many p...

And maybe that gives a use for all the stone on Fulgora.... I had exactly the same thought. The ratio for scrap mining may be intentionally the way it is. And it is not only stone (5%), we get even more concrete (6%) itself. ^^ But that said Fulgora has no Iron/Copper ore we could smelt. But it may...

Calcite is a new resource used as a cleaning/purifying ingredient in various recipes like sulfuric acid neutralization, lava processing, or melting iron/copper ore. Does this mean we need to ship calcite to Nauvis if we want to use the more efficient smelting recipes there? Or will there be some wa...

there are no other sources where it could come from. FFF 376 # Productivity researches (infinite research) Ah, thank you. I haven't had read that particular FF. Then I stand corrected on the matter that one cannot hit the cap. ^^ But even so it is not like it affects all items. They wrote there tha...

[...] and we would very quickly reach the incredibly low cap of 300% productivity, [...] I laughed when I read that. Especially when I read the "incredible low". I can't tell whether you are serious or not. ^^ In the base game you will not be able to hit 300% even if you put legendary tie...

*** PLEASE, give us a Roadmap Update *** since it's been 6months since aug2023 when the playerbase estimated the xpac would come a year after that. I know, i know: those estimates must enrage you when you dont want to talk about it! Hahaha In fairness, that estimate was based on the dev's own words...

Probably they could make that. But I have kinda to ask the question why do you want to make your life harder by using such "shared" station names in the first place? I mean, I can only think that you want that because you want all the platforms of a huge station to be used by all trains go...

Your end goal, ultimately, will be making everything as Q5, anyway, so it's never going to be "worthless" I doubt this is a viable strategy. From my understanding, the way quality is designed, it's meant to be used only on a very limited part of the factory, where extreme optimisation is ...

Huh. So it considers the chunks they will end up in to make a decision which bots to pick. Good to know. ^^ Currently I have the habit to place my Roboports exactly on the corners or edges of chunks. Basically, overlapping the corners of 4 chunks or at least 2 chunks. I wonder how my approach to tha...

For the setting recipes & read recipe ingredients on the assembler I hope we get to pick which wire color to read that from or write it to. Because otherwise that will be a mess if it goes to the same wire. Wouldn't that create a nasty feedback loop? Anyway it forces you to filter and makes it m...

While I like doing stuff with circuit networks, I do get that they can drive fear into people. The Factorio way of automation is very flexible, but because of it very difficult to get into for beginners and outright "nope" for many. So I would have to say "nah" to making it more ...

[...] [...] The question whether to do something now or later is easily answered in a generalized manner that I usually apply in all games I play. If doing something can become more efficient if you do it later and if there is no worthwhile advantage from going ahead-of-time, then generally do it l...

Well, I stopped playing with Mods for reasons. Usually because modders abandon it eventually, and i am tired of things breaking. So I will not say much about mods. In general I say... "you do you" . Because there are things that definitely can be annoying in any game (not just Factorio) an...

Normal Improved Superior Exceptional Perfect That is if I had to pick some from the list. But I am not all too impressed by them either. To be honest I would prefer something that is more technical. I would like Q1-Q5 because at least I know what level it is just by looking at the number. Or at leas...

not like you are throwing real life gold bars into the trash. But it feels like it! :o You're right of course. I am also one of the guys who try to painstakingly use up all given resources, even useless junk, and not to throw anything away. One man's junk may be the most precious resource for anoth...

"Everyone I don't like is mentally ill and a troll", very healthy and constructive attitude. In this regard... yes. Because there were several people who suggested solutions to this concerns and when they were legit and he had no arguments left he went on "I am not interested in your...

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Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:30 pm

I am not interested in your 'opinion' about my approach to problems since this is a video game about finding your solutions.

Good. Now I know you are an absolute troll arguing for the sake of it; or helpless fool. Maybe even both. ^^