I don't see what this offers over the ability to independently downgrade items. Sure one could build the same functionality to this option via a "downgrade chest/downgrade belt" neither of which currently exist in the game. I'm just suggesting that the downgrade function could be built di...

I think this is a better suggestion than the related topic "Ability to craft lower quality with higher quality". Both try to answer the question of how to re-incorporate unwanted quality items back into the normal production chain, but this suggestion avoids some problems of having the as...

I very much agree with this, and think it should be as simple as a toggle on the machine to enable "use (and waste) higher quality items". As the item is inserted it can immediately get downgraded to the recipes quality level. That would enable us to build a production line with quality mo...

I disagree with removing the recipe limits on the Assembly machines. The problem with people rushing to Machine 2 has more to do with people needing what those machines can construct than not finding the distinction useful. You can't build a steam engine with machine 1, nor an electric mine, nor an ...