Natives should not tarnish the land

[manglemix]

It is my understanding that the biters and spitters in the game are the "natives"
As such, I believe it is quite mean to show that the land becomes dirty and the water becomes polluted because of their presence
After all, they are the natives; The rightful owners of the planet. They should have a healthy connection to it

I also felt that Factorio could show a greater message to players by showing that progress and industry can have a negative impact, instead of now when destroying biter bases seem to suggest that the land will return back to normal; Almost as if the land was originally destroyed by the biters and not us

The improvement could be to replace the terrain effects with more lush vegetation; Anything which is greener than the greenest grass we can see
That would suggest that the natives healthily impact the planet, and thus would make the players feel more remorse for destroying them (well not really to veterans)

[Qon]

As such, I believe it is quite mean to show that the land becomes dirty and the water becomes polluted because of their presence

I also felt that Factorio could show a greater message to players by showing that progress and industry can have a negative impact, instead of now when destroying biter bases seem to suggest that the land will return back to normal; Almost as if the land was originally destroyed by the biters and not us

What? Are you trolling?
You are the one polluting Nauvis. Your interpretation is wrong. You factory is polluting and the nests are absorbing pollution. The green polluted water is green because of the pollution cloud of your factory. Your pollution cloud kills trees which makes them less green.
Play the game again

[Koub]

As such, I believe it is quite mean to show that the land becomes dirty and the water becomes polluted because of their presence

As Qon said, the water is polluted by the engineer, not the biters.
As for the land becoming dirty, it's the human-you that finds their slime dirty. Like slug slime. It looks dirty to us, but feels perfectly natural to the slug.

[manglemix]

As such, I believe it is quite mean to show that the land becomes dirty and the water becomes polluted because of their presence

As Qon said, the water is polluted by the engineer, not the biters.
As for the land becoming dirty, it's the human-you that finds their slime dirty. Like slug slime. It looks dirty to us, but feels perfectly natural to the slug.

Whoops I guess so. Eh I just assumed that because the trees and grass were green that the slime didn't realy fit in