It just seems weird to me how, in a game that's all about automation and factories, there's an aspect that is so inextricably player-dependent. Another idea that just struck was the construction of automated hunter drones that go out and search for hives by themselves to destroy them. Would that be ...

Thanks folks. I'm already using combat drones, so that's not the hang-up. I thought about Tower Creep, maybe I'll try that. Thanks again for your tips. What's everyone's opinion though? Do you find Artifact collection as tedious as I? Personally my idea for changing this would be making big biters a...

Hey everyone. So, I bought the game on Wednesday last week and have sunk somewhere around 80 hours into it since then, really enjoying myself. I haven't even scratched the surface on many aspects of the game yet, like logic networks and robotics, working mainly with belts and inserters and having fu...