If it is how I said it, I do not mean offense.

Nothing wrong with what you said. It is just that the topic is about quality mechanics, and I don't want to drift too far off-topic.



We have had to deal with a problem all year round. That problem likes to resemble someone who is genuinely ...

It is not about whether something is a "turn off". It is about looking at different design choices and picking the better one that gives me, the player, the most return on my time and investment.

Quality fell a bit short compared to module-less designs on Gleba. Of course, productivity modules ...

Quality breaks Gleba.

Yes, I know mentioning Gleba can be contentious at times, but this is not that kind of topic.
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This is an example with made-up numbers. To craft 1k Gleba science packs at baseline quality, I need enough raw material for 1k science packs. At quality-2, I need at least ...

You have to look for technologies that overlap and develop those.

The canonic hint, is to examine beacons, modules, and an assembler at 2 different qualities. The "mistake" is to examine them at legendary.

It is also better to attack the issue with massive economies of whatever you're approaching ...

Yeah, treating that game as a project and was both curious about behavior and wanted to work on some things. Some things that I can confirm in the wild: it's definitely random. But random is random, not easy: so in that north area I had two respawns. To the east where there's a lot of pollution ...

But as a general "thing" and whether or not the biters normally move around randomly, there's an area to the north they like to settle on my map. And it is a thing where I can go out, work for 2 hours, and then I'll be really, really glad I drove up to that spot because they will make a run on my ...

Circuit idea: one rocket turret damages a stalker then all the Tesla turrets turn on. It's like a long range land mine. It makes me smile.

You posted a thread where a developer already gave a clear answer to your proposal.
You did not bring a new argument.
You could have just as well replied the old topic.
There is already a way to achieve what you want even though it is hacky.
And you probably expect someone to take this ...

https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=3394

There is a post here, there is a quote from Alton Brown.

It says the only uni-tasker is the fire extinguisher.

I understand that it would make salvoing biter eggs seems easier when there is a ton of latency. I have a hunch you're meant to solve ...

You want more eggs in a safe space.

Outputs don't scale like inputs, outputs scale to 1 stack per machine only over all machines. Inputs are effected by variable speed as you described.

And that's something that's easily verified by trying to jam items in the output slot of the machine rather than ...

I put in some more time. I was wondering if they weren't spawning out in the wilderness sometimes. Saw some larger nests from 2.1.7. They were not necessarily expansion directed at me.

It also felt like if I had them engaged, they'd choose to attack or at the point where pollution was intense. So I ...

Wouldn't it be better to simply change the stack size (and possibly with a mod) and not mess with how one exceptional machine works?

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If for no other reason that to see if it gets you what you want?

Sorry. But you can pop open a machine and test this, and I was ...

Well, for furnaces what I know comes from looking up what I find in mods. Bricks for those applications is a stand in for refractory bricks, which are being placed into furnaces to get... blown up over time basically. You're blowing hot air in like a jet engine and using that to melt down iron. It's ...

That's one where, would need a structural engineer to figure it out and to make a judgement call at the level of game design. When available asphalt makes for nice roads, it's very stylish.

A lot of good things imo, +1


I think your hearts in the right place. My version isn't much different:

I would focus on low power cost solutions, because the assumption I have (based on a 2.0 to 2.1 game I have) is that you essentially have an ambush condition. The pentapods essentially get the ...

Concrete specifically needs calcium containing stones.

But calcite isn't exactly calcium containing stones, it also appears to be a stand in for simple but energetic compounds and calcium (which purifies things). And calcium is part of the really light elements on the periodic table which want to ...

I didn't isolate my overgrowth soil upcycles from each other.

I wonder who can judge what is sensible there, and i think that's funny because thermoplastic , basically liquid that are molded in solid form would actually be more logical and sensible than using steel or copper for LOW density structure imo x). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injection_moulding ...

You're confusing hot with wet. TDD is used to find bugs in code. It has nothing to do with balance or game design. It's like saying, "I'll call a chef to fix my plumbing, because a chef often works in the kitchen; he should know how to fix a drain."

And to find out whether a space casino is too ...

Even though an average player doesn't see it, it would be viable enough to at least try and assume Wube has a payed playtester so they don't have to have emotion be involved in a situation.

The presence of a tester doesn't mean they're doing what you think. Balance is handled by a game ...