I imagine it's too late to change anything but i think the assembly machine redesign is a bit too conservative. I liked the idea of a big press in the middle of the machines as sort of teased with the new crash site buildings, since most of factorio's machine designs have a hierarchy of forms with a ...

Does this mean we're finally getting the assembly machine redesign teased years ago in FF 301?

TL;DR

Pre-bot demolition/deconstruction should be made easier (though still inferior) via explosives or tweaking the deconstruction planner.

What?

The method that would likely take more work would be to make a dedicated explosive item that instantly demolishes friendly buildings without ...