But to give you an idea of how huge resources get on default, mining legendary big miners only drain 8% resources, so multiple your patches by 12.5. Then multiply that by mining producitvity + prod mods,which caps at 400%. So that 4 mil patch is actually more like 200 mil. Oh and the resources ...

the reason i ask, is that i looked at stevetrovs megabase save, and apart from ridiculous resource patches with hundreds of millions of resources, his base had 16 stacked turbobelts of stone consumed constantly. i understand that productivity bonuses and legendary equipment can prolong the life of ...

Do i have to modify any default map settings if i want to go for 1mil megabase? do biters attacks affect ups much? will default resource patches deplete too fast?