I tried starting a game with high frequency of small resource patches and enemy bases. The idea being that scouting out a good starting area while being under threat, and then being forced to relocate to get more resources would make for a different gameplay experience.

Unfortunate even the "Very ...

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I am 4 and a half hours into this map. It can be tricky to generate maps that are interesting to play, so since I ...

Thanks for the link Safan. Guess I'm late to the party.

Win the game without ever building anything without using a machine (assembler, chem plant, etc.).

The purpose:
1) Challenge veterans who need to switch things up
2) Help everyone get rid of the "I just need a few inserters now, and maybe just a couple of belts.. and just 2 turrets.. oh, and a few ...

Perhaps I didn't make it clear that my whole premise for opening this topic was game settings that force you to kill a significant amount of spawners just to survive, driving up the evolution MUCH faster than in a default ("medium") setting.

I feel Khyron understands this premise based on this ...

Thanks for the replies guys.


by DaveMcW » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:15 pm
I recommend distractor capsules for early spawner clumps.

The early spawners are not a problem, and I can assure you that I am not sitting idly by while being attacked. By this time in the game I have transitioned to new fields ...

I tried building a factory that only used gun turrets. Partly because guns have awesome damage output (with AP ammo) and I prefer their "style" to lasers, and partly just because I wanted something to be different about the new factory, compared to the last few.

This proved problematic however ...