I'm creating this thread because it has been MIA from the blog posts for ages and I would like to know if it is in the pipeline. I'm speaking as someone who has had problems creating reactors because the water didn't behave the way I expected, it seemed buggy a lot of the times I tried even though I...

As I started my new run on 0.17, I noticed that the issue stated previously by the devs, that players did not know exactly what was unlocked and were not using previously unlocked items, started to affect me as well. The main reason why I think that was the case is because I often did not know what ...

The new steel requirements for the red belts are insane for anyone playing with Angels. Feels like I just toggled marathon after updating. Why? My guess is that these recipes are balanced around 2:1 steel without any regard to angels or seablock. I like the increased complexity, but an option to re...

The new steel requirements for the red belts are insane for anyone playing with Angels. Feels like I just toggled marathon after updating.
Why?

I think he meant that the game has mechanics for belt compression, such as fusing two lanes with a splitter, not that inserters could do it.

I believe that a pre-requisite tech definitely needs to be added. This update pretty much made filter inserters obsolete before you even unlock them.

Wait, is the splitter buff coming anytime soon or what that cancelled?

I'm interested in Angel's Smelting and Refining but not Petrochem. I know Refining can be used independently but I really need Petrochem for Smelting?