Fact is that all the piles become 4x4 tiles large with about 70% of the storage slots of 16 steel chests.

whats then the point of the piles when they store less, except for cooler looks?

ah, i see a little bit of misunderstanding, of course at the moment its hard/impossible to make the maps different with unique challenges and obstacles each time. this would only work if they would add new buildings and ressources, which we can get from and use in different areas, with these areas ...

this pile is 3x3 right? then the equivalent, should be 9 chests x4 insertes = 36 inserters. ugly as hell though. if we are going to use 8 long inserters each chest, we are at 72 insertes. heard that 2 long inserters are faster than a single fast inserter.

of course a single chest can hardly load ...

looks like a nice idea, but at first glance it doesnt seem to be as space efficient than just putting it in chests

dont get me wrong, iam not complaining about that i have not got enough value for the price, its fine, its extremely cheap for the amount of time and fun you can get out of factorio, its a great game! but no game is perfect ;)
i am also not demanding, iam just hoping and want to share my opinion ...

this is also the only issue i have with this awesome game. i really love the game but its getting repetive when you figured everything out and have created an almost flawless factory

i played the campaign, then one regular game, i was able to finish it in around 100 hours and did an second ...

ah sounds good! thanks

i also was annoyed by the fact that the trees are way too hard to see on the minimap, so i tried to change the color of the trees, but couldnt find any parameters for that. so i changed the color of the grass on the minimap, which actually worked. but still the trees are hard to see.
(btw the map ...