Mines are garbage, but rockets are BOSS. Ok, I am not in lategame yet but assuming the stats, I find rockets the best for ground combat. With enough research you have massive AOE damage, fast movement speed, shield, and you can kill stuff very economically. And if you want to roflzomg everything you...

I am disappointed that the marathon mining drill cost has not been fixed yet. The blue science recipe was changed from assembly machine to mining drill BECAUSE they wanted to reduce the cost of blue science . The problem: If you play marathon this is a very huge nerf to blue science as the cost for ...

I am interesting in improving the finesse of my factory. For this reason Id like to have for instance a beaconed smelting area which works in pulses, depending on the input. So, consider this situation: Mining area produces steady flow of ores Smelting area which has more capacity of processing the ...

I actually agree. The 20% minimum is unnessary now as you can turn coal into oil. The game should be balanced in a way that oil patches alone are not sufficient in the long run.

The only situation I can imagine mk 3 eff modules to be useful are miners in combination with speed beacons to keep pollution down to 20%. However, this is supersuperlategame when this starts to make sense..

or coal in your diesel-locomotive.

Or wood^^

It is fine as it is. You can view it this way: If you research lab speed, you save Mk 3 Modules.

I see only a problem with BLUE science, as its recipe costs increases TWOFOLD in expansive mode: Iron gear AND mining drill cost more Please change the mining drill cost to normal(you still have increased cost as the base materials are more expansive) I am sure the cost of blue science is not on pur...

I like the new coal liquification recipe. Its actually quite easy to design and it makes the refinery complex more interesting.

I am also in my second death world (after abandoning the first attempt) and come to similar conclusions. Laser Tower is incredible important. Yes, you can defeat medium biter, but then you need armor piercing bullets which are too expansive. You need to get lucky with the starting area. Another solu...

I agree with the idea. However, I have a different proposal: Why not abolish efficiency modules alltogether and subsitude it with pollution modules? As you correctly said: energy consumption can be trivialized (through solar and nuclear power) and as I view it efficiency modules main purpose is to r...

I agree totally. Wanted to write a thread like this myself. Iron Consumption needs reduction, copper consumption increase. I actually play marathon because of this reason, as there are the copper costs more balanced (but still not enough). What Id change in the normal recipes is this: Instead of 5 i...

Espacially in the beginning its nice to have 4 radars in order to reveal the map, so I am against it as a technology. However, I d like to see a much a significantly better, researchable Mk 2 version (Mk1 worse and Mk 2 better than the old radar)

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Yes, storing steam seams a viable solution to manage the nuclear plant. If I am right one storagetank full of 500°C steam stores almost 5 GJ. I like the idea of storing steam. Maybe its not realistic, but a game does not have to be realistic.

Its actually a FEATURE that the reactor consumes fuel at a certain rate independent of energy consumption.

I actually liked the old flamethrower more.. Partly, because the new one requires more skill to aim^^

The biggest problem I see with modules is that energy consumption is linked with pollution and there is no antipollution module.

I dont care that much anymore but my argument still stands: Even if solar panels production cost was HUNDREDFOLD solar energy would still be superior to any other energy form. Because dividing by 0 = breaking the game. It really is that simple. I was actually surprised about the nuclear energy addit...

Sorry, I dont know how to add folder and I dont want to make things complicated with external downloads. Have you tried installing other zip programs? I would be surprised if a computer can't handle zip files. I use winrar which can be downloaded for free.