As already suggested, but not by many ... Flamethrowers. I personally find them really useful early on. They are very cheap to make (basic oil processing), and have excellent damage against biter spawners. Lay down a defensive wall of turrets as your safe area, and kill them bugs with fire! Works gr...

I thought to myself that the main character has got a personal 3D material printer. Much more advanced that we have now, possibly using nano assembly machines or nano replicators. Feed in the raw materials and it will make complex machinery over time. He has a data bank with him with most of the pro...

Looks like you need to train in using trains
I recommend OpenTTD

Thanks for the opinion. The problem I have with this one is that it is very hard to scale up, it only functions well as a stand alone unit. I will try belt fed sub-assemblies for my next game, and compare the results. PS: even google drew a blank for the word "schlendering"... I have no id...

I always make massive use of capsules. Poison capsules, Slowdowns capsule and the early defender and distractor capsules. When I have a car, I am heavy driveby-shooting the spawners with the machinegun, they go down quite fast with piercing bullets and some upgrades. Biters neaver reach me, when th...

For me, the best strategy for clearing biters has been turret spam. Pretty much what you described there, you lay down a wall of turrets, advance under the protection, lay down another wall of turrets, rinse and repeat. Its FAR more efficient than rocket launchers and or combat bots. poison capsules...

Hello to everyone. I have bought Factorio about a week ago, and since than I have been having great time with automation :) I need some input on a factory I have designed. I have been working on something compact and lightweight. this is the setup: http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b514/yes753cac/...