Don't forget that sometimes players just want to see their factory run at full tilt. Pounding out research is a major part of sinking those resources for much of the game. A post game research system would be pretty nice to have, if merely to keep the factory running.

As your production is multiplied and your storage isn't, Hey. Hey. Hey. What if you were to hook up one accumulator multiplier system to another multiplier system? Then the first system would be getting multiplied 9x, wouldn't it? That means 9 times the storage. The you hook the second system up to...

is just not true 100% of the time. When does a player ever store inserters without intending to use them? The assembly chain for smart inserter research connects one assembler directly to the next. Once again it's a situation where construction bots never draw the resources unless the player is dir...

Island hopping maps would be lots of fun. Too bad you need mods to cross the water.

It is pretty upsetting what with how important weapon upgrades are, that so many weapon types can't be upgraded.

Oh sure. First leverage the IRL angle, then argue the IRL angle isn't appropriate when it doesn't work out! :D What about some sort of liquid battery solution that is required refilling overtime or they lose their effectiveness? That could get pretty expensive for longer lasting bases. You can alrea...

Since land mines are buried, they wouldn't have much ability to set off other mines. Improving their resistance against chain reactions would help a lot. AP mines are designed to scatter shrapnel, dealing AP damage in a wide radius. They launch up and out of the ground, and the shower of shrapnel do...

Are any of the liquid systems included in the production chart?

Seems like an oversight more than anything else.

So now the devs are even fixing mods? Shame on the modders!

I hope you guys find a way to lean down the performance drain from biters. Those mods can get pretty brutal.

Interesting that the screen itself would cause lag, when the production data is gathered regardless. It sounds like OP is doing multiplayer, which means the network can also be at fault. Factorio does have some multithreading power. You can set an ideal maximum thread number in the options menu. How...

That would brake the current functionality of the blue chests. It can be only added, so if it suddenly could be emptied, it changes the functionality. Please highlight a single occurrence where construction bots dig into a blue chest and it causes an interruption in factory production. It's honestl...

Accumulators should be more expensive. I have already explained why your own suggestion doesn't even address your own concerns. Accumulators are "OP" because solar power is strong, efficient, and 100% reliable. Accumulators rely entirely on perfect solar power to achieve the "OP"...

Revealing AI behavior is pretty damn cheaty. Dev tools shouldn't be a thing in regular play.

That is exactly, why we need a better reliability. Currently one of the least reliable aspects of construction is where the raw materials come from; basically all your construction materials are scattered everywhere. Storage will go into any random yellow chest, and the requester system doesn't all...

Lamps will take care of this for the most part. If they don't light up they aren't connected.

If you like dev tools, press F4. One of the options is to label every power pole with its grid number.

It can't be a very good crafting system if all you have are raw ingredients.

When is a construction bot ever going to swipe an intermediate? They only build finished goods, and only when the player asks for them. So there is no conflict with letting them grab from blue chests.

Hand crafting does contradict the main theme of the game. That's a bad thing.

You can freely set up a major supply chain and use logistic slots to fill up on anything. It renders hand crafting obsolete.

I do agree that it is pretty difficult to set up a "stockpile" of local raw materials for your construction bots to use. Items get randomly thrown into storage chests and finished products won't always be where they're needed. IMO the best fix is to let construction bots dig into requester...

A good targeting algorithm is all about reducing the enemy's DPS as quickly as possible. Target priority is about taking down the glass cannons first, then the regulars, then the weak tanky types. Then you have to worry about maximizing AoE damage against enemy clusters, properly calculating enemy d...