I can't find much on the subject of overall weapon balance, just random snippets in other threads. In fact it seems it's just ... your trusty old friend. Do you make an indestructable rhino or sacrifice some defense for lasers? You could even equip your car with a roboport for some better ...

... and many elements towards survivability away from base perimeter defenses. For example, vehicle mounted lasers--similar to the personal defense ... but capable of fighting blue biters, maybe a more powerful direct fire weapon, a lot of armor and slots for shield modules. A large trunk, of course, ...

... Helper Mods Transportation Logistics Utility Balancing Weapons Enemies Armor Oil Logistic network Storage Power production Manufacture Blueprints Cheats Defense Mining Info Trains Big mods In my eyes there are too much. And I have many reasons. ...

... potential. Though the Combat Shotgun is, hands down, the best late-game weapon in the game, increased range would allow players to deal with large ... of the game. It would definitely prove more useful than Discharge Defense or Personal Laser Defense, and for longer, too. And like the personal ...

... http://i.imgur.com/DgVQqLM.png Type: Mod Name: Advanced_Personal_defense Description: Adds 2 items- an advanced laser defense, and a gun defense ... 0.13.x Category: (Item) Tags: Equipment, laser, gun, weapon Download-Url: https://www.dropbox.com/s/okgg8u6nn6s7r8k/Advanced_Personal_Defense_0.1.2.zip?dl=0 ...

... to mention the danger to your buildings both from the tank and from the weapon. Either the waves should take longer to respawn, or the explosive ... as being more resistant to the impacts. Here's my tentative stats for defense: Health: 2000 Resistances (first tank resists in parentheses) Acid: ...

... job. It's practically more valuable as something to paint targets and make noise in case you weren't paying attention.. It is a minor support weapon when it's cost is more than that. It shines if sitting in the tank and not needing the slot space for shields I suppose, but again even that ...

... herd) -- Revenge device of Zabi (It is a device spraying biological weapon Astaroth.) -- Destroyer capsule expect (add in Follower robot count ... particle Cannon equipment (long range and powerful automatically active defense) -- Diffusion Mega particle Cannon equipment (automatically active ...

... who want to squeeze every last square out of their armor. 5. Discharge Defense Remote - Let us put it in the weapon's bar so we can use it like a weapon. Well, that's all I got. I know many of these things ...

... started. (https://forums.factorio.com/21441) Fixed the laser/discharge defense names in the set filter dialog. (https://forums.factorio.com/21445) ... network. Fixed that it was possible to have unlimited range with melee weapon after running out of ammo. (https://forums.factorio.com/21750) Fixed ...

This is the successor of old Mod Weaponry v0.2.0 Type: Mod Name: General Improvements Description: Adds many updates ... / 25% from 53%. Time to craft increased to 60 from 25 seconds - Equipment Laser Defense MK2 increased attack speed by 13% . Damage per shot increased to 35 from 30. ...

... fusion reactor (mech needs energy, doesn't it?) -two controllable weapons ~mech machine gun ~tank-like canon -secondary, uncontrollable weapon: ... weapon: missle launcher that works symilar to personal laser defense, but shoots four times and then it reloads for five seconds. 3.Steel ...

... not suffice, so maybe another set of ten steam engines. And far more defense towers. And more ammo production. Or I have to switch from laser ... I did I do some terrible mistake? Is there some magic area effect weapon to punish those nasty bugs, burn their houses and eat their infants? ...

... algorithm can choke when large waves of biters crash against your defenses, especially now that so many more small biters are spawning from ... firing an ion cannon, Big Bang, artillery cannon, or other weapon of mass destruction at a large enemy base may lead to lag as well. ...

... around increasing the ways you can combat the biters. It adds new weapons and defenses alongside a new tank. Not to mention it implements automated combat robotics. Mod ...

... I did not find the use of flamethrowers. It could be an effective weapon against a new kind of beetles. These bugs are too small to shoot at ... 4) The worms, which can make a tunnel. Near the player's perimeter defense appears the worm. After a few minutes at a distance from the worm ...

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... hope) prove to be a little more useful into late game. Including unique weapon systems and speed/cargo opportunities. -More soon. Thank you to everyone ... or goods. Instead, I wish to use this as an endgame feature when base defense becomes intense for longer more hostile map settings and or for ...

As titled, I think this would make the Discharge defense actually quite useful, if it also knocked back biters a fair distance it ... the character is damaged by melee, it would be a really useful anti-biter weapon.

... I think that it can be too easily and too cheaply automated. -More weapons or ways of combating the aliens. I really like the idea of adding ... it a sense of hostility and giving you a glaring need for eventual defenses. They are very well implemented, but fighting them can become boring ...