Attacking biters with turrets makes all weapons pointless

[blazespinnaker]

Rockets + land mines are my preferred ways of clean up biter nests. Land mines keep them from coming close, while you pick off everything. No creep needed.

Personal roboport helps here to clean up mine mess afterwards.

I found follower bots a tad expensive compared to land mines.

Really though, I think unless you're doing a rocket rush, going straight for artillery + logistics system after getting bots makes the most sense when not in peaceful. Place some artillery on islands and supply it with shells via logistics. All biters wiped with not much effort.

[AmericanPatriot]

It's just too easy! Walk toward biter base. Launch nuke. Run in circles and repeat.

It's not easy to get the nukes
BTW: In 2014, nukes weren't a thing in factorio.

Rereading this thread and just realized how old it is

[blazespinnaker]

I believe the thread was merged recently.