My feedback about Space Age

[Khagan]

In version 1.0, I could just store science packs, and I had storage for about 15 million packs of each type, which was very effective.

You have a rather different idea of 'effective' from mine. Stashing such large numbers of items is a very inefficient use of resources, especially since ongoing infinite research will make newly-produced items steadily cheaper than old ones. There is exactly zero point to storing science packs: if you are producing them faster than you are using them, build more labs. Just-in-time production has always been the optimum way to play Factorio; spoilage just emphasises the point.

[mmmPI]

You have a rather different idea of 'effective' from mine. Stashing such large numbers of items is a very inefficient use of resources, especially since ongoing infinite research will make newly-produced items steadily cheaper than old ones. There is exactly zero point to storing science packs: if you are producing them faster than you are using them, build more labs. Just-in-time production has always been the optimum way to play Factorio; spoilage just emphasises the point.

You could consider that all the "basic" sciences packs are produced at the rate of 1000 per minute. Fulgora science 500 and Vulcanus science 500. With such distribution, it would make sense to stash Fulgora or Vulcanus science. And just alternate one and the other in research. You would still reach a 1000 science per minute.(unless you try to research a tech that require both).

Now if you are very very late game, maybe your research require 15 million sciences packs and you "need" to store that many of Fulgora's or Vulcanus's to make sure you do not have things backing up when research alternate. There would be no "need" to stash the basic pack in this context, what you are refering to i think. But such approach doesn't work with Gleba's science, you can't expect to have all your machine running at the same time and not "waste" their production, or their "footprint".

It's not just emphasizing the point, it's a bit more than that i think , like a change of what's possible "yes"-"no" rather than "more efficient" -"less efficient"