)What do I mean? Well I'll tell ya, here's a little scenario:
-You have okayish internet, but not enough upload to host a save for your friend to play on, therefore someone else does it.
-You are have an itch, an itch you cannot scratch. There's something in your factory that jusssssst needs a little tweak. You log on to your PC, you start Factorio, and click pl---
-Oh, the regular host is offline....
-Realise you forgot to save the map last time you played, proceed to curse loudly.
Basically, you should be able to "designate" a server/save that you want updated at all times. At the end of each session (no matter who's playing it) if there's nobody online it uploads the save (To where? I have no idea) and everybody who's subbed to this gets a copy. That way nobody needs to wait for the main host to come online, and it's a simple matter of leaving the match so they can get the most up to date version of it.
I realize this has a couple of issues, such as:
-Security. I have this in mind for close-knit groups but if someone decided to troll it could be annoying to have a griefed map. Solution= keep synced saves separate from the main?
-Storage, there would need to be somewhere to hold the saves while they are wait to be distributed. Solution: be able to link a Google Drive/Dropbox account?
-Is it really needed? Or am I just impatient? Solution= Get your butt online, Dave! >:(
