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okay so, just to reveal my addiction to this game, i bought just cause 3, about two months back. 41 hours played. i bought factorio 3 days ago, by the middle of the second day i already played 21 hours. i've even managed to get my mate to buy it too. now, to the point.

this game is incredible so far (i havent reached the rocket silos or anything close yet) but there's something i've noticed from the start.. lack of vehicles. one car (i think) a few trains and a tank is awesome for a management game about factories but this game has gone way beyond just a management game now. i think a few new cars like, a jeep, a buggy (a less armoured one anyway) a truck (to carry large resource amounts) would be cool. trains are fine, now.. tanks. the smile on my face when i first saw the word "tanks" in the labs would have explained this for you. but before i suggest the obvious (more tanks) something has been bugging me. cars and tanks (possibly trains but i have no solution for them) they are crafted in your inventory or assembling machines. a tank, would not fit in your inventory or a machine of that size. same with a car. (also, i know things like furnaces and assemblers dont fit in your inventory but having to move them around without an inventory would be a nightmare the game is fun the way it is in that aspect)

im not saying make them take up more space, im suggesting a vehicle assembler. that actually builds the vehicles in which you drive out when they are finished. these vehicles also shouldnt be fully destroyed by enemies. some parts should remain for collection like metal or two engines.

another topic, flight. there's already a blueprint for it but im suggesting a helicopter. far fetched? you're building massive factories, rockets and tanks.. i think a little helicopter isnt too bad.for now, these shouldnt have weapons since you could farm the enemy from above without much of a scratch but rather for personal transport, getting over forests etc. these are only a few ideas

i apologise if im incorrect in some of my statements, as i said im new to this game compared to most of you. i might have missed something important. if you have an idea for how to get assembled trains onto tracks or stations then that would be great

Did you read this: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3394 ?

Actually... I think you just helped me realise a solution to a popular issue here:

"Cars have a larger inventory space than train cargo wagons."

The reason why you can't reduce car inventory space:
"There is a mission that requires you to fill a car with resources, if you reduce the car inventory space, it would break this mission."

The solution...

Build a Truck, or some form of HGV (Heavy goods vehicle). Something around the physical size of the cargo wagon.

Change the mission to use this Van type vehicle instead of the car, have this truck with a large inventory space (Like the existing car), and reduce the car's cargo capacity to... well, about a quarter!

A lightly armored Jeep would be a good suggestion too, having a weapon in the car feels a bit "Tacked on" just to make it work like it used to, I mean, there's a mission where you have to fight biters, and all you're really given to work with is a car. therefore, the car needs a weapon to make the mission doable.
Remove the weapon from the car, replace car with an "armored" jeep, with the SMG, and there's that issue solved.

As for why there's only one tank? "Tanks" are kind of a new feature in the game (Like with the car having a built in SMG, you used to just be able to shoot out of it with whatever the player's weapon was) they do plan to add more than one type later.