TL;DR
Remove the coverage gap between small/med poles by adding 0.5 to the supply_area_distance because I have askws around repeatedly and have heard no justification for keeping it that improves the player experience over removing itWhat ?
Changedata.raw["electric-pole"]["medium-electric-pole"].supply_area_distance = 4
data.raw["electric-pole"]["small-electric-pole"].supply_area_distance = 3
to
data.raw["electric-pole"]["medium-electric-pole"].supply_area_distance = 4.5
data.raw["electric-pole"]["small-electric-pole"].supply_area_distance = 3.5
Example coverage gap linked below. Small to small and med to med is also included in my proposal.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... nknown.png
Why ?
Perhaps the strongest justification is that the buff proposed makes the coverage consistent with the wire distance, while currently it is not. Consistency seems like a stronger justification for filling it in than the arbitrary 1 tile gap as it stands.Other side benefits: Players would spend less time backtracking (which is distracting and not fun) during construction to place additional poles due to entities missed by the coverage gaps.
Difficulty easing effect: Less capital cost devoted to poles for the same production block. Seems like a minor reason to prevent the change and can be easily mitigated if desired for balancing reasons by increasing the capital cost.