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Yeah, Vulcanus just.. sucks. I don't understand people who like this planet. The terrain is super annoying. Fulgora also offers you limited space to build, but not in the bad way Vulcanus does. For example, on Vulcanus you can paste a blueprint with undergrounds with no errors, then it doesn't work because you tried to go "under" lava, so the game just doesn't tell you that your print placement is wrong. And the randomass spots of lava in random places just really gets in the way, and they are not visibly distinct enough from lava cracks which are totally buildable/undergroundable. Also I do not like how the planet has nothing to it except "everything metal is super productive now". Thanks, I guess, but this is not particularly interesting. Fulgora executes the limited space much better because the terrain is visually clear and you don't get random spots of oil ocean in the middle of your islands, and the scrap recycling presents at least a nominal challenge.

Vulcanus is the most fun and factorio-spirited planet

I prefer Fulgora and Gleba for the differences they introduce but i don't think Vulcanus deserve hates, i feel it's more the megabaser planet rather than puzzle-solving one, if one was to put simplistic labels. If you didn't have those little lava spots and terrain "annoyances" , it'd be even worse i feel, because it could be "too easy", there is this hurdle of fighting worms, necessary, but on your own term supposedly, which i see as an interesting dynamic for the planet in itself, and otherwise i like it integrated in the broader picture, because the fact that you have a planet where "everything metal is super cheap now" creates some large scale logistic puzzle, do you produce your science there ? when ? which one ? and quality ? or are you in a game where the objectives makes it unecessary / overkill , and the way it sit and compare with asteroid mining i like it , this or lava are pseudo realistic way for endless material anyway, so i don't think it breaks anything, it's introduced not as a single mechanism but as an option alongside others.

Also i like throwing stuff into lava, those little lava spots are sometimes pefect places for that one foundry input or output ^^

DeadMG wrote: Sat May 30, 2026 8:16 pm Fulgora executes the limited space much better because the terrain is visually clear and you don't get random spots of oil ocean in the middle of your islands.

You do, actually. They're less common, but there will sometimes be a random tiny patch of oil someplace I'm not expecting. And (IMO) they are even harder to notice visually.

The lack of visual clarity of terrain -- particularly now that terrain matters -- is pretty much my only gripe with the expansion, but it is a sizeable one.

Hurkyl wrote: Sun May 31, 2026 3:30 pm

DeadMG wrote: Sat May 30, 2026 8:16 pm Fulgora executes the limited space much better because the terrain is visually clear and you don't get random spots of oil ocean in the middle of your islands.

You do, actually. They're less common, but there will sometimes be a random tiny patch of oil someplace I'm not expecting. And (IMO) they are even harder to notice visually.

The lack of visual clarity of terrain -- particularly now that terrain matters -- is pretty much my only gripe with the expansion, but it is a sizeable one.

True. Try placing landfill on Gleba and see which tiles are "water" and which are "land." It's sometimes impossible for me to tell them apart. That said, it really hasn't affected gameplay, and on the whole, the terrain is really pretty. It's crazy to think it's all just sprites.

It's also my less favorite planet, it's too easy and foundry make the game trivial

It's the good brother who gets too little attention because he actually does his job.

I like Vulcanus because it is the only new planet that allows for easy mega-basing. If all of the new planets in Space Age restricted size and scope of factories like the other three do, I think that would be a bit boring. I like that there's a big, wide-open planet that allows for massive production (much moreso than even Nauvis). It's the flip side of the other three planets in that way.

NineNine wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2026 4:38 pm I like Vulcanus because it is the only new planet that allows for easy mega-basing. If all of the new planets in Space Age restricted size and scope of factories like the other three do, I think that would be a bit boring. I like that there's a big, wide-open planet that allows for massive production (much moreso than even Nauvis). It's the flip side of the other three planets in that way.

It is kind of cramped like the others, though. You have cliffs everywhere but more importantly, lava. How do you deal with lava? Foundation. In that sense, it's not easier to pave than Fulgora (also foundation), Gleba (just landfill), or Aquilo (ice platforms).

People just like Vulcanus because there's infinite metal from lava. I think that's the whole reason if we're being honest. And late game, it's not like there isn't infinite metal on Nauvis, too.

I like it for a bunch of reasons, but right now the one that comes to mind is the soothing rhythm of steam engines chugging away and foundries operating at a regular cadence. Great background noise for anything focusing. I wish someone would make a 1 hour loop of it and put it in Youtube for me to listen to while working.

J-H wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 12:35 am I wish someone would make a 1 hour loop of it and put it in Youtube for me to listen to while working.

All of the game sounds are stored as simple audio files in /factorio/data/base/sound/. You can just play them in your favorite local music player and play on repeat.