Getting that itch to play Factorio yet again.

[irbork]

I remember that releases were expected to get more frequent after 0.17. And that 0.18 was about to go to experimental shortly after 0.17 hits stable.
I know that 0.17 is closing to be pushed to stable but how close are we to 0.18 experimental release?

[Koub]

Actually, IIRC, the first 0.17 stable should not be the ultimate 0.17. The devs said that there would be new features in 0.17 as soon as first shot 0.17 would get stable.

[irbork]

Actually, IIRC, the first 0.17 stable should not be the ultimate 0.17. The devs said that there would be new features in 0.17 as soon as first shot 0.17 would get stable.

Right, it was something like this. So anyway, some new features coming soon to the experimental branch

[Jap2.0]

I mean, releases were supposed to get more frequent before 0.17...

[DaveMcW]

It took 15 months to go from 0.16 stable to 0.17 experimental. Don't wait.

[JimBarracus]

It took 15 months to go from 0.16 stable to 0.17 experimental. Don't wait.

the experimental release barely has any game breaking bugs
only minor things most people dont even notice, especially if you play without mods

just make a backup of your savefiles if you want to go back to regular release.