Split rare quality into its own research
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:26 pm
People keep posting on reddit asking why their factories aren't making epic/lengendary items (e.g., https://old.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... _items_it/).
I think this issue can be fixed with a very minor tweak: Take the quality module research, and split it into quality module + uncommon quality, and rare quality. Reprice the module + uncommon quality to be 50 (like the other modules) or 100 research, and then make rare quality cost 400-450 research, so the total cost remains the same, but users are given a more explicit and attainable quality tier immediately, tipping them off that epic and legendary are further research lower in the tree.
I think this issue can be fixed with a very minor tweak: Take the quality module research, and split it into quality module + uncommon quality, and rare quality. Reprice the module + uncommon quality to be 50 (like the other modules) or 100 research, and then make rare quality cost 400-450 research, so the total cost remains the same, but users are given a more explicit and attainable quality tier immediately, tipping them off that epic and legendary are further research lower in the tree.