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Hey folks, i've had this for a few days, and am really enjoying myself, with a few "issues" persay

1. I've found I either can make all available items in my inventory, or one per click, is there a way to make, say, five or ten at a time? if I want 50 pipes for example, I either have to click 50 times, or control click to make all that I have resources for then keep an eye on it..

2. I installed shadows megamodpack after getting the hang of the game, which is fun, but with all the intermittent items in different windows, it is all rather confusing and nonsensical, I'm going to disable a few, but is it a planned feature to have a "search" box in the build dialog to find what you are looking for? This was a feature in minecraft mods "eventually" which really helped newer players find what they were looking for.

3. The combat seems, erm, lacking. I basically walk up, and shoot while backing away, math dictates the winner, it looks like attacking bases before they start attacking me is the way to go, but the only way to do so is to creep up with turrets and slowly kill the buildings, which is pretty boring, does combat eventually "do" anything?

Hey, and welcome to the Factorio community.
Now for your questions.

1. You can make 5 at a time by Right-Clicking what you want to make. Unfortunately can't do sets of 10 unless of course you just do 5 twice. :p

2.) Yes I believe in 0.13 update they plan to add a search function to the crafting menu.

3.) Later on combat does get more interesting at least in my opinion. You get a Tank, or Power Armor suit with exoskeletons and shields, and you can get combat robots that follow you around and shoot stuff. There are poison and slowdown capsules as well. Plus once the more evolved enemies start spawning it will become harder than it is now. :p
Plus if you want, there are several mods that add new combat stuff. One of my favorites is Supreme Warfare.

hrm thanks, my second go is going a lot better, I ran with "normal" biters instead of excessive, ended up in a desert and took care of the locals with sniper turrets during initial expansion.

There's a number of gui tweaks to really make the game "friendly" but i'm enjoying it