1 beacon = 100% effect 2 beacons = 50% effect from each beacon, i.e. the same as placing 1 beacon 3 beacons = 33.333% effect from each beacon, i.e. still the same as placing 1 beacon Beacon Overload, but without the problem of making the machines completely inactive. This does not make sense, what ...

I was almost in tears to see how beautiful the values turn out: Words, only a true engineer could speak :D I agree that beacon layouts used to be super boring and there should be an entire universe of possibly "optimal" solutions to explore instead. I like a lot that beacons lower their e...

Really amazing, I cannot wait to finally build myself a turing complete computer, maybe a lisp machine, compilers etc. Tinkering around with optional stuff and all the options you have to your goal makes factorio the amazing game that it is. There are few games that tell you so much about the person...

The logistic groups sound really awesome, micro-managing requests really inhibited me from utilizing the full potential of personal logistics. Some items should be too heavy to even transport as a whole. The idea of transferring a whole rocket silo inside a rocket is too much even for Factorio. I me...

First of all, I love the aesthetics of the space platform (they remind me a lot of certain starcraft 1 maps) and the thrusters especially, they look awesome! I am a bit surprised by the odd building rules on space platforms... just let players place burner buildings and let them NOT work. (display a...

The expansion is gonna be absolutely awesome, and it will be the first time in my life that I will take a two week vacation just to play this game. I am wondering if the train physics now account for the elevation change? Do trains roll down ramps driven by gravity? Do they have reversing locks? Is ...

Dear developers, you forgot about an unpleasant problem. About the offset by 1 cell if we change the number of trains from 1 to 2 You could just put the second locomotive at the end.... I would be careful not to call such things a "problem". They are smaller or bigger inconveniences depen...

This is my shot at beaconed red circuits: red_circuits.png They are chunk-aligned and 3 of them will fill a blue belt. This design is for expensive recipes, but you could easily adapt it for normal recipes also 0eNq1Xe1uGzkSfBf9lhZk8zuvcggOsj2XCGfLgj6CDRZ59xs5PkuOp6NidebXJsiqyelhF2u6i81/FnePp2G332yP...

As someone who likes to build his base in a chunk-aligned grid (with 16/8 subgrids), the additional range of big poles sounds awesome! (I know chunks are some technical thing that should not matter, but I just cannot go back to freestyles building anymore) Still hoping for train tunnels/bridges thou...

Last week you said there was a +300% production cap on buildings, does this include the production bonus from the research then? I guess it does, as it justifies diversifying the bonuses as well. They added a productivity cap property to the building prototype I think (technical stuff). Meaning bui...

It would be more intuitive if the first tier of quality just had no symbol/dot at all, meaning " no particular quality". The dots can be viewed rather as badges this way. Also there is no need to explain/argue why the dots of Q1 items are not visible in the world and why the symbols you're...

Yeah but no the "it's optional" argument doesn't really work. I dislike many modern games because of season/battle passes, cosmetics, loot boxes etc. even tho I have barely bought anything in game. So yes they are optional but they can still ruin a game and the experience. Of course the d...

Disliking something is not bigotry nor hate, it's very simple: I will not buy what I don't like. No hate or anything deep. If you are annoyed by a different opinion then feel free to ignore it. If I want such a system I can just play elder scrolls online or borderlands and enjoy my legendary equipm...

I think the Quality feature is AWESOME !! + So many more complex layouts to consider, it adds depth and variety to playstyles, which I like so much about the game. Looking at other peoples factories and getting your mind blown even after hundreds of hours is just so unique about this game and I love...