I have to say that i strongly agree with all the changes mentioned. I think they will bring some much needed balance to the end game as well as getting rid of the tediousness of mine babysitting, especially in a game about automation.

Fire... very nice! This should make removing a forest a bit easier, eh?

I, for one, am excited about the new features. So the bases are going to be larger... I'm all for it! What factorio player wouldn't like some additional complexity?

Getting crash while bots build a blueprint.

To replicate using savefile:
There is a blueprint in the inventory that contains 2 labs. Place it down, put the blueprint back into inventory. Then open the turret next to the player and wait for the bots to place the labs.

Running 0.12.15 vanilla

Searched but didnt find this bug posted already... Placed an engine at an intersection and the game crashes every time. Attached the save and a screenshot of the placement. The save is right before i placed the engine. Game only crashes if the engine is placed on the track in the screen shot - no cr...

Yaay! this is the first release since 11.19 that doesnt stutter when i walk! I'm so excited!