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[LoSboccacc]

Not yet as the enemy are currently too linear to bother.

However high you put the bar, you always play in two state: can't kill anything and pwning mode.

[Yolan]

Hmmm , this seems to be my impression but I wonder. My first major factory is looking pretty, but I've never had a single real credible threat on it from the start. Just periodic little attacks.

Trying a hard map now, and I am thinking the rarity of resources may force you to try and stretch for stuff that is a bit beyond your reach. Actually needing to build a train network early on could be interesting.

[Vibe]

This game is amazing. I tried out the demo first and then decided to buy it. You can waste hours on it without even noticing it. That being said, my base looks horrible but it's still functional. In my defense, it is my first one, next time I'm going for some pretty design

[Dutchling]

I've found that the easiest way to defend your base is to not build any defences at all.

Just research the car and machine gun asap and destroy all bases that are about to get angered by your smog.

[Lithare]

Posting just so I don't forget what this game is called.

[McDonald]

* McDonald puts some coal into the thread's boilers

More people need to see this amazing game. Just found it yesterday by watching Northernlion's LP.

[Dutchling]

Yeah it's pretty kek

[alway]

Picked this up a few days ago. It's really really good. Like all the best bits of the minecraft tech mods, put together into a format which manages to remove most of the annoyances from the minecraft tech mods. For example, unlike minecraft tech mods, it doesn't need to worry about unbalancing tons of other gameplay or slowing down your game's ticks, and so is perfectly free to let you do crazy stuff (with no slowdowns yet so far as I can tell).

Pretty much the entire game will consist of you building your factory automation system, reworking it, ect; while putting up automated defenses to keep the biters out so they don't bite everything. Progression feels really like progression; once a setup is built, you don't need to think about it again until the rest of your facility is pulling more resources than it can process. Starts out with just manual mining; though that ends within a few minutes, most of which involves hauling coal back to your machines or smelting ores. A good deal later, vehicles and drones get involved, allowing you to put together places far away from your home while still being a short ride away. By this point you will also be hunting down the smaller nests of baddies to make room for Progress. So, uh, yeah, if that's your thing, try the demo or buy it.

[Fikes]

Good stuff

I think that is a really good review of the game. The only thing I would add is that development isn't only on-goining; it is pretty quick paced.

I lied. I'd also like to add that the in game tutorial was awesome, at least when I first tried it during their indie-gogo campaign. Right now this game is balanced, user friendly, and fun. The most similar early access experience I can relate it to is KSP.

[Graknorke]

The campaign is a bit annoying in that the factories are some of the time set up without room for expansion. That annoys me because it ends up being cluttered unless you pull the entire thing up and reorganise.

[mendonca]

unless you pull the entire thing up and reorganise.

Strangely, I find going through this process as one of the more satisfying aspects of the game (general comment really, not specifically wrt to the campaign)

[Fikes]

How do you guys do battle against the bitter spawners? The only method I have found that is effective is to drive in circles around them firing explosive rockets.

I recently discovered the power of posion capsules. If you can get a few in the path of the bitters and on their spawners it makes it a little easier to deal with.

[Sergius]

I just build tons of laser turrets close to the lairs.

[LoSboccacc]

You can spawn as much defender capsule you like.

30-50 can annihilate any nest

Bring at least three exoskeleton and the combat shotgun with ap ammo.

Bonus point if you can place a roboport nearby to restock you. I also have a chain with loads of factories producing defenders on demand.

[McDonald]

How do you guys do battle against the bitter spawners?

I drive to them in a car, jump out with a flamethrower and heavy armor and obliberate everything. Flamethrower fuel is incredibly cheap, basically free. I still need to get off my ass and start building a blue potion factory.