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[–] urda@lebowski.social 8 points 1 month ago

Cmon down to “Big Belt o Ammo” where we got all the ammo you need, on a belt.

[+] Glent@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I suspect that they have avoided adding that functionality because it essentially would put an end to the threat of biters

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago

Very true. There's a popular mod for it, and yes it's kind of overpowered: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Waterfill_v17 Although of course there are other mods that make the biters swim if you're into that

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Hear me out.... Dragon's Teeth!

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 3 points 4 weeks ago

Good idea, would help keep them away from that bit of wall

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I really gotta get back into this game

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you defending against expansion parties or pollution attacks?

Either way spitter acid has splash damage and ideally you would have a one time gap between turrets to negate the splash.
Also, you have bots, why are you using an ammo belt?

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Mostly just defending against expansion in this position so this number of turrets is probably overkill.

I'm sure this design is a long way from optimal. My logic at the time I built it was something along the lines of:

just want to squash as many turrets as possible into the space available
requestor chests are expensive, bots can be slow and get shot down, and I was worried that chaining the turrets might lead to ammo shortages. You might have noticed that the belt is being fed by bots in this case via a single chest.

This has given me some ideas for experimenting with different layouts, thanks

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