Factorio - Second Highest Rated Steam Game Ever

[bennyboy]

@Benny

You tried any mods yet?  You;re building an island base......wouldn;t it be nice to have cargo ships, tankers, and deep sea oil?  

I;m currently running faster start, cargo, and rampant.  That last one is boss.  I think it should be pushed into the vanilla game

Improves the enemies tactics by using potential fields/pheromones allowing probing of defenses, retreats, reinforcements, counterattacking, breaching, raids, rallying death cry, and player hunting. Uses non-homing blockable biter projectiles. Adds new Enemies (disabled by default). Can completely replace the vanilla AI. Difficulty setting in mod options menu.

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Rampant

I want to fully explore vanilla before I add even basic mods.  But yeah, that last one sounds really bitchin'.

I also might make my own mod.  I'm thinking it would be fun to add a few robot base items and robots that spawn near iron deposits. The basic engine leads to some interesting ideas. For example, you could add AoE settlements that start sending archers and stuff at you.

Not sure if the effort is worth doing a mod rather than just finishing my phone game, however.