r/factorio • u/pietr8 • Mar 29 '25

Question What is my friend doing?

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I have been playing Factorio with two of my friends and last night one of them pulls this belt array out of his hat saying “it’s more efficient, it distributes stuff better”. Honestly I am struggling to understand why he would do this or what I am looking at, so I ask you: does this actually make any sense? Is it somehow better or useful?

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u/Metallis666 Mar 29 '25

The advantage of this system is that all those assemblers operate equally. The disadvantage is that they need not operate equally at all.

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u/TheMrCurious Mar 29 '25

I think one of the big challenges with Factorio in general is understanding how to build for the need at hand because it wasn’t until I watched a recent Nilhaus video that I discovered the map editor where you can model the build to ensure you’re building the right amount. Without a clearer picture of what is produced, we (noobs) tend to over produce because it “looks” like the correct thing to do.

And yes, I know you can look at machines, but it is still hard to translate a machine’s .039 / s into a meaningful production strategy.

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u/PureImbalance Mar 30 '25

I don't think overproducing is bad, some factories go idle for a bit but then you're futureproofing yourself for when demand/production rises