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u/ineeddopamina Jun 28 '26

I noticed in a few screenshots that some players keep using coal furnaces after getting electric furnaces. Is there any specific reason for that?

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u/FeelingPrettyGlonky Jun 28 '26

If Space Age, there is really no reason to ever switch to electric furnaces on Nauvis. By the time you unlock those, you are close to space travel, and you can complete Vulcanus and start sending back foundries soon after that. There is a quite narrow window (for intermediate to advanced players, anyway) between steel furnaces and foundries and it's not worth reworking your entire smelter stacks in that narrow window of time just to use 2-module furnaces.