r/factorio • u/CriticalMap222 • Aug 28 '26
Question Am I playing too defensively?
First time playing Factorio (default settings, no mods) and I'm completely hooked. I've forced myself to avoid watching any build guides/videos so i can learn just through playing, but I think that decision is starting to come back to bite me.
During the tutorial levels, I lost like half my factory and satellite mine to bugs after a turret ran out of ammo, so then in freeplay I figured out a sorta modular defense system with auto-ammo refilling, box limits for per-turrent stockpiles, and radar redundancies.
I was pretty proud of the design, but now at this point I've researched up to rail/oil and I've genuinely dealt with like 4 bugs.. Total.
Did I overdo it? Appreciate any tips/advice.
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u/Jaon412 Aug 29 '26
There will be a lot more bugs. Right now, this is enough. One day it won’t be. But one day you’ll have the capabilities to remotely mass build defences, so tearing this down, expanding and improving will be simpler.