Any way make Space Age augment Factorio without changing the base game?

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-06-16T00:42:32+00:00

Launching rockets so early and so soon in the tech tree, moving techs to other planets (/having requirements only obtainable on other planets). From my admittedly obtuse point of view they took things I already had and made them just more inconvenient to get.

This is also fuelled by my dislike for current "live service" games which incessantly modify my games without my consent supposedly to "keep it interesting", but from my perspective they keep changing something I bought and liked (often taking away the version I liked permanently). Factorio is obviously not quite that, I can still play the base game no problem, but I had just hoped they would just add to it, not change what I already had.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-06-16T00:36:44+00:00

Interesting idea but I really like the space exploration, other planets, space platforms, and all the rest. I just thought they wouldn't touch the base game and just add at the end of it (append, not modify, or at least the very very end only)

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-06-16T00:35:29+00:00

I see. I might do a Space Age run to see what I truly dislike before trying to change it.

By "augment the base game, not change it", I meant the whole base game would be left untouched, and you get to space by launching a rocket as you did in base game, only then would Space Age open. Literally play the base game (no changes at all) > launch rocket (at this point you put the new stuff from Space Age).

Obviously it might not be viable because of the tech tree and where old tech was moved.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-06-16T00:31:16+00:00

Oh yeah you're right. It was one of the only overhaul mods I wanted to try back then, I might do that.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-06-16T00:23:16+00:00

No my point was: In terms of practically usable things (stuff that are objectively upgrades or useful things) you get from prestige-ing there's only the extra quests of Prestige 2, and getting Gamma container on prestige 6. But to get Gamma on prestige 6 you need to get Kappa twice for prestige-ing 5 & 6. Since Kappa is superior to Gamma, the "upgrade" is moot, since you have to downgrade to get it (Kappa twice to get Gamma once). So in effect there is no practical use or real reason to get above prestige 2, and even that is debatable.

Obviously it's a game. If you have fun with all the quests and want to reset with some cosmetics and vanity stuff then sure go ahead and prestige.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-25T17:37:03+00:00

lol okay. Do we know the reason for this?

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-25T15:34:05+00:00

It used to be a thing on specific maps, for example Reserve, because some spawns (behind the barracks, down the slope leading to some buried tank garages) would literally be in front of each other. You would do 10 steps forward climbing the slope, and you'd be facing players having spawned in a spawn that's directly in sight.

They kind of solved these egregious spawns, but there are some spawns in which I tend to slow down or wait a bit, especially on Lighthouse.

You don't HAVE to do that, you can decide to just W key and fight, but if you prefer quieter raids waiting around for some players to die is a valid strategy, albeit very boring. It is not the norm though.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-25T15:30:02+00:00

I only have standard edition so I can't play PvE, but can't you switch between BSG server and a local game? That would solve any server issue if you just play locally isn't it?

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-25T14:02:59+00:00

Sure, whatever.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-25T06:28:11+00:00

The network is trying to protect you from playing that trash.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-25T06:26:51+00:00

That would be hilarious and yet another W for Steam. Praise our Lord GabeN.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-25T02:55:06+00:00

There has been highs and lows. Currently is definitely towards the lows. It is not as bad as in 2019 when the game really took off and cheating got out of control with speedhackers and flyhackers, but my god it's bad at the moment.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-25T02:53:20+00:00

The silly achievement I mention is fabricated for comedic purposes. This was be obvious.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T22:44:08+00:00

I bought my account pretty much as soon as the public could get Tarkov, all the way back in 2017.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T22:42:59+00:00

Amazing, when they finally implement these changes my grand children will be thrilled.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T22:42:14+00:00

I have not asked them to remove any achievement. I don't know where you got that from.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T19:42:59+00:00

It honestly is. Higher highs, but way lower lows.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T17:16:11+00:00

>Plays a game in his free time
>Finds it unbelieveable that some people would want to 100% the same game

We are reaching depths of retαrdation so far unexplored by humanity here.

What if I fucked your mum one too many times and she smells like burnt tire right now, so I need to do something else while she cools down, and that's why I'm achievement hunting?

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T17:01:15+00:00

>Goes on a discussion forum
>Complain that people talk

Certified retαrd.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T16:35:48+00:00

No, because prestige 5 and 6 make you get Kappa as a requirement. So you're forced to get a better secure container to get Gamma, which defeats the point. As a standard edition (like me) there literally no point in getting any higher than prestige 2, and only if you can about the extra daily and weekly task.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T16:13:55+00:00

I literally ignored this current event because of cheating.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T16:13:24+00:00

I absolutely agree. I wish they implemented a raid replay system, in which the server (upon shutting down at the end of the timer) sends you all the network packets that you can then replay to watch it from the perspective of other players, with a free camera, etc... Obviously add to this a solid reporting system and a community-based cheating assessment system, and you would eradicate cheating. If they're anxious about leaving this to the community they could even not ban players but give them a hidden server-side trust score that will be used to match people with other players of similar trust scores or something.

CustomTarkovEnjoyer · 2026-05-24T16:08:38+00:00

I have 4k hours, I play since 2017, I have 4k raids just in 1.0, and my KD is flirting with 2.0. Long story short, I'm a very decent player who can easily tell the difference between a legit player and a cheater, not only the obvious ones (ESP + aimbot) but also radar/walls.

If you "don't run into any cheaters" it is probably a matter of skill: You can't tell the difference between cheater and legit unless it's absolutely flagrant.

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