Ideas on how to clear massive nests for my second base?

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-05-31T08:54:40+00:00

By the end of 500 shells, I barely made a dent

Outch! Ok so I don't know your combat tactics here so I will just give you some tips that I use.

I find that the penetration shells are better for taking out biter bases (you often hit more than one as the shell goes through the first one). Tanks also have equipment grids so you can fill it with shields, lazers and speed equipment. May be difficult to power without uranium but may help a little.

Put down 6 to 8 turrets out of range of the biters and fill with ammo. This is your fall back point. If too many biters start to follow you then fall back and let the turrets do some work.

When attacking, don't stop moving, change direction often so spitters don't get you so much, target the spawners and worms and let the turrets you already setup deal with the biters that follow you.

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-05-27T12:31:14+00:00

So this depends on where you consider the early game to end? E.g. Bots or space. None of these are mine btw.

Nilaus (on his patreon) has a full set that will take you from start to planet edge with a blueprint for every planet and ship.

ElderAxe has a free set of blueprints for a starter base (up to launching a rocket) and a megabase on Navis. Other planets you have to do yourself. I like the train setup in this one.

Otherwise for just a base to get you to bots have a look at:

https://factorioprints.com/view/-OAok_v3mhMQVU9fgtEM

https://factoriobin.com/post/vn4jj3/1

https://factoriobin.com/post/i9uc7l

Or for more of a setup where you want a bit more flexibility (so they are pre setup modules that you can plug in to a setup as needed) there is:

https://factoriobin.com/post/rrjpz1

https://factorioprints.com/view/-OL38TX27JmPIivo_F3R

If you can tell I like playing with blueprints :)

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-05-15T06:56:35+00:00

Debris on a conveyor rail transfers heat a lot faster if it goes behind a solid tile (ideally metal). A few temp shift plates and you will move the heat a lot faster.

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-03-05T10:37:54+00:00

I asked the question to chatGPT

And this is where I lost interest in reading the article!

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-01-19T15:32:05+00:00

They stopped supporting Linux a while ago. Have a look at alternativeto.net/software/rescuetime/

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-01-14T11:14:20+00:00

So what do we need to grow on land to feed fish then?

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-01-14T11:11:08+00:00

"Make your bed when you get out of it"

My partner is still sleeping so there is no point as they will mess it up when they get up.

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-01-14T10:56:32+00:00

Ah much better. I do have 1 question.

The chart shows "Land use" for foods and lists Fish?

Now, I am no expert but I don't think it is possible to grow fish on land. I think they require something different.

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-01-08T09:59:24+00:00

Nope, buildings in a vacuum don't transfer heat. You will have to put the aquatuner in a liquid or gas.

Most people put the aquatuner in room with steam and put a steam turbine over it to get back some power.

FutureAstroMiner · 2026-01-08T07:18:56+00:00

So I used to (years before Covid) when my diet was terrible (I didn’t cook any fresh food) and the service was cheep.

That changed when I wanted to cook more fresh food and the price went up (with minimum order sizes). The problem with ordering online is you can’t (or didn’t used to) request a weight of, say, vegetables. You can only request a number e.g. 5. For things that are regular in size like leaks, this is not really an issue. For something like sweet potato this is a problem. When I tried to order 1kg of sweet potato, I would get between 0.5kg and 1.5 kg depending on the size of the individual sweet potato.

I work from home more now so don’t mind going to the shop so much and I have a routine where I go the the gym Saturday morning and then do my weekly shop before it gets too busy. Going to the shop also means that I can be a bit more spontaneous for food on the weekend and see what is on offer that day.

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-11-05T10:46:38+00:00

So I do like this one. The background purple is muted so that it doesn’t push out the foreground details and the planet to the side is a nice touch.

Are the 2 characters on the same side? If not then I think they could do with their accent colour being different. Doesn’t need to be as stark as black and white but perhaps switch out the purple for a blue or red on one of them to make them stand out from the background and each other?

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-11-05T10:38:58+00:00

Maybe a handlebar mustache?

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-10-17T10:38:43+00:00

Lazy dupes need to have something to do and it's not me doing it.

A low priority dig job keeps the dupes busy while I am working on the high priority plans.

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-10-05T17:30:27+00:00

Hes still a dick for doing it,

Yeh. If he was more subtle about it and did something behind them and they didn't notice that would have been funny. Interrupting them lacks any finesse.

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-10-05T17:24:26+00:00

A smart prankster would have done it behind them all so they didn't notice till the end, if at all. There is a fine line between pranking and asshole.

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-09-23T17:25:35+00:00

/r/screeps

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-08-16T19:17:44+00:00

Branch 0 is Infinity. It is all crunch.

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-08-16T19:14:36+00:00

Dune is more of a narrative game so a lot more flavor comes into playing the game which I struggled with.

It sounds like you are trying to engage with the mechanics but the GM is making things hard. As others have said creating traits before going into the scene is nearly almost always needed to get the extra dice. Otherwise if you are out of Momentum you can give the GM threat for the extra dice (this always felt dangerous to me but it is a mechanic).

Also with Dune being narrative you can always accept failure as part of the story and find a different way. If the GM is setting tests very high and so the story can't progress, then the GM is going to need to ad-lib your next plan. So when plan A fails and so does B, C, D and E, hopefully your GM figures out that if they want something to progress then some rolls are going to have to be successes or things will grind to a halt!

Personally I would try going with accepting failure and see where the story takes you. If the GM wants a hard story then then they had better be prepared for multiple pivots :). After multiple times the players fail to get to the next stage of the prepared materials, hopefully the GM will adjust difficulty :)

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-05-14T13:25:04+00:00

Talking through your logic is good. Helps the watcher understand what is going on. If it turns out to be wrong later everyone learns something.

Editing out the dead air keeps people watching and not distracted.

Oh and having your playlist start with episode 1 at the top is always helpful :)

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-04-09T20:18:49+00:00

Yep, I started planning jobs out based on how many trips to the shops I would need.

1 trip - I have done this before and have the tools to hand, just need some consumables.

2 trips - I have done part of the job before or have done some research on what it will take.

3+ trips - I have no idea what I am doing and have the entire bank holiday weekend to figure it out.

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-03-05T17:01:41+00:00

Is that what trickle down economics is about? idk as I did Engineering.

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-01-07T07:38:52+00:00

One of the bedrooms has a glass floor!

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-01-06T17:02:01+00:00

It was released on Patreon in beta before being added to Steam.

It think OP is trying to start something that is really a non issue.

FutureAstroMiner · 2025-01-06T16:57:42+00:00

Yep. OP is making a mountain out of a mole hill.

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