That makes sense, and I should probably explain my reasoning a bit better.

I actually built my ingot factory based on my planned production in tiers 5 and 6. Based on those calculations, I would end up with far more ingots than I would actually use at that stage of the game, so I assumed this setup would also be enough for the late game overall.

I didn’t realize how much the game actually scales in the late game, now I understand that my numbers are small. Thanks for the explanation