• DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Anyone who isn't adding buffers to their Factorio factory is an idiot. Do you just pick up items off the belts like a savage when you need to handcraft a one-off item? And what do you do if you have an input shortage?

    • ennemi [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Do you just pick up items off the belts like a savage when you need to handcraft a one-off item?

      :yes-sicko:

      And what do you do if you have an input shortage?

      Faster belts

    • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Sure I do, because needing one-off items is rare. Everything I personally need a lot of is made in my mall and stored there. When I have an input shortage I increase the amount of input until I have plenty. Buffers actually increase your resource usage because of the mining productivity infinite research.