Hello, Today we're going to take a look at a feature some of us have dreamt of changing for years now - the beacon transmission. The main purpose of beacons is to allow massively increasing your production in the late game while being more than just a module or a faster machine. To make use of beacons you need to adjust your building layout for them. Beacons succeed in this role, but...
  • safesyrup@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    What an amazing compromise they crafted here. I totally agree with them, the regular 12 beacon designs did indeed get very boring, so did the 8 beacon layouts

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    61·
    2 months ago

    I never used beacons because they forced you to trade interesting gameplay for performance.

    • amdaEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      They make for an interesting design challenge at first. Until you start reusing the same design over and over again

      • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        Letting people play ‘tall’ is great, but the current implementation stifles creativity.