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This is not how we treat aliens
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I clearly haven't played long enough because I have no idea what the comments are referring to.
I only ran into hostile alien life while gallivanting around and it was usually pretty easy to zap or run away from.
That, or I'm confusing Factorio with Satisfactory which is extremely common.
Definitely thinking of Satisfactory. The monsters in that don't really attack you unless you go to them and fhe weapons you get really kinda suck. In Factorio, they are triggered to come harass your constructions because of the pollution you cause. They're also very StarCraft Zerg like with how they create nests and spam you with overwhelming forces. But you have typical shooter weapons from pistols to rocket launchers as well as tanks and turrets.
I wish Satisfsctory was essentially just 1st person Factorio but the need for combat is so lacking in it that it gets super boring once you have a decently automated factory going.
Mostly true. Mostly 🤫
Are there raids now and I'm just out of date?
Iirc the spiders will wander to you eventually
As your factory grows, it produces pollution, which makes the aliens stronger. They become pretty dangerous, while you develop better ways to fight them, like the buggy, artillery, or spider mech.
Pollution also prompts them to attack.
Terrain can naturally absorb some of it and trees can absorb even more but will eventually die from it, so they're just a temporary stopgap. Eventually when it reaches the aliens, they too will absorb it until they reach their limit then they'll organize attacks.
That being said, I can't remember if it's specifically pollution they absorb that causes them to evolve into stronger forms or if it's any pollution you produce that does it.
Seems to be the latter:
https://wiki.factorio.com/Enemies#Evolution
I've never understood how destroying nests logically accelerates evolution if none of them survive
This other nests pickup on pheromones that tell them what the others died from.
That or its a hive mind so they learn from each encounter.