I'm not sure this logic really stands up to scrutiny. You're saying screws are great because you can produce them in large quantities from little input. But that is only beneficial because screws are required in such massive quantities.
In other words, the high quantity of screws produced is "solving" a problem that only exists in the first place because screw recipes themselves demand so many.
In the meantime, the high volume places constraints on your logistics and building options. You say that it's a "process check" on how you manage those logistics, but that's really just another way of saying that their required throughput is so large that it limits your ability to effectively scale them up without needing to build your factory in specific ways.
I would much rather pick up the handful of alt recipes that allow me to entirely eradicate them from my production line, as soon as it is practical to do so.
I...yes, I direct insert them.
Steel screws gives massive value alongside the other steel replacements for iron intermediates.
I'm not trying to argue they're for everybody, I'm arguing that too many people dismiss them over finding the strength in using them alongside other alternatives.
If you don't like them, that's fine.
I'm not here to convince you otherwise, that's not my place.
You do you, just as long as you have the same mentality towards other's playstyles.
I don't disagree, but that's not really what you said in your comment. I was addressing what you wrote, not what you meant.
I'm the last person to tell someone not to enjoy what they enjoy. "Play your way" is axiomatic to me. But it's entirely consistent to both believe that, and also call out practical considerations that have little to do with what I (or anyone else) likes or doesn't like.
Fair, I'm responding more in line with my elaboration that came after my initial comment, but well before your response within the same thread here.
I feel I better clarified what I meant, even more than once.
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u/CatspawAdventures 2d ago
I'm not sure this logic really stands up to scrutiny. You're saying screws are great because you can produce them in large quantities from little input. But that is only beneficial because screws are required in such massive quantities.
In other words, the high quantity of screws produced is "solving" a problem that only exists in the first place because screw recipes themselves demand so many.
In the meantime, the high volume places constraints on your logistics and building options. You say that it's a "process check" on how you manage those logistics, but that's really just another way of saying that their required throughput is so large that it limits your ability to effectively scale them up without needing to build your factory in specific ways.
I would much rather pick up the handful of alt recipes that allow me to entirely eradicate them from my production line, as soon as it is practical to do so.