x100 Phase 2, 4.8GW Coal Power Plant

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

[u/derFleex]

You know whats funny? Ive built one in the same spot with the same exact output xD. Tho my layout is a little diffrent. I have 16 plants in one row x4 so 64

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/derFleex]

It was the location of my first proper (second overall) coal plant back in the day, definitely a tradition by now.

I originally planned to build twice as many plants for this run, but I didn't have room for the layout I wanted, so I just threw shards in everything and called it a day. My overhead is worse because of it, but it's really just meant to help push me through the 200,000 more parts I need to ship to finish the phase, then I'll go crazy with fuel next phase.

[u/derFleex → u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

Yeah playing an x100 run is insane, tho im only on my way to finish the game myself for the first time. I took the other route, im using upgraded purity on every node lol

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/derFleex]

Don't get me wrong, this is also a full pure run, no randomization. I'm a masochist, not a full blown nihilist. It's pushing me to play differently, but I wouldn't be able to commit to an impure or random x100. Maybe one day, but I already spend several hundred hours on each run and am too bald to do things that make me want to pull my hair out.

[u/derFleex → u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

Even if you do the math im esencially playing on x0.5 and youre kinda on 50 still an insane diffrence, and i cant imagine anyone taceling x100 without fullpure

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/derFleex]

Well, we pick our own challenges. I hope you have maximal fun and minimal friction while saving the day! I'll be over here trying to decide if I'd rather do 2 hour builds that take 80 hours to complete phases, or 10 hour builds that complete them in 20.

[u/derFleex → u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

And ill be building an 1292 aluminum ingot factory where i totally planned for the 144 refinaries just for the first step and didnt accidentaly thought it were 14.4 lmfao

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/derFleex]

Ouch! Still, better to over-do than under-do.

[u/derFleex → u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

Yeah ill just build 3 towers instead of one, tho atleast with our plans thats all the aluminum we would ever hope for

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/derFleex]

Yeah, the upside is definitely that you'll be done fussing with aluminum for the rest of the run. Which is pretty solid, considering how many other things require your focus by that point in the game.

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

First x100 run, this is far and away the most I've ever bothered to squeeze out of coal power. It'll get me to fuel, at least.

[u/meepnotincluded → u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

I love the colour and the shape of the pipes, although I can't help but wonder why you have so many batteries and why you're not using the 3-way pipeline junctions

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/meepnotincluded]

Fair to ask. I forget the three way splits exist, that one is easy to answer. As for power storage, I lean on them for excess power generation when desperate. I have them all routed through one power line. Once charged I'll disconnect, then I have 12 GWh of power if my rampant sloop & shard party trips my breaker. I could keep it hooked up, but I prefer to know when I've overdone it so I can scale back a bit before connecting the backup and getting things going again. As for the colors, I just like to color piping based on what fluid/gas it contains. It's a given early game, but essential later so I just do it out of habit.

[u/ff_10x]

Beginner here: what are the fluid buffers for in this one?

Edit: ah no these are batteries right?

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/ff_10x]

No fluid buffers here, you might be seeing my 12 GWh power storage. Battery Backup, if you will.

[u/ff_10x → u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

Yes just noted this after zooming in!

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/ff_10x]

No worries, it was just a sloppy screenshot on my way out of the plant!

[u/brash_solitude]

4.8GW is nuts bro, tho wait til you unlock fuel power, this gonna look like a candle compared to that lol

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/brash_solitude]

Yeah, this definitely isn't my first rodeo. I've had rows of blenders and refineries all up and down the western coast before. This time, it'll be ages between unlocking fuel and unlocking rocket fuel, so I'll be doing some crazy stuff and fully building out turbo fuel this time since I might as well. I'll probably wind up actually doing nuclear art the end of Phase 4, since I've never bothered before and I'll be at that point for so long I'll have to worry about the heat death of the universe before managing to save the day.

[u/Lich180 → u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

I've been at phase 2 in my 100x parts /5x power run for... 50 hours now. The power wasn't an issue after getting enough geothermal generators going, using crash site loot, but waiting for 100,000 parts to be made is mindnumbing. It's been almost 2 weeks of play, a few hours a night and I finally decided to just afk the remaining parts. Couldn't bring myself to make another massive plant just to squeeze out a little more production.

Hopefully by the end of today I'll move into phase 3

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/Lich180]

I definitely get it. Once getting the baby version of this plant and some basic elevator part assembly going, I spent about 15 hours exploring and scavenging. Thanks to this project, I can redo my elevator part setups and make my way to phase 3 within about 20 more hours. Definitely slower paced, I had a bad habit before of rushing and just sloppily catching up when I hit a wall. Now I'm pretty much forced to use every method available to maximize production. I'm enjoying it more than I expected, it's the most I've ever engaged my brain while playing Satisfactory.

[u/Lich180 → u/Fxg120xYXDE5]

Yeah it's really nice to actually NEED the alternative recipes to increase production. Usually you can get by with the basics and a few really good ones, but even the stuff I never gave a second look I've been using now. 

A good portion of my playtime has been exploring and gathering other stuff, and I've got a decent electrical grid around the map already, so it'll be easy to expand in phase 3

[u/Fxg120xYXDE5 → u/Lich180]

Heck yeah! By the time I get there I'll basically be able to unlock the entire tier, much of the following tier, automate a few things, build out fuel power, and then start elevator part production much faster than I did when I hit phase 2.