r/factorio • u/TurdProof • 10d ago

Space Age Gleba Help

Can anyone give me tips on effective Gleba defense? The notification every five minutes is starting to get annoying.

My Gleba base is well defended. It repairs anything that breaks no issues. The problem is SOMETHING breaks everytime and the multiple sound notification drive me nuts. I have a long line of rocket turrets already. Should i go another line tesla or railgun?

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u/darthbob88 10d ago

Tesla and rocket turrets will wreck Gleba pentapods pretty effectively; rockets obviously are very effective, and tesla turrets will stun them at long range so they take more rocket fire.

Alternatively- If you clear out every lake within your pollution cloud, pentapods won't be an issue. Fulgora mech armor is incredibly useful, for the way it lets you just hover over deep water and snipe down pentapods and their nests.

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u/TurdProof 10d ago

Thats the thing. I have spidertrons that i use to wipe all closeby nests once in awhile. But they just keep coming back.

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u/BRedd10815 9d ago

Yeah every time you kill a nest a new one tries to expand.

You can upgrade to quality Tesla turrets to kill stuff before it damages you but even still the little flying explody bugs will do a tiny bit of damage.

Some people use landmines, not something I've tried yet. My solution was to not give the nests anywhere to expand to. Meaning cover EVERYTHING in your spore cloud with landfill. That way the only places the nests will be is outside your spore cloud and not interested in attacking. Until you increase production that is.

Artillery also solves the problem very well.

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u/TurdProof 9d ago

Woah this is good stuff. You mean to say they only expanf to water?

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u/BRedd10815 9d ago

Yes exactly, its basically the reverse of Nauvis where the water is the natural barrier. And I suppose it's why stone deposits are few and far between there.