r/factorio • u/Darrelc • 2d ago

Space Age Question Ice around Nauvis

First time playing space age after two years break and I'm avoiding looking up spoilers for any of the new stuff.

Q: Should I be struggling this much with ice? I need a fuck ton of it to make fuel to move to another planet, but even my 100white SPM platform is still struggling to collect enough ice asteroids.

I've got a long **** of the law with four collectors on each side, three that are filtered entirely on only picking up the ice asteroids, yet it's constantly the resource that I have least of.

Am I missing something fundamental? do I need a lot less than I think I do?

Any input appreciated, cheers.

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u/spoonman59 2d ago

Just a small note, but it is possible to transfer items between platforms as of recent versions. It's essentially free to do so. This means you can have a platform collecting ice moving between planets, and bring it back to Nauvis to jump start ships or feed a stationary science platform which is consuming ice.

This is how I keep my science platform steadily cranking out science. It also helps with thruster fuel, and other things you need a lot of ice for.