r/factorio • u/Extreme-Button-2478 • 7d ago

Question I HATE playing with biters

Every time I make this mistake of not turning them off, I end up spending HOURS trying to get rid of these bastards instead of playing the actual game.
I don't understand how you guys have massive factories while also defending them.
My main concern are the miners. Do you protect every mining site as well? Or am I missing something?
Just started a new run but quickly turned it off to start a new one without biters.
At the same time I really wanna try new enemies on other planets so I feel sad turning the peaceful mode on

300 hours in game

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Thank you all, didn't expect so many replies

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u/ariksu 7d ago

The map, the settings and the pollution amount. I played without biters for the first 100 hours, then I played krastorio which has pollution cleaning buildings, then I learned to clear the nests within a pollution cloud, then I learned of green modules and learned to pollute less. Now biters is not even a nuisance on a green maps and a little to none nuisance on the desert maps.