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Factorio has peaked at over 90k concurrent players for 2 days in a row now
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
3x the previous all time high just shy of 35k in August 2020 when 1.0 released - on a Friday during the pandemic.
Such a great game. If you’ve never played - now’s a great time to start. They changed it just enough where all your old tricks either don’t work or are obsolete. Back to spaghetti factories and making blueprints!
Although I was SHOCKED last night to realize cliff explosives are all the way down the tech tree now. I need to redo my entire base now.
Elevated rail is the reason. I know you still can't build fabricators over it, but at least your rail system can run straight. Research that Refined Concrete quick.
Kinda. You do need to get off-planet and land on a different one, but (imo) it's the most accessible of the new planets. You definitely don't need to go all the way down the tech tree.