Point of factory upgrade?

[Arkk]

Anyone know the point of upgrading factories? I have a ship parts factory in Laventum City and when I upgraded it to lv.2 nothing changed. Everything was the same rarity and nothing new was added to the available crafting recipes.

[Dakota15]

can craft one item for each lvl at a time, so lvl 2 means 2 items crafting at a time, lvl 3 would mean 3 craft requests at a time.

[Arkk]

So no way to increase rarity / grade then?

[Dakota15]

not that I have found/noticed, the recipes available seem to be determined by the location so for example Firefort city is where I found the cruise drives able to be crafted.

[jay.ss]

We need to make it more explicit that the upgrade only increases the work threads.

[Arkk]

Originally posted by jay.ss:

We need to make it more explicit that the upgrade only increases the work threads.

Thanks for replying! Indeed, more explanation is needed on different parts of the game. Even a mouse-over tool tip on a 1 second delay with a brief explanation would suffice short term, on buttons we click such as the upgrade button.

[EvilBob]

Originally posted by jay.ss:

We need to make it more explicit that the upgrade only increases the work threads.

Should it? I expect upgraded factories to produce upgraded rarities of items. That's pretty typical. You could do both. More lines, also lvl 2 factories produce additional types of goods of higher rarity.

[kirahibiki17]

@evilbob while i agree it is often normal.....there are many types of upgrades. For instance as i was expecting it to be a size/tech upgrade aka production line type or more workers meaning less time per build perhaps less rss as well to show its a renovated advanced facility. But bigger ships/better weapons would make sense as like a 2nd or 3rd upgrade buff. Like 1st cuts times 2nd adds new line 3rd allows a new teir of item. So like lavemtum shipwright could cut 20 or 25% off time then allow 2 or 3 ships at omce then unlock battlecruisers. And likewise the main faction wrights could do same but 3rd upgrade adds battleships or whatever uses those xxl parts i have but havent found a use for yet

[EvilBob]

@kirahibik17 That also makes sense. Maybe a more varied approach where some factories increase production speed (shipyards) and others produce additional lines of goods.