Human alpha proving difficult to build

[Man_CRNA]

I'm finding it difficult to lay out the factory for the humans in such a way that it'll allow me to build an epic alpha. See the problem lies with the fact that the human large factory is limited to only three tech attachments.

The beta had the large hub with four attachment slots and you could literally lay out the groundwork for the hand of ruk in about ten seconds. Very easy.

With humans, you have to build a tech attachment, then the factory, then the rest of the tech attachments. It's not really intuitive.

Is there a reason the large factory for humans is limited to three tech attachments while the beta have the capability of four?

It just kind of makes the building of an alpha tedious.

[Damn Dirty Ape]

As a human player, I don't really know how to answer this.

You have to build at least one tech attachment before you can access the large factory anyway, for both races... Wouldn't you think it wise to build your first small factory and tech attachment in such a manner than you can immediately expand upon it with a large factory?

I mean there's actually no time loss..? I might not be 100% right here but the way I understand it, as a human player you only need to build 3 more tech attachments after you build your large factory, in order to start creating your epic unit(if you are smart).

As a beta player: you need to build one tech attachment to unlock the large factory and then 4 more onto your large hub once it's built, so wouldn't that actually take longer? (theoretically, since money could be an issue, and I don't know the actual build times for buildings)

Like... That's just kinda how human faction works. It makes sense game-play wise, maybe it's just not your style.

IDK, one of us is right though.

[Man_CRNA]

i see your point ape. maybe i just need to practice the build queues to get the timing down.

[Man_CRNA]

OK. this is what I don't get.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMBQD_3zPeY

Video portrays a large factory with all four techs attached and the option to build an alpha is still unavailable because it doesn't recognize two of the factories attached. What did I do wrong?

[tourist]

When you build the tech building, there is a little circle on a side of the tech attachment that shows the side that it will connect to the factory or another structure. You have the Air and Stealth attachments not connected because they are connected to the conduits opposite the factory.

If this happens, you can teleport the tech structure to another location, then back. If a counduit appears where the structure was originally placed then just alt+s (sell) the conduit to open up that spot to teleport back to.

edit: if you can afford the cost, you can build the tech buildings (like by themselves on a conduit line) before or during the construction of the large factory and teleport the tech buildings in place when they are finished.

[Man_CRNA]

thank you. so in that video, all id need to do is teleport the tech that wasn't "attached" (even though it was adjacent) and then telport it back to be attached?

[tourist]

Yes, but make sure the tech attachments are connecting to the factory via the circle notification. They usually align properly when teleporting, can't say always.