Expansion theories?

[Dezerker]

So since its been forever since we've gotten any information on the expansion i was wondering, what does everyone think will be added?


Also i hope we get some more info soon, I personally would like to see something like the Cargo ships mod or Aircraft added to the game

[schnappkatze]

I expect it to improve one aspect in which the game is rather lacking: The enemies.
Because a) this is at the moment a rather underdeveloped feature and basically just a resource drain and b) because the one image that we got as a teaser for the expansion seems to display an alien.

[shadain597]

Dimension. Whether that be terrain height, going underground in a meaningful way, building up, building above/below the waves, or journeying into space, I expect at least one of these things to happen. Maybe factory buildings, like Factorissimo 2, though I think an official version of that is less likely than an official take on Space Exploration.

Additionally, some new method of logistical transport. Quite possibly something akin to the transport drone mod, which fits between bots and trains. Or, if we're going to space, spaceships that can make automated deliveries.

[Hurkyl]

I mildly speculate they'll get the fluid overhaul to work, and include that in the update to the base game.

[Porcupine]

Train bridges (like underground belts, but also over water) would be slick. TTD did it, thus Factorio shall as well, since TTD is largely the blueprint on "doing rails right" :)

[Hedning]

Layers, like underground and space.

[AlexMBrennan]

I expect it to improve one aspect in which the game is rather lacking: The enemies.

This seems extremely unlikely - given that you can turn off enemies I would assume that a large number of players would have no interest in such a DLC. Wube will probably pick something with more universal appeal.

[Delle(DK)]

A guess.
Maybe we will see aliens who can dig under the defensive walls if not delt with by your base defences.. Or maybe a flying bug that need to be delt with via AA guns

But elsi think there will be a space layer where we can produce unique late game items, who know maybe even space lasers that can defend zones on the map, or a super weapon that can take outan entire alien base ( just like nuclear artillery ).
Maybe even long range jet or heli attack drones you can send to take out enemy base or make them patrole your walls.
Or what about upgraded walls with an electric fence on the top as a kind of defence against flying aliens.

Els random events that can be good or bad. Example alien super base show up on the map.
Or hive queen detected, take it out to avoid large invation in 2 houres from now.
Or big deep resource vain, build a deep mining rig to reach it.
Build a super project that give you example a space elevator so you dont have to use rockets to move resources up and down from space.

Well that is a few ideas.

[shadain597]

Originally posted by AlexMBrennan:

I expect it to improve one aspect in which the game is rather lacking: The enemies.

This seems extremely unlikely - given that you can turn off enemies I would assume that a large number of players would have no interest in such a DLC. Wube will probably pick something with more universal appeal.

It's an expansion that is supposedly going to have the same amount of content as the base game. As such, it be weird to have no new enemies. Especially since weapons are also a huge draw. No new enemies = little reason for new weapons.

As an aside, while I think its great that the vanilla game is so customizable, I'm quite certain that having enemies enabled is the "intended" way to play, and it seems pretty reasonable that the expansion will reflect that--though I also expect that playing with enemies on will continue to be optional.

[Dezerker]

Originally posted by schnappkatze:

I expect it to improve one aspect in which the game is rather lacking: The enemies.
Because a) this is at the moment a rather underdeveloped feature and basically just a resource drain and b) because the one image that we got as a teaser for the expansion seems to display an alien.

I do hope to get more enemies and ways to fight them

[Dezerker]

Originally posted by Delle(DK):

A guess.
Maybe we will see aliens who can dig under the defensive walls if not delt with by your base defences.. Or maybe a flying bug that need to be delt with via AA guns

But elsi think there will be a space layer where we can produce unique late game items, who know maybe even space lasers that can defend zones on the map, or a super weapon that can take outan entire alien base ( just like nuclear artillery ).
Maybe even long range jet or heli attack drones you can send to take out enemy base or make them patrole your walls.
Or what about upgraded walls with an electric fence on the top as a kind of defence against flying aliens.

Els random events that can be good or bad. Example alien super base show up on the map.
Or hive queen detected, take it out to avoid large invation in 2 houres from now.
Or big deep resource vain, build a deep mining rig to reach it.
Build a super project that give you example a space elevator so you dont have to use rockets to move resources up and down from space.

Well that is a few ideas.

Diggy bugs would be terrifying, and the idea of multi stage mega projects sounds cool

[Lost Question]

I just hope that there will be more expansions cause I wish to throw a bit more cash at the devs
as for the content from the only pic i have seen (and that was quite a while ago) looked like either something aquatic or space faring, If I had to guess we will be getting factorio ocean floor, then final frontier, then warmachines

[Vyndicu]

I watched a video of how Factorio would look if it were Three-Dimension. I don't think they would go this far, but a man can dream.

Being slightly more reasonable, I suspect we will see more features, such as new biomes, new resources, new buildings, aliens, new production lines, more technologies, and more baseline features being added, via expansion, that could not be modded.


I do remember Wube saying that they wanted to do an expansion without adding features that could be modded, which is why I am surprised how some people in this thread are not thinking outside of the box.

To be clear, the expansion will not be 'just' a mod, the game engine itself will have some significant improvements and technical backing to make many of the new gameplay features possible.

Source: https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-367

[Danny in Space]

Watered down version of Space Exploration with 1/10th the content that costs at least 30 dollars.

[Dezerker]

Originally posted by Vyndicu:

I watched a video of how Factorio would look if it were Three-Dimension. I don't think they would go this far, but a man can dream.

Being slightly more reasonable, I suspect we will see more features, such as new biomes, new resources, new buildings, aliens, new production lines, more technologies, and more baseline features being added, via expansion, that could not be modded.


I do remember Wube saying that they wanted to do an expansion without adding features that could be modded, which is why I am surprised how some people in this thread are not thinking outside of the box.

To be clear, the expansion will not be 'just' a mod, the game engine itself will have some significant improvements and technical backing to make many of the new gameplay features possible.

Source: https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-367

3rd dimension is something i still have dreams of for a game like this

[Dezerker]

Originally posted by Lost Question:

I just hope that there will be more expansions cause I wish to throw a bit more cash at the devs
as for the content from the only pic i have seen (and that was quite a while ago) looked like either something aquatic or space faring, If I had to guess we will be getting factorio ocean floor, then final frontier, then warmachines

Ocean floor and space exploration sounds cool, actually the ocean floor sounds terrifying and cool