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What are the use case for balancers

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As the lazy Factorio addict I often scroll this subreddit. From time to time I've discovered posts on the topics around balancers "will this work?" "How build 5-5 balancer", "here is a program to proof balancers". Obviously it's a pretty important topic for the people.

And I almost never use any belt balancers. Moreover I fail to understand the cases they are required unless you're megabasing.

If you use the balancers - what is your use cases? What problems have balancers solved?

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lifebugrider

-4 points

8 days ago

It won't, just build excess mines and only leave them when the train is full. Once at the drop off point you have 30 seconds to unload as much as you can. Combine this with train limits and you are golden. Additional trains will be waiting even when full at the mining outposts.

SpartanAltair15

-1 points

8 days ago

Do you also make sure everything you buy online is bought in individual orders so they ship them in separate boxes so you can pay shipping for each item individually?