I build a lot of spread out bases in Factorio, but often go out of my way to not use logistic bots for builds, preferring belts and trains instead.
However, when building these, I often want a bot network for construction and personal logistics. The amount of roboports, bot travel time and passive drain required for large bases annoyed me, and I wanted a way to effectively buff this playstyle without making requester chests any better.
So I buffed bots.
Then removed requester chests.
Changes:
- Bots are 4 times faster, and have double battery capacity. Roboports area coverage radius is doubled, and charge time is quadrupled.
- Requester chests, buffer chests and active provider chests are removed.
--- The relevant tech still unlocks tank logistics, but tanks are no longer affected by inserters. No cheese for you. (The tech is cheaper now though.)
(Note that if added to an existing save, existing requester chests etc. will remain functional.)