What on earth is this?

This is a modpack which is my preferred method of playing through Factorio. It is essentially a slight rebalance of the game to be more combat oriented and more early game focused. The goal is less "launch the rocket" and is instead "survive"

Some enemies are just MEGA tough? What's up with that?

The mod that changes the enemies to Zerg has "boss" enemies that show up every now and then. They cannot be disabled. I would like to make a setting for this in the future, but I need to learn some LUA before that's possible.

Why aren't planet overhaul mods added in, like alien biomes etc?

You totally can! I personally prefer the original Factorio biomes and resources and have structured this pack to be "balanced" around them. Feel free to remix and make your own additions to play how you like. My advice is to be weary when adding new "combat" mechanics as they tend to be quite overpowered.