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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I never used beacons because they forced you to trade interesting gameplay for performance.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 2 points 6 months ago

My designs have never been good enough to optimize much. I just scale out instead.

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I only use them for oil outposts when they are running dry

[–] amda@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They make for an interesting design challenge at first. Until you start reusing the same design over and over again

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago

Letting people play ‘tall’ is great, but the current implementation stifles creativity.