I attempted another vanilla run because I was hoping to get the achievements. After realizing that one of the achievements is beat the game in less than 8hrs I kinda lost interest haha. I also just built a shit base I couldn’t defend. But I’m hoping to build up to space exploration and convince some friends to join! I’m thinking I’ll probably do a play through of vanilla>krastorio>maybe 1-2 other mods>SE. I also got really into trains in the last base which was a central bus design. So it may be time to start a modular run.
It’s very cheesy, but for the 8 hour run I found a map seed online that starts you on a large island with little to no biter presence and all the necessary materials for a rocket. Doing so allowed me to focus only on building as quickly as possible.