Friday Facts #409 - Diminishing beacons | Factorio
https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-409
Hello, Today we're going to take a look at a feature some of us have dreamt of changing for years now - the beacon transmission. The main purpose of beacons is to allow massively increasing your production in the late game while being more than just a module or a faster machine. To make use of beacons you need to adjust your building layout for them. Beacons succeed in this role, but...
It's nice to see the continued balancing and optimization work that they're doing, and more modding capabilities is always great.