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The original was posted on /r/factorio by /u/PMmePowerRangerMemes on 2024-10-19 05:01:03+00:00.
I guess I always assumed that they were for holding material while you did a redesign.
But no, they're just there so you can make a custom logistics order for when you're gonna work on a part of the factory for a bit and you need a lot of stuff.
Like, OK, we're gonna add a couple smelting columns and upgrade to blue belts. Let's place down a buffer chest, give it an order for 120 smelters, 500 blue belts, some grabbers and electric poles. Now the logistic bots will go fetch all that stuff for you, bring it to the "construction site," while the construction bots focus on actually building.
I def see why people think they're kinda useless. Am I still missing anything? Are there other uses for them?