Suggestion- Adding some form of "inserters"

Question

Not sure if this is already planned for the late game. Having some form of an "inserter" to take items from one machine and insert into another. From what I can tell so far they hope to achieve all of this with conveyors. If that's the goal, then ok I can live with it. However, I feel like it would be nice to be able to transfer objects with more than just conveyors. I think of the game Factorio if any of you have played it.

Answer 1

I believe this is intentional, to allow the game to be more accessible to new users to the whole factory genre.
I remeber Jace mentioning the accesibility part in the livestream at least.

Though, having an option to take additional outputs out of a machine, for example, an overclocked production machine such as screws, using something like a pipe inserter would be an interesting way to bring the max out of your factory.

Answer 2

Why Factorio? You mean inserter like in fortresscraft. They are cool. Yes (;

But it will not fit in the animations. The machines need a place where the stuff can be picked up and down.

Answer 3

I hope they don't make it too casual (boring).