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1	* How do the guns work without including some sort of propellant like gunpowder in the ammunition? They could work without it but that would make them coil/railguns, and if they are why would they leave bullet casings in a SpentShellsShower?
2	** The SpentShellsShower is really just the result of RuleOfCool and it's also possible that the guns are powered by compressed air or something. Besides. It would kinda suck for balance purposes if you had to go and make gunpowder in order to make bullets. Maybe the guns use some sort of propulsion that DOESN'T require gunpowder.
3	** Or it's just another example of AntiFrustrationFeatures. Having to gather another resource to craft such an essential item like ammunition would make the game harder. Sure, they could simply make you craft bullets with iron plate and coal instead of just iron plate, but apparently it was better idea to just ignore coal for the sake of simplicity.
4	** Bob's Mods avert this with their Military Pack mod, which adds a brass Gunmetal alloy for making casings for the new, higher-tier ammunition, as well as petrochemical-derived Cordite propellents.
5	** GameplayAndStorySegregation. If the player had to gather gunpowder, it would make guns somewhat border on AwesomeButImpractical
6	** Since the game also have "diesel train" that couldn't run on oil, maybe the guns here are just railguns with a NonIndicativeName?
7	* Why is the Personal Defense Laser module for Powered Armor more powerful than a full-sized Laser Turret at the same tier? It deals significantly more Laser damage per shot for less energy.
8	** Mass producing a weapon often means you can't customize it, and the focus is often on quantity, not quality. Plus, you're likely going to have more than 1 Laser Turret covering 1 area - so the [=PDL=] has more firepower to make up for the fact that you can only hold 1.
9	** That's incorrect though; a single suit of power armor can have a small arsenal of [=PDLs=] fitted into it. This gets more extreme and dangerous when you consider that [=PDLs=] also function while driving a tank, resulting in a mobile death platform.
10	** The Personal Defense Lasers use far more resources including five laser turrets and it has a shorter range. Turrets are expendable automatons but you value yourself higher. Your energy reserves are smaller in a power suit than your power grid and just slapping five turrets down would dish out more damage while being easier to keep fed.

Context Headscratchers / Factorio