milliamsFriday Facts #373 - Factorio: Space Age
While painful, it makes sense to push cliff explosives into later game. Cliffs are completely irrelevant in the current game, as you get the tech to blow them up so soon that they don’t manage to affect your base layout.
ChaillesCliffs are generally pretty irrelevant even without the ability to blow them up. Just going around or using an Underground belt works.
They shape your factory though and that is probably the reason for their existence.
Annoyed_🦀 Not really, you ought to build a rail and it can be a pain in the ass to go around cliffs some times.
CosmicApeMe, who plays with cliffs turned off: Oh yea, that'll totally suck.