Talk:Assembly Station/@comment-140891-20190208021616/@comment-86.179.183.26-20190212011246

Upgrading from level 2 to 3 assembly station is more a matter of preference. the level 3 station has 2 pads to build on (allowing for both manual and automatic), automatic building can be mass produced (i.e. build 3 hot air balloons) rather than select blueprint, build, collect and repeat. With regards to the factory, you can get the level 3 upgrade sooner than the factory, but also inside the factory is a remote build station that can access the mats in the factory to produce something on the assembly station (it's got a percentage bar to show how much work is done).

The factory materials not counting as in the player storage is a pet hate of mine. (trade deliveries)

A personnel experience with the level 3 automation:

I had a lot of sand, so I used the factory to create glass... then I made 50 fish tanks (about 2-3 days)... if I tried this manually. i wouldn't have bothered and just sold the glass