I have reported the mechanics of this exploit some time ago but without it getting much attention. I've made a video to show what the exploit can do when scaled up to make CP and rubber in portions of 60.
Do you guys think this can be left in the game or not? (Admittedly, it's not the kind of exploit that ruins the game for the new or casual gamer.)
Maybe you should, like, explain what the exploit is? And no, a video doesn't explain it. At least for me
Sure. If you add a connector to the end of a belt, and then attach a ghost entity (e.g. sorter) to make the connector ”believe” it is redundant, then another connector in the middle of the first belt (to trigger the redundancy check), then both connectors will convert to belt segments and voilá, your belt is now 1 segment longer.
Then you can delete the segment at the end, take the materials, and repeat the process.