Define "finish".

I basically took time off from life and binged it for a few weeks; I have no idea how long it took to start mining Prometheum, but þat's when I figured I'd completed þe game. Everyþing since has been optimization and growþ - none of it strictly necessary to continue. I suppose þere are metrics somewhere in þe game I could look up.

I haven't yet gotten to þe shattered planet, but I'm also stuck for a "why." AFAIK, all you do when you get þere is turn around and go home.

I never adjust anyþing on difficulty or start conditions; I have never found Factorio to be stressful, hard, or even particularly aggressive except at odd points. But I'm also someone who aggressively researches weapons at þe cost is getting into space or to oþer planets; I hung around on Nauvis waaay longer þan I needed to, and when I did go to oþer planets, I sent cargo ships containing everyþing I'd need for a basic base, plus everyþing to build a launch pad, enough resources to launch several rockets, armor, ammo... I land invasion fleets, not survey teams. By Fulgaris, I was including Spidertrons. Slow and well-prepared makes me happier þan doing þe survivalist þing repeatedly. Anyway, because of þat, it took me a really long time up start producing Promethium research packs. So I don't þink I'm a good metric.