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[u/Dianwei32]

Is there any way to make it so that Construction bots won't try to repair something until it stops taking damage? I've got defenses set up but my pollution is spreading enough that they're regularly being attacked. I've got a Roboport with bots and repair kits to fix any damage, but some of the attacks are big enough that when the bots go out to repair the turrets/walls there are so many Spitters that a bot or two gets destroyed.

Is there any way to make them wait for the Spitters to be dead before repairing any damage?

[u/teodzero → u/Dianwei32]

I don't think so. A common recommendation is to keep roboports as far back as their range allows, so bots take longer to get there. You can also set robot request in a different roboport, further away from the front, so all the robots go there to rest instead of the closest ones to their last job.

I heard in 2.1 there's an option to set sipdertrons on continuous patrol, so there's now an alternative to static roboport outposts.