It's designed like this so you can specialize each factory for a certain type of unit. Like combining long range units and tanky ones.
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I very much like the specializing stats system. The only downside is if you misclick anything, it's absolutely devastating. Factory health is useless, for example. And range turns into a downgrade when enemies can AOE your factories if your units are ranged and dont move away from the factories as a result.