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First, are they all crafting the same (same tool and all coming out as Great successes on the initial or did you get an amazing on one of them)

Some quick thoughts though:
#1: Final product should be 77.75% quality
#2: Final product should be 83.45% quality
#3: Final product should be 88.025% quality

**Math on that one: ((((PErad + OQrad) / 2) + OQsteel)/20
**Logic on math: For one, that's the same type of formula to determine the max damage on weapons, which has never proven me wrong. It's quite simply ((PErad * 50% + OQrad * 50% + OQsteel * 100%) / 2)/10, or, in a more general term, ((Stat * weight)/number of materials)/10 (to get a final percent). Just repeat the (Stat * Weight) section for each stat needed.

So, from that perspective, #1 and #2 look about right, but #3 looks like it was just a "Good success" on the initial craft instead of a Great. Yes, #3 should give you the best maximum damage.

And, not in game atm or I'd run it through, but using that formula with the resources I craft my QuickFires gives me:
Steel: OQ 1000
Radio: PE 962 OQ 838

Final product: 95.0% quality, which seems about right.

I know those materials are setup for 97.49% total quality on my quickfires, which makes one hell of a gun. Never really tried it with missles, so don't have numbers to run off of with those resources.

There is no bug at work here. I used to make the same mistake. The SCHEMATIC is 50% OQ 50% PE. Because steel does not have a PE, the quality of the steel is only used in half of the calculation. The calculation looks like this:

Missile One: (1000/1250*996+250/1250*317)/2 + 802/2 = 831 = 83.1%
Missile Two: (1000/1250*996+250/1250*474)/2 + 872/2 = 881 = 88.1%
Missile Three: (1000/1250*996+250/1250*993)/2 + 536/2 = 765 = 76.5%

Because steel does not have a PE, the PE of the radioactive has a huge effect.

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Nearro wrote:

So, from that perspective, #1 and #2 look about right, but #3 looks like it was just a "Good success" on the initial craft instead of a Great. Yes, #3 should give you the best maximum damage.

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I have the same result when trying to make high damage missles. On my server we have had bad luck on getting nice Shipwright Radioactive and Fiberplast. I have only a few hundred more of the 994 PE radioactive that I use to make the really nice missles I sell. Even though I do have the best average radioactive in stock, the value of the PE for making Reactors, Capacitors and Missles makes getting a good amount of Radioactive hard to find.If you do start making great missles, you should make sure you can keep providing such, otherwise your customers may end up shopping elsewhere.

Very interesting. I'll definately have to run some tests using that formula on my weapons to see what kind of impact that has. The one I posted above I use for figuring out Min/Max/vsShield/vsArmor/Refire rates on weapons, and as of yet, it's 99.8% accurate, or better, when prediciting the final output.

The real curious thing is if they use different formulas for different components. I'll post more info on it once I run some more tests.

Go for high quality Lubeoil instead of Polymer in parts that require chemicals...you won't have to worry about the extra stat that polymer introduces.