Simple but cool. Do it. Nice one Jasdemi. +1

I agree with you on the need for a mech hauler with a capacity somewhere between the Sequer and the Lithus (prob 160U). Newer players need this bot.

In the long run (and its been said in a number of threads already so I won't dwell) we need a new division for transport bots with two or three in each of the light, assault, mech and heavy range.

A look at that graph and I think the formulae for Repair and Recycle are:

Repair = 3/( (p/25) +4 )
Recycle = 1 - (3/( (p/25) +4 ))

ofc, the graph does not provide me with particularly acurate numbers so if someone could test in game (I'm on lunch break atm and won't have much time in the coming days either) that would be grand.

I guessing that repair formula is also multiplied by some sort of base cost for the mod in question and the amount of repair required to get a final figure in NIC.

I don't have formulas for recycling, repair or time but if I was provided with enough of the correct type of raw data I'm sure I could work it out quite quickly.

Alternatively you could ask DEV Alf. I heard a rumour that he was thinking of making formulae public anyway. Is this true, Alf?

STOP STOP STOP!!! I can't take it anymore.

No more threads about EP resets ... and while I think of it no more about PLEX type systems either.

If you want to talk about these things find an existing thread and post in there.

It should not be possible to recycle any item which is seeded, no matter what price it is seeded at.

This is also another thing I like about high prices for mechs/heavies and T4 mods - the hook. Something to aim for that is long term that hooks people into the game. It is no secret that new player retention has been low. The more time you can get a player to invest in the game the more likely they are to stay.

My hunch is that making higher tier mods and mechs/heavies less accessible and more 'elite' will actually increase player retention. Good for the game in the long term.

If farming is harder, money is harder to make and bots and high tier mods are more expensive then consequences of loss are higher. imo this makes the game more exciting, gives an edge to PvP. Shooting games with non-consequential loss (or very little consequences) are repetative, require no brain-power and are boring as a result. Don't get me wrong, there is a place for such games, some enjoy them but I don't and I'm pretty sure the Perp DEVs are not trying to create one.

This is all a personal opinion, of course, but this is what I was thinking when I said that in the long run the whole game will improve.

Because is the long run the whole game gets better.

Agree. Good job DEVs. It also looks better and runs a lot more smoothly on my machine.

Would be interested to know from the DEVs how much they think the test server helped in terms of time to deployment, bugs and balancing.

Been having a long think about this one - its tricky. Having played with the numbers I'm leaning towards a solution of using two decoders to make a CT and doubling the points on CTs. One decoder determines the starting points and the other decides the number of items manufacturable before the CT expires.

This brings back the significance of the decoder and the CT. I didn't test a decoder lab on gamma - is it possible to make decoders higher than level 10?