It suddenly leapt out at me when i noticed that at 250 points the ratio was 1.1428571 which (as everyone knows) is the decimal equivalent of 1/7 - formula is:

ME = 1+(1/( (p/50) +2) ))

Where ME=material efficiency and p=points. This applies to prototype, factory and refining.

I knew it was a simple

Implications:

To two decimal places 100% efficiency is not achieved until 9901 point (clearly unachievable).
With a 325 point factory, max skills and a 200 point CT (only achievable with a good calllibration lab and a high-tech factory with upgrades on gamma you will only achieve an ME of 1.067114.

Methinks that the curve is a little to shallow at the high end.

Yay to this - just for the added dimension it would add to PvP and bot choice. Thinking in particular about speed bonus/penalty depending on bot's locomotive mechanism (tracks, wheels, legs, hover etc) and terrain type (rock, grass, sand, dirt, concrete etc). Would also add an obvious differentiation for new bot types. "Do I take my assault with tracks or my assault with legs ... hmm?"

and/or a compression module working on raw materials/commodities only. One thing though, make haulers a separate bot group with 9x EP multiplier. We don't want everyone doing it, we want it to be a career choice.

Nor does it hide PBSs. You can't actually see the buildings but since the terrain is flat with a building shaped footprint of impassable hatch its pretty obvious where the things are. I'm guessing that different sized footprints will also be some indication of where defenses are placed.

Also possible to scout attack routes by examining where your enemies might have dug ditches, built mounds since you last came to the island ... and all from the moment you jump in to the teleporter.

I would prefer a 1000m limit on slope capability visibility on the free camera; that should be plenty for using the terraforming tool for what it was intended.

Here are some more stats for April 2012. Apologies for the zero-filling but tables are turned off in the bbcode so this was the best way to make things readable on the forum (believe me its much worse without the zeros). Once again feel free to make nice graphs and charts from the numbers.

I was quite suprised by these numbers so I had to check them to make sure...

Damage Dealt/Bot Type Total - Num of Dealers (Avg per kill): Bot Type
646,623.06 - 472 (1,369.96): Artemis
272,267.89 - 255 (1,067.72): Kain
251,103.81 - 244 (1,029.11): Tyrannos
135,438.65 - 092 (1,472.16): Kain Mk2
127,171.48 - 050 (2,543.43): Mesmer Mk2
111,612.09 - 092 (1,213.17): Waspish Mk2
105,546.20 - 059 (1,788.92): Mesmer
095,038.55 - 069 (1,377.37): Seth
084,497.83 - 156 (0,541.65): Waspish
082,887.75 - 067 (1,237.13): Gropho
080,817.66 - 108 (0,748.31): Baphomet
062,346.52 - 082 (0,760.32): Arbalest
060,386.25 - 059 (1,023.50): Tyrannos Mk2
045,486.81 - 023 (1,977.69): Seth Mk2
035,102.77 - 040 (0,877.57): Prometheus
031,321.24 - 041 (0,763.93): Baphomet Mk2
031,270.26 - 020 (1,563.51): Gropho Mk2
027,655.21 - 054 (0,512.13): Intakt Mk2
020,592.56 - 082 (0,251.13): Cameleon Mk2
017,419.63 - 041 (0,424.87): Cameleon
016,997.62 - 026 (0,653.75): Castel
012,919.31 - 011 (1,174.48): Artemis Mk2
011,314.31 - 018 (0,628.57): Zenith
008,127.63 - 005 (1,625.53): Yagel Mk2
007,904.76 - 013 (0,608.06): Arkhe
006,436.16 - 008 (0,804.52): Vagabond
004,935.83 - 014 (0,352.56): Yagel
004,526.46 - 004 (1,131.61): Castel Mk2
003,608.44 - 016 (0,225.53): Troiar Mk2
002,728.40 - 007 (0,389.77): Prometheus Mk2
002,342.14 - 012 (0,195.18): Troiar
002,188.93 - 009 (0,243.21): Intakt
001,878.31 - 032 (0,058.70): Ictus
001,468.61 - 002 (0,734.30): Zenith Mk2
001,257.07 - 008 (0,157.13): Ictus Mk2
001,037.46 - 003 (0,345.82): Termis
000,927.54 - 002 (0,463.77): Argano
000,249.56 - 005 (0,049.91): Symbiont

In some respects I think that would be helpful. However, the pie does reveal quite neatly that half of all the bots destroyed are one of 6 types. Useful info for Indy corps.

I'm going to write a script to rip some other stats that might be interesting:
Damage dealt by bot type.
Bot types doing the killing.

... of course, if I had the raw data I could do it in a heartbeat. As it is it'll have to wait until I finish doing paid work.

Anyone else noticed something similar with cortexes? I've got only one cortex in the last couple of weeks and I must have popped about 100 artefacts in that time.

Tough to tell whether its rotten luck or something more sinister. After all, I did get 9 consecutive rabid supreme mechs/heavies on Shinj two days ago and I just accepted that. I guess there's something very human about attributing bad luck to things beyond our control and good luck to our own brilliance.

It'll all shake itself level quickly enough and then no-one will remember. Heck, no-one even noticed until you brought it up.