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Is it better to refine a lot of ice at one time vs small batchs ?

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Dawn Kugisa
Doomheim
#1 - 2016-01-27 23:23:39 UTC
Read somewhere (can't find it now) that it's better to pack an refining array with ice before refining due to the way the rounding works or is that incorrect I think the example given was that you wouldn't get the 1 stront from something if you did small batches.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#2 - 2016-01-28 18:18:59 UTC
Large as possible.

Compress an completely fill the array.

Unlike stations, the arrays round to zero NOT nearest. i.e. one block will yield 0 strontium clathrates.
Dawn Kugisa
Doomheim
#3 - 2016-02-03 00:54:37 UTC
Thank you !
Artemis Dalvik
Arxersize Industries
#4 - 2016-02-03 19:27:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Artemis Dalvik
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Large as possible.

Compress an completely fill the array.

Unlike stations, the arrays round to zero NOT nearest. i.e. one block will yield 0 strontium clathrates.


If this is how it truly works (Im taking your word for it) than you're not quite accurate. Using a large amount would not necessarily remove the rounding losses.

EX.

assume 10 ice yields 1 stront

so if you refine anywhere between 11-19 you're losing a fraction of stront. Likewise you would lose that same fraction if you refined 1011-1019.

Its true that the fewer times you do the refine, the less you would lose (hence "completely fill the array"), but if you simply always refine a multiple of the base amount (here 10) you will incur no rounding loses. In this example 10 has the same efficiency as 1000.

Next time Im in game I'll edit with actual numbers

Edit:

It looks like the multiple you need is going to be based on your skills and the efficiency of the refining array. This means you have to find the multiple for yourself and the "refine as large an amount as you can" is probably easier advice to follow.