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Description Template (Game Messages) Related Tags 0% This document has not been started. Mechanics This document is about game mechanics. Weighted Resource Average This section describes how the weighted average experimental quality is calculated based on resource attributes. Essentially, for each experimental statistic there is weighted average quality that depends on a) the attributes of each resource used b) the amount of each resource required by the schematic c) the weighting of each attribute. Depending on the number of resources and attributes, this can be very simple (for example, in the case of batteries, only one resource and one attribute) or very complex (multiple resources and multiple attributes, each with different weights). To illustrate examples, lightsaber and armor schematics will be used. The Basics When you experiment on a piece of armor, you get three options, one of which is Experimental Quality. Experimenting on experimental quality raises the base resists of the item. However, in order to know how experimentation will effect the base item, you first need to calculate the weighted average quality of the item for that particular experimental statistic. The weighted average quality for Experimental Quality on all armor is based on the Overall Quality and Shock Resistance at a 50-50 ratio. The shock resistance of each material multiplied by the quantity used divided by the sum of the total quantites of the materials used. This will give you the average shock resistance for the item. The same process is performed for Overall Quality and a weighted average of the two (50/50 in this case) is determined. For materials that do not have one of the values (for example solid petrochem fuel), the equation simply removes that factor from the calculation. For example, say you're making a composite helm using the following materials (we're only going to list the OQ/Shock of these theoretical materials, since that's all applies to resistances): Intrusive Ore 800 Overall Quality, 900 Shock Resistance Shock Solid Petrochem Fuel 950 Overall Quality Nabooian Fiberplast 700 Overall Quality, 900 Shock Resistance Aluminum 600 Overall Quality, 800 Shock Resistance Beyrllius Copper 700 Overall Quality, 400 Shock Resistance Wooly Hide 900 Overall Quality, 600 Shock Resistance You're looking effectively using the following total quality of material... ((((70*800) + (70*950) + (35*700) + (40*600) + (30*700) + (30*900)) / (70 + 70 + 35 + 40 + 30 + 30 )) + (((70*900) + (35*900) + (40*800) + (30*400) + (30*600)) / (70 + 36 + 40 + 30 + 30)))) / 2 In the above equations, the average OQ would be 796 while the average SR would be 729. Consequently, the weighted average material rating for this experimental attribute would be 762.5. The full equation for finding the weighted average attribute quality is described below: General equation: OQ1: Material 1 Overall Quality SR1: Material 1 Shock Resistance n1: Number of Material 1 required in schematic OQ2: Material 2 Overall Quality Material 2 does not have a Shock Resistance n2: Number of Material 2 required in schematic OQ3: Material 3 Overall Quality SR3: Material 3 Shock Resistance n3: Number of Material 3 required in schematic ( ( (( OQ1 x n1 ) + ( OQ2 x n2 ) + ( OQ3 x n3 )) ) + ( (( SR1 x n1 ) + ( SR3 x n3 )) ) ) ------------------------ ( n1 + n2 + n3 ) ------------------------ ( n1 + n3 ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 2 ) Variable Resource Weights Another way of looking at the weighted averages is by examining how this system works within the confines of lightsaber construction. The following examples will be using 4th generation light saber schematics which require a total of 5 distinct resources, being Duralloy Steel, Titanium Aluminum, Polymer, Culsion Inert Gas, Polysteel Copper. To demonstrate the equations I use the following resources: Duralloy steel : Skisref - 611 CD 974 OQ 943 SR 992 UT Titanium aluminium : Vepacis - 382 CD 921 OQ 391 SR 325 UT Polymer : Iose - 993 OQ 785 SR 982 UT Culsion Inert Gas : Moilekit - 942 OQ Polysteel copper : Aloiam - 969 CD 980 OQ 787 SR 776 UT Lightsabers have the following experimentation lines and properties: Experimental Damage Attack Speed Conductivity 50% Overall Quality 50% Maximum Damage Conductivity 33% Overall Quality 66% Minimum Damage Conductivity 33% Overall Quality 66% Wound Chance Conductivity 50% Overall Quality 50% Experimental Efficiency Attack Action Cost Overall Quality 100% Attack Health Cost Overall Quality 100% Attack Mind Cost Overall Quality 100% Force Power Cost Conductivity 33% Overall Quality 66% 1. 50/50 2. 33/66 3. 100 4. 25/25/50 5. 25/75 6. 20/50/30 7. 75/25 8. 66/33 9. 33/33/33 10. 50/25/25 11. 40/20/40 12. 60/40 13. 66/16/16 14. 40/60 15. 25/25/25/25 Source References Source Source in Context