User:Ianator/Guide:EfficiencyBreakdown

ATTENTION! As of the Combat Update many late-tech structures now include Efficiency bonuses. The math on this page may need to be reworked as a result!

Efficiency Breakdown Guide

The following is intended as a guide to maximizing a single building's output. It assumes all technologies have been researched and the necessary infrastructure is present to produce as many buildings and components as desired. Medium and Large Efficiency Modules will be covered in a later "Hypothetical" section as they are not yet legitimately obtainable.

The term "Miner" used in the math below is a placeholder example. As this is solely a comparison of the most efficient use of slots it is assumed that the Laser Mining Tool and Advanced Miner Drone will supplant their lower-tech counterparts at the player's earliest convenience. These measurements are also applicable to weapons like the Small Turret, production components like the Fabricator and any other component whose function is bound entirely to a "work speed" stat.

The Rules:

• Each build will be scored on % Efficiency, defined as its mining work speed.
• % Efficiency is compared against a baseline of 100% Efficiency...
  • from a Small mining component (a "Miner")...
  • on a Small socket...
  • with no additional Efficiency modifiers (such as the integrated +20% Efficiency on an Engineer bot).

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Small Components with Small Efficiency Modules

Definitions:

• Miner: A small component on a small socket which delivers 100% Efficiency.
• OC Miner: A small component on a medium or large socket (overclocked) which delivers 150% Efficiency.
• Sm-EM: A small component which increases all Miners' and OC Miners' Efficiency by 50%.

No Internals

These builds do not use Internal Efficiency Modules.

• Building, 1x1
  • 1S with 1 Miner: 100% Eff.
  • 2S with 2 Miners: 200% Eff.
  • 2S with 1 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 150% Eff.
  • 1M with 1 OC Miner: 150% Eff.

• Building, 1x2
  • 1M with 1 OC Miner: 150% Eff.
  • 1M1S with 1 OC Miner and 1 Miner: 250% Eff.
  • 1M1S with 1 OC Miner and 1 Sm-EM:: 200% Eff.
  • 1M2S with 1 OC Miner and 2 Miner: 350% Eff.
  • 1M2S with 1 OC Miner, 1 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 350% Eff.
  • 1M2S with 1 OC Miner, 2 S-EM and 2 I-EM ea.: 290% Eff.
  • 2M with 2 OC Miner: 300% Eff.
  • 2M with 1 OC Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 200% Eff.

• Building, 2x2
  • 2M with 2 OC Miner: 300% Eff.
  • 2M with 1 OC Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 200% Eff.
  • 3M with 3 OC Miner: 450% Eff.
  • 3M with 2 OC Miner and 1 S-EM: 400% Eff.
  • 1M3S with 1 OC Miner and 3 Miner: 450% Eff.
  • 1M3S with 1 OC Miner, 2 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 500% Eff.
  • 1M3S with 1 OC Miner, 1 Miner and 2 Sm-EM: 450% Eff.
  • 1L2M with 3 OC Miner: 450% Eff.
  • 1L2M with 2 OC Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 400% Eff.

• Building, 2x3
  • 2M2S with 2 OC Miner and 2 Miner: 500% Eff.
  • 2M2S with 2 OC Miner, 1 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 550% Eff.
  • 2M2S with 2 OC Miner and 2 Sm-EM: 500% Eff.
  • 1L3M with 4 OC Miner: 600% Eff.
  • 1L3M with 3 OC Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 600% Eff.

Conclusion:

• Small Efficiency Modules are only beneficial when replacing a single Miner on a 1M3S or 2M2S building frame.
• In all other configurations Sm-EMs are equal or inferior to simply adding more Miner components.

Medium Components with Small Efficiency Modules

Definitions:

• Miner: A medium component on a medium socket which delivers 100% Efficiency.
• OC Miner: A medium component on a large socket (overclocked) which delivers 150% Efficiency.
• Sm-EM: A small component which increases all Miners' and OC Miners' Efficiency by 50% each.

No Internals

These builds do not use Internal Efficiency Modules.

• 1x1
  • 1M with 1 Miner: 100% Eff.
  • 1L with 1 OC Miner: 150% Eff.

• 1x2
  • 1M with 1 Miner: 100% Eff.
  • 1M1S with 1 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 150% Eff.
  • 1M2S with 1 Miner and 2 Sm-EM: 200% Eff.
  • 2M with 2 Miner: 200% Eff.
  • 2M with 1 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 150% Eff.

• 2x2
  • 2M with 2 Miner: 200% Eff.
  • 2M with 1 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 150% Eff.
  • 3M with 3 Miner: 300% Eff.
  • 3M with 2 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 300% Eff.
  • 3M with 1 Miner and 2 Sm-EM: 200% Eff.
  • 1M3S with 1 Miner and 3 Sm-EM: 250% Eff.
  • 1L2M with 1 OC Miner and 2 Miner: 350% Eff.
  • 1L2M with 1 OC Miner, 1 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 350% Eff.

• 2x3
  • 2M2S with 2 Miner and 2 Sm-EM: 400% Eff.
  • 2M2S with 1 Miner and 3 Sm-EM: 250% Eff.
  • 1L3M with 1 OC Miner and 3 Miner: 450% Eff.
  • 1L3M with 1 OC Miner, 2 Miner and 1 Sm-EM: 500% Eff.
  • 1L3M with 1 OC Miner, 1 Miner and 2 Sm-EM: 450% Eff.

Conclusions:

• Small Efficiency Modules do not compete with medium Miners for small sockets. Thus they are beneficial in a wider variety of builds.
• On any building other than the 1L3M, replacing even one medium Miner results in equal or inferior efficiency.

More to come!