Datacore farming: Difference between revisions

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The formula for how many research points you'll get in a day is:

((Agent Skill + ~~Your~~ Skill)^2 * (1 + Effective Quality / 100)) * Area Bonus

Field multiplier * (1 + (Agent Quality + Negotiation * 5 )/ 100) * (Agent Skill + Science Skill)^2

where:

* Agent Skill: Determined by the Level of the agent. Level 3 agents will have Level III of the appropriate research skill.

* ~~Your~~ Skill: Determined by your training in the research skill.

* Science Skill: Determined by your training in the research skill (e.g. Quantum Physics).

* ~~Effective~~ Quality: ~~is your effective quality (after Negotiation, Connection, etc.) with~~ the ~~Agent~~.

* Agent Quality: After the recent changes to the agent system this will be 20 by default.

* ~~Area Bonus~~: Depends on the research field. Most fields have no modifier (e.g. 1), weapon-area research is doubled (2), and ship research is tripled (3). Don't worry about this one too much - as the price of datacores is scaled to the area bonus.

* Field multiplier: Depends on the research field. Most fields have no modifier (e.g. 1), weapon-area research is doubled (2), and ship research is tripled (3). Don't worry about this one too much - as the price of datacores is scaled to the area bonus.

There are two ~~additional~~ skills that can improve the amount of RPs generated per day. These are:

There are only two skills that can improve the amount of RPs generated per day. These are:

* Negotiation: Directly improves the effective quality of your agent, and is the most efficient skill for raising the number of RPs you earn each day. Negotiation IV, for example, raises Effective Quality by nearly 20 points.

* Area Specific Skill (Mechanical Engineering, etc): Each level of your skill in this area increases the "Your Skill" part of the equation listed above. Train this skill to level 4 or higher.

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 The formula for how many research points you'll get in a day is:
-((Agent Skill + Your Skill)^2 * (1 + Effective Quality / 100)) * Area Bonus
+Field multiplier * (1 + (Agent Quality + Negotiation * 5 )/ 100) * (Agent Skill + Science Skill)^2
 where:
 * Agent Skill: Determined by the Level of the agent. Level 3 agents will have Level III of the appropriate research skill.
-* Your Skill: Determined by your training in the research skill.
+* Science Skill: Determined by your training in the research skill (e.g. Quantum Physics).
-* Effective Quality: is your effective quality (after Negotiation, Connection, etc.) with the Agent.
+* Agent Quality: After the recent changes to the agent system this will be 20 by default.
-* Area Bonus: Depends on the research field. Most fields have no modifier (e.g. 1), weapon-area research is doubled (2), and ship research is tripled (3). Don't worry about this one too much - as the price of datacores is scaled to the area bonus.
+* Field multiplier: Depends on the research field. Most fields have no modifier (e.g. 1), weapon-area research is doubled (2), and ship research is tripled (3). Don't worry about this one too much - as the price of datacores is scaled to the area bonus.
-There are two additional skills that can improve the amount of RPs generated per day.  These are:
+There are only two skills that can improve the amount of RPs generated per day.  These are:
 * Negotiation: Directly improves the effective quality of your agent, and is the most efficient skill for raising the number of RPs you earn each day. Negotiation IV, for example, raises Effective Quality by nearly 20 points.
 * Area Specific Skill (Mechanical Engineering, etc): Each level of your skill in this area increases the "Your Skill" part of the equation listed above. Train this skill to level 4 or higher.