Talk:Streamline/@comment-94.195.19.1-20130427014720/@comment-8784539-20130427224700

The reason I offered up "Cost = (X / (1 + (Y / 100))) Where X is the Base Cost, and Y is the numerical value Streamline displays" is because whilst people who understand math know that percentages are usually expressed as decimals, people who are less math-wise are liable to mix up 0.1, 1.1 and 0.9 when dealing with "10%" as, depending on the equation/formula, all of those act as ways of expressing 10%. It also isn't actually against any "globally accepted mathematical processes" as it merely expands the actual working further to define the percentage as the decimal, which any decent mathematician will do. It may seem unnecessary but it helps provide clarity.

On top of that, the second reason I shared it is because anyone with windows calc can plug exactly what I wrote in and get the right numbers from their own stats. What is currently on offer, whilst significantly improved, leaves significant more margin for human error. But I digress.

Anyways, have a good one. I'll keep an eye on this page and see how things develop, and I might even ask DE why they chose such an overly confusing [for the average player] method of implimentation for streamline.

~Laevatein TA