(09-18-2018, 11:05 AM)Vectorus Wrote: The idea of refining resources for a reduced but higher quality output has been suggested before. It was usually rejected because it was too wide-ranging, turning infinitely abundant lead into gold; but a quality-averaging system is much more limited in scope. Since it is actually the current system and no one has strenuously objected to that aspect of it in the year we've lived with it, I think it needs more than a one-word dismissal. I'm sure you're able to provide one, but you haven't yet.
The reason for not having a magical "make my crap better so I don't have to do any work" / "quality improving" machine has never changed. It removes the whole reason for exploration and expansion.
The fact the it increased quality of production once buildingQL was high enough was just a convenient side-effect that didn't make sense to complain about alone without pointing out the whole system was flawed.