Quality
|
This section is in need of revision. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. The reason given is: Needs updating, see: Technology Update |
The quality, also known as simply Q or QL, of an object is a measure of how pure/well refined/advanced/etc. that object is.
Low-quality materials will lower the quality of goods made with them. So if you collect Bad Oil, you are likely to produce Bad Plastic and hence Bad Electronic Parts.
Effect of Quality
Waste
Low quality commodities can fail and be wasted when attempting to fetch to a manufacturing process.
Effectiveness
The effectiveness of most objects is improved as quality gets higher, this is however not a linear increase.
Descriptor
Quality is expressed as both a number between 1 and 255, and a descriptor:
| Descriptor | Quality |
|---|---|
| Flawed | 1 - 34 |
| Bad | 35 - 74 |
| Poor | 75 - 114 |
| Fair | 115 - 154 |
| Good | 155 - 194 |
| Fine | 195 - 224 |
| Superb | 225 - 244 |
| Excellent | 245 - 254 |
| Perfect | 255 |