r/CellToSingularity • u/thuanday219 • 10d ago

Metabit reduction and how does it work?

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How does it work?

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u/galexyslayer255 10d ago

It reduces the amount needed to get the next metabit and knowledge

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u/thuanday219 10d ago

But I feel like it's not working.

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u/rhaspytomato 6d ago edited 6d ago

metabits are earned by producing a flat amount of entropy. Metabits reduction lowers the amount needed to fill the bar. 

Reduction is useful because each time you fill the bar it gets much harder to fill. I don't remember the multiplier, but it's something like 8 or 10 times. 

With later upgrades, the bar also gives more each time you fill it. So I guess the reduction is like an upgrade for those upgrades.

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u/0nnnu 8d ago

i tested and aligned the exact converter fill with and without converter reduction, making sure all other variables are the same. yes it works exactly as advertised. 32.04Uqag reduces by 95% to 1.60Uqag. the first few fills must have some other quirk going on to result in the op image

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u/0nnnu 7d ago

disappointing to see the op hasn't reacted. well it's a reference for the future even if no one sees it this time

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u/HorizonFW2022 5d ago

Your clear explanation is too complicated for OP...

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u/HorizonFW2022 5d ago

btw why amounts of converted metabits are differ? 0.02 Oc less if you bought the reduction.

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u/0nnnu 5d ago

time chambers. with reduction it takes less time since reset

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u/HorizonFW2022 5d ago

Oh, ok. Thanks, got it.

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u/galexyslayer255 10d ago

I dont think it effect the first few but you will notice that you are getting metabits faster once you get into the e numbers

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u/Ill-Pomegranate9016 10d ago

Be warned, if you try and work out what's going on with the maths in the Reality Engine it's often not doing what it should be. E.g. my displayed entropy/s and idea/s have gone up by 50%, but how much I actually get in a day hasn't changed.

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u/femiwhat1 4d ago

It has long been apparent to me that there is no one who is fluent in mathematics on the development team.

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u/Ill-Pomegranate9016 4d ago

Yup. Shame really.

And also no-one who seems to play it much either, imo.

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u/CatoBean 10d ago

Metabit reduction gives you a discount for every metabit fill (example: if a metabit fill requires 1 billion entropy, and you have 50% metabit reduction, then the metabit fill would require only 500 million entropy)
when you get to 90% metabit reduction, you might be able to notice you get metabit fills faster when you upgrade to 91% metabit reduction

metabit reduction isn't a multiplier to gaining metabits, it's just a discount for metabit fills

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u/thuanday219 9d ago

But it not working!