Engineered stat % change is wrong?

[Darth Ender]

So i'm looking at the engineering page of seleene jean at the moment and the modification breakdown gives you your current number at the top, the potential new number below, and then a percentage up or down.

I assumed the percentage was the change in the other two numbers in each circle. Never really questioned it. But the numbers dont add up. In something like mass, 172.5 -> 67.5. Is not -55% as the display says. It's -60.9%. Hull boost. 309.5% -> 232.5% is not -17.5%. It's -24.9%. every stat circle has the % change seemingly wrong.

Am i missing some unlisted math going on here that factors into these numbers?

 

[Rat Catcher]

Raise it in the issue tracker - then ask for support to get it noticed.

Or even send the same details to Customer Support, that may be more effective, and you get a response to boot!

 

[Neilski]

So i'm looking at the engineering page of seleene jean at the moment and the modification breakdown gives you your current number at the top, the potential new number below, and then a percentage up or down.

Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing?

 

[aRJay]

So i'm looking at the engineering page of seleene jean at the moment and the modification breakdown gives you your current number at the top, the potential new number below, and then a percentage up or down.

I assumed the percentage was the change in the other two numbers in each circle. Never really questioned it. But the numbers dont add up. In something like mass, 172.5 -> 67.5. Is not -55% as the display says. It's -60.9%. Hull boost. 309.5% -> 232.5% is not -17.5%. It's -24.9%. every stat circle has the % change seemingly wrong.

Am i missing some unlisted math going on here that factors into these numbers?

The percentage is I believe the change from the original unengineered value to the current target value, not the difference between current and target values.

 

[nemolomen]

The percentage is I believe the change from the original unengineered value to the current target value, not the difference between current and target values.

This is what I've always assumed...

 

[Darth Ender]

The percentage is I believe the change from the original unengineered value to the current target value, not the difference between current and target values.

Ok, so that would be the hidden math. It's not a percentage in reference to the numbers that are right above it but in comparison to the original value without any engineering (a number not displayed on the screen). Ok.

 

[aRJay]

Ok, so that would be the hidden math. It's not a percentage it reference to the numbers that are right above it but in comparison to the original value without any engineering (a number not displayed on the screen). Ok.

Yes, it always increases for each grade.

 

[Rat Catcher]

I'd also understood the increases were over base figure. (from the first time I visited an engineer)
I just thought the OP had found an error in that calculation.

 

[Darth Ender]

I was selecting but not doing the different levels, which changes the target value and percentage and includes a fixed current value. So both look tied together at first glance.

Either way, i would always assume if you show two numbers and then a percent change right next to it, i'd think that implies the percentage changed value is in regards to those numbers. Not to some number not displayed instead. But that's fine, an long as it isn't just totally bogus.