Why does the nanocrucible delete half your materials

[GARGATHUGANOKSREVENG]

If you put 2 materials into the nanocrucible and alloy them, you get 1 alloyed material back, effectively deleting 50% of your materials. Shouldn't the amount you alloy, be the same amount of alloy you get back? Is there any reason why it doesn't work like that?

[tamakona]

yo this guy is onto something

[Chasu]

I see your point, but consider that the resulting alloy is possibly denser than its two ingredients (more stuf, same volume).
Although you have 2 bars of material, combining the two gives you 1 bar of a material with the same mass as both material's masses combined, but in a smaller volume than both material's volumes combined.

Of course, this is isn't really a thing ingame due to the resulting alloy having its own density stat.
If the density was really the combination of that of both materials, the nano crucible would just be an incredibly strong material compressor, resulting in very very high density materials. (Example: 1 steel bar + 1 steel bar would have mostly the same stats as normal steel, but the density of both combined)

[GARGATHUGANOKSREVENG]

I see your point, but consider that the resulting alloy is possibly denser than its two ingredients (more stuf, same volume).
Although you have 2 bars of material, combining the two gives you 1 bar of a material with the same mass as both material's masses combined, but in a smaller volume than both material's volumes combined.

Of course, this is isn't really a thing ingame due to the resulting alloy having its own density stat.
If the density was really the combination of that of both materials, the nano crucible would just be an incredibly strong material compressor, resulting in very very high density materials. (Example: 1 steel bar + 1 steel bar would have mostly the same stats as normal steel, but the density of both combined)

yeah but we get all the downside of compressing 2 bars into one with none of the upside (higher density)

[glowbold]

we could reintroduce slag

[GARGATHUGANOKSREVENG]

we could reintroduce slag

it's better than just deleting part of the ore I think. why was it removed in the first place?