# What is the base chance?
Community Knowledge u/im_just_thinking reads the base pink chance as 0.1,[1] and u/No-Thanks4155 talks about a base of 10%.[1] The corpus does not describe how asteroids appear or what a pink asteroid drops beyond u/im_just_thinking’s remark that it’s “very sucky to not get some really important alloys in your galaxies”, so this guide does not either.[1]
# How does the multiplicative ("Tower Math") calculation work?
Community Knowledge The original asker wonders why a card that says +7.5% doesn’t give 17.5%. u/Apprehensive_Use3641 first reads it as “Base of 10% plus 7.5%? … 17.5%. Unless they’re using some of The Tower math, then it’s possibly 10.75%.” u/No-Thanks4155 replies: “It’s multiplicative so 10% x 7.5% so 10.75% at people it’s kind of worthless higher ones become OK since 20% brings it to 12% chance.” Later: “i told you it’s multi not additive so its 10 x .075 not 10 + 7.5 lol.”[1]
# What did players say about the tiers?
| Bonus on the module | Resulting chance (as players calculate it) | Who |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5% | 10% × 1.075 = 10.75% | No-Thanks4155, im_just_thinking |
| Legendary +20% | 0.12 | The__Gerb |
| Mythic +30% | 0.13 | The__Gerb |
| Ancient +40% | 0.14 | The__Gerb |
Recommendation u/Mellikz: “Most epic tier mods are useless”; “Legendary and onward that % pink chance is a must have.” u/im_just_thinking: it’s the only way to affect the pink chance, and it goes to 20% at legendary, “which isn’t nothing.”[1]
# How does Scan Harmonizer compare with Belt Sonar?
Recommendation In “Belt Sonar or Scan Harmonizer” the original poster can’t decide.[2] u/Sordonir: unless you are a real endgame player (D in under 2 hours), “then scan harmonizer is the answer and it’s not even close.” Only when you gain nothing from a drop every two hours could the minimal extra crafting speed from Balor with faster probe scanning (Belt Sonar) be worth anything. u/Yurconale: “I prefer the scan harmonizer. That extra pink asteroid and debris early in a new galaxy can provide a huge jump up.” u/AmphibianSwimming315: “I like the Scan Harmonizer personally.”[2]
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