Hasta wrote:Itanu wrote:Requesting that the auto-steel bot can use stick piles as well as coal. We exclusively use sticks to fuel steel during the low quality phase (first 3/4), as they are much, much easier to bulk produce than coal. This means we cant utilize your beautiful bot

I was under the impression that the quality of fuel is completely irrelevant when it comes to fueling Steel Crucible, only the quality of the crucible, slotted coal and wrought iron affects the end product. What's a "low-quality phase"?
http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Bar_of_Steel -> Wrought bar is softcapped by avg of crucible, coal and fuel.
Fuel quality is counted as the average of the fuel present when the item finishes, so a common technique for smelters is to use 11 low quality coal, and once it burns out refill with 1 high quality coal to finish off the smelter load.
Similarly for steel, you can let the steelbox burn down low (say to 10%) before the last refill, then fill it to 100% with high quality fuel. The fuel quality average will be weighted 9/10 towards the higher fuel quality in this example.