I think some of the confusion and misconceptions stem from the fact that you haven't had at look at the actual data I'm referring to. You're still talking about things from a very theoretical perspective, while I'm trying to convey how things look in practice on top of that. Maybe I haven't been able to communicate these things well enough.I'm confused as to why you'd say that improving NBD_ON will not make NBD_PIR worse, but that it might make SM_PIR worse. To be clear, I agree that it might make SM_PIR worse (again, past a certain point, no change you make can improve all variables simultaneously), I'm just confused as to why you'd treat NBD_PIR differently from SM_PIR in that regard. As far as I can tell, depending on the situation, optimizing NBD_ON could make NBD_PIR worse, or SM_PIR better, or neither, or both.
I've invited you to my conversation with pierre. If you read through it, you might get a better idea of where I'm coming from.
I also think you might be under the assumption that my EQs are meant to optimize the Olive score. They're not. I only use the score components to make sure nothing gets degraded.