(Tech) Research Equipment

[Grimrock Litless]

Max level : 20

Cost
5,000,000G per level increase by 2% per level.
2,500,000G per level.
250 GB 500 GB
Increases by 5%10% per level.

Time
2 Days
Increases by 10% per level.

Each level decreases Tech cost by 1%.

IDk if there is people who made this yet.
Might not be balanced, I just put down whatever.

[Shadowood]

-1. Time reduction is already there. But you want to spend money to get a discount. This seems a little counter productive.

Workshop and Education (and Academy) should be good. Time is money after all.

[Mugiwara]

+1 for idea. I like it. But im not sure about cost.

Total Gold Bars Requirements for all techs level 1 to 20= 387,358
Total Gold Coins Requirements for all techs level 1 to 20= 1,120,703,135

Total Gold Bar Discount for all techs with your suggestion= 77,472
Total Gold Coin Discount for all techs with your suggestion= 224,140,627

Total Gold Bars Requirements for your tech level 1 to 20= 8,269
Total Gold Coins Requirements for your tech level 1 to 20= 109,337,000

If you still didnt researched much tech it will be useful for you. But dont forget you dont need to research all of them. Half of the techs doesnt support each others playstyle.

I will recommend you to decrease gold coin requirements to 2,500,000 and dont increase with level,
instead increase Gold bar requirements to 500 and make it %10 increase by per level.


Mugiwara...

[Grimrock Litless]

+1 for idea. I like it. But im not sure about cost.

Total Gold Bars Requirements for all techs level 1 to 20= 387,358
Total Gold Coins Requirements for all techs level 1 to 20= 1,120,703,135

Total Gold Bar Discount for all techs with your suggestion= 77,472
Total Gold Coin Discount for all techs with your suggestion= 224,140,627

Total Gold Bars Requirements for your tech level 1 to 20= 8,269
Total Gold Coins Requirements for your tech level 1 to 20= 109,337,000

If you still didnt researched much tech it will be useful for you. But dont forget you dont need to research all of them. Half of the techs doesnt support each others playstyle.

I will recommend you to decrease gold coin requirements to 2,500,000 and dont increase with level,
instead increase Gold bar requirements to 500 and make it %10 increase by per level.


Mugiwara...

Great calculation mate, thanks for doing that. For the recommendation, I am not sure, I want to know how much the final cost would be.

[Mugiwara]

Total Discount for PVP oriented techs(Skirmish tactics, gunpowder, metallurgy, piracy):
24,062 Gold Bar
88,138,720 Gold Coin
Total Discount for Trade oriented techs(Officer Contracts, Storage Contracts, warehouse tycoon):
24,298 Gold Bar
76,694,819 Gold Coin
Total Discount for hybrid techs (useful for all type of players Shipwright Management, Education, Political Science, Spanish Galleons):
29,112 Gold Bar
59,307,089 Gold Coin

As you can see pvp oriented techs and trade oriented techs total discount amount really close. Which means when we calculate PVP or trade discount amount plus hybrid techs we will see more reasonable cost table.

Average discount amounts for PVP or trade oriented players
53k gold bar
135M gold coin

My suggestion:
Cost of your tech should be 1/3 of average discount amounts which means 16-17k gold bar 45m gold coin. Which equal to my offer:

I will recommend you to decrease gold coin requirements to 2,500,000 and dont increase with level,
instead increase Gold bar requirements to 500 and make it %10 increase by per level.

Mugiwara...

[Grimrock Litless]

Spoiler: show

Total Discount for PVP oriented techs(Skirmish tactics, gunpowder, metallurgy, piracy):
24,062 Gold Bar
88,138,720 Gold Coin
Total Discount for Trade oriented techs(Officer Contracts, Storage Contracts, warehouse tycoon):
24,298 Gold Bar
76,694,819 Gold Coin
Total Discount for hybrid techs (useful for all type of players Shipwright Management, Education, Political Science, Spanish Galleons):
29,112 Gold Bar
59,307,089 Gold Coin

As you can see pvp oriented techs and trade oriented techs total discount amount really close. Which means when we calculate PVP or trade discount amount plus hybrid techs we will see more reasonable cost table.

Average discount amounts for PVP or trade oriented players
53k gold bar
135M gold coin

My suggestion:
Cost of your tech should be 1/3 of average discount amounts which means 16-17k gold bar 45m gold coin. Which equal to my offer:

I will recommend you to decrease gold coin requirements to 2,500,000 and dont increase with level,
instead increase Gold bar requirements to 500 and make it %10 increase by per level.

Mugiwara...

A average of around 84 mill to fully upgrade it. Ok. I shall edit.

[Grimrock Litless]

Bump.