by sXs » Thu Mar 22, 2018 4:08 pm
Quick question,
Can't most of the issues be resolved simply by changing the differences.
The only issue I see that could not be addressed this way is the warehouse tech discount for bulk tool purchase.
But considering that Warehouse tycoon 20 tech costs.
Total Gold Bars Required for ALL levels: Gold Bars 96,187(roughly 192,000,000)
Total Gold Coins Required for ALL levels: Gold Coins 165,329,762
Total Research Time Required for ALL levels: Time 99d 04h 35m 00s
Totaling 352 million gc.
It seems that if someone researches Warehouse Tycoon all the way to lvl 20, the perk of tools discount should have been earned.
to do the math....
Base price of tools = 20(+/- 4) so 16 gc
Warehousse Tycoon discount lvl 20 = 20% = 3.2gc
So you can bulk buy tools for 12.8 and sell for 24 max price. 11.2 gc profit.
352,000,000(warehouse tech cost)/ 11.2( possible max profit=31,428,571 total tools needed to buy and trade to break even on tech.
cost of total tools 31,428,571 X 12.8 = 402,285,714 total investment needed before you break even.
Average trade fleet can carry 540 crates and optimal 12 turns per day at 1 hour interval per leg.
31,428,571 / 540 =58,201 total route turns
now if you have 50 trade fleets, which I think is average or even a bit high right now
50 x 540 x 12=324,000 crates per day
31,428,571 / 324,000 = 97 days to transport all those goods just to break even.
Add the 99 plus days of research to get to level 20 Warehouse tech.
Total 189 days needed
402,285,714 total gold coin investment
before you make a profit.
Just my thoughts. All other concerns i think could be addressed with changing the difference(price swing)