The pictures(and captions) we have access to say otherwise.
*suggest* otherwise, nothing at all has been confirmed.
The Vasari resource upgrade techs do in fact provide a 5% increase per asteroid, per ~second.
The TEC resource upgrades provide an almost 7% increase per asteroid, per ~second.
The game "tics" ~twice per second. (So a Vasari player will only see a 2.5% increase each time the numbers jump)
Asteroid colonies do indeed recieve the resource tech bonuses.
A -10% allegiance modifier will yield 10% less resources.
your grasp of the blatantly obvious is amusing.
and I'm more than the expert at growth, so do not presume to lecture me about it.
just like assailants and gauss?
like multi having to send half her fleet to help defend you.
If you only had one crystal extractor (Vasari), it would take ~33 minutes for the first resource upgrade to generate the 100 crystal it took to research it. So obviously you would not want to research the tech untill you had the resource asteroids to back it up. It should also be noted that these upgrades are much more viable at high game speed.
you are forgetting the obvious fact:
vasari upgrades apply to BOTH crystal and metal.
as for optimizing the time of purchase? buying it earlier is MUCH better than buying it later
as long as you do not obstruct your growth, something I *gasp* told you.
you gain that benefit during the time its not researched, the game will not wait for you to have just the right number of crystals before it starts.
mica you dont even seem to understand what you're analyzing. You're analysis is purely about the return rate: how long it takes for an empire of qualified size to return on its research investment. thats perfectly fine to research, but it has nothing to do "with the worth of the research" as its benefits are doublefold, if only developing later on.
If you only had one crystal extractor (Vasari), it would take ~33 minutes for the first resource upgrade to generate the 100 crystal it took to research it. So obviously you would not want to research the tech untill you had the resource asteroids to back it up. It should also be noted that these upgrades are much more viable at high game speed.
wonder of wonders: If you only have one crystal asteriod: you're fached.
the answer isnt obvious at all. From your experience u might have come to the conclusion that it makes sense to research them as soon as possible but thats still not very accurate or based with any "facts".
you guys are considering an optimization problem
pertaining to return rate! thats almost completely unrelated to the effectiveness of the research. if you want to compare the effectiveness of the research
compare it to what you would spend the money on otherwise.
telling me my investment will start making the profit after half an hour will only prompt me to research it sooner: so that I start reaping the benefit faster. What you seem to be ignoring is that the effect
still occurs when you extend your empire! All other things equal, if I were to buy it with three planets (something I wouldnt do, because I'm still focused on expanding, but lets continue the hypothetical) I would continue reaping the benefit as i extended to 4, 5, 6, 7 planets. something you would not have if you just tried to start on the research when you had your full empire
GOD I wish that common logic was still "common", apparently not.
as for my experience with economic management: I get half hour long lectures from my father about ingress and egress of finance, worth of investment, return rates and the proper management of finance in a buisness
every time I turn on the goddamn TV. If I were to tell you you could start making interest on your money this month at a rate of .01 per month, increasing by .005 every month after, or enter three months later at a .025 interest rate? obviously you want to invest sooner because your money begins to generate income from the very start, obviously you arent going to be putting it in the bank if you're trying to jumpstart your buisness though.
