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Posted - 2006.06.08 19:34:00 -
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Originally by: Night Swordstrike
Originally by: zzCoins Whilst I agree that doing research over ME15 does not save much, that is only half the story. Where I am, in empire space, ME labs cost 83isk/hour so researching to ME150 or more is often a profitable thing to do. If lab costs were to rise then I would stop my excessive researching. In some other regions ME labs cost more, but the lab que suggests that they are still too cheap.
In this you are completely incorrect. Let us use a BS BPO such as a dominix and just use fake market price for minerals and PE 5 in this example.
Dominix perfect build min cost : 50,000,000 <just an example>
Lets say its a tough market and you can only sell one a day at 55,000,000.
Just for the examples sake lets say each level of ME takes 3 days.
Player A takes 27 days to research ME 9 (1% waste). Player B takes 60 days to research to ME 20 (.476% waste) Player C takes 297 days to research ME 99 (.1 % waste).
A makes 4.5 mil per ship, B makes 4.76 mil per ship, C makes 4.95 mil per ship.
A pays off his investment of 500,000,000 in 111 (500 mil / 4.5 mil) + 27 = 138 days.
B takes 105 + 60 = 165 days to pay off his investment.
C takes 101 + 297 = 398 days to pay off his investment.
Now for the real fun. Lets caclulate how long it takes players B and C to catch up to A's overall profit level.
A paid off his BPO 27 days before B does, and 260 days before C does.
This gives A a profit lead of 121.5 mil vs B and 1170 mil vs C (at time that B and C reach break even).
B is now gaining 260,000 more per day than A but to catch up to A's lead it will take 467 more days to catch up, therefore at day 632 B is finaly passing A's profts.
C is gaining at 450,000 per day but has to make up 1,170,000,000 that takes 2600 days, therefore at day 2998 C is finally making more overall cash than A.
It's your choice to be A, B or C but I choose A.
Your example is wrong. A BPO is not a cost. A BPO is an asset. You don't loose anything when you buy a BPO. You don't need to earn that 500 mil back. In fact researching ME to 10 increases your wealth. In your example you would only have to account for the money and time cost of the additional ME.
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