Conspiracy Theorist Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 to me it just seems kind of unbalanced that to get the same amount of gas production per factory as i get for steel production or aluminum production, or munitions production I have to get an emergency gas reserve.... this seems kind of unfair and lemmie show you why: (in a 2 city build example, with max production per commodity per city) commodity: un-upgraded upgraded steel 53.46 aluminum 53.46 munitions 106.92 gas (forgot to look) 35.64 how is this even fair or realistic for that matter? the cost to upgrade to emergency gas reserve is the exact same as to upgrade to an arms stockpile... yet even without the arms stockpile - munitions production per factory is over 3 times that of the production of an upgraded gas.... and steel and aluminum upgraded is around 1.5 times that as upgraded gas production. Looking at (comparing the two equal cost upgrades) at arms stockpile and emergency gas reserve they both give the same 1.5/turn to 2.0/turn upgrade so the upgrades are equal as they should be for the cost. Looking at the actual factories themselves however is very revealing.... both add 16 points pollution but oil refineries cost $10k more than munitions factories, cost $500 more per day to operate, but can only refine 1/2 what munitions factories can into 2 times what they refine as opposed to 3 times what the munitions factories refine bauxite into. so let's make another comparison.... Oil refineries v steel mills (which have the same cost to make and daily operational costs)... yep, steel mills refine at a 3 times rate as opposed to oil at a 2 times rate. No matter which manufacturing building you look at, every one of them run at at least a 3 times rate of efficiency as oil refineries do... Please I am not asking for a HUGE upgrade to the oil refineries, just the same 3 times rate that all other manufacturing buildings have so that 3 tons of oil is refined into 9 tons of gasoline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon A McCann Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Than gas prices would tank and it would be unfair to the gas stockpilers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Todd Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Than gas prices would tank and it would be unfair to the gas stockpilers. Unfortunately the game isn't based around Players who stockpile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livius Clades Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I traded gas for a long time. It not really that big of a deal. Its not worth the gripe. Just play with what you have the markets are pretty well set up. Quote Fire is nice eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilac Veritas Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Compare the upkeep costs and look at profit per slot. Gas and Alum (on average) are around the same, although the gas price has dropped recently giving alum a bit of an edge. Quote As you sow, so shall you reap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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