Popular Post Raphael Posted June 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2019 Hello again! I was waiting for the market to mildly calm down before I did this, but then war were declared and I got impatient waiting for food prices to normalize. So today I'm going to be walking you through the math of the new city planning projects and their value. Resource heavy projects like these are always going to be fluctuating in price, so I thought it might be fun to give some calculations on how much they could/would/should cost. So firstly let's establish some baselines. Firstly, that nations seek to grow the fastest and most efficient way possible because seeing numbers grow is intoxicating. Secondly, that alliances want to grow their members as quickly and efficiently as possible so they can maximize their use during war. And lastly, the cost of the projects. - City Planning costs the following: >10,000 coal, oil, munitions, and gas >20,000 aluminum >1,000,000 food - Advanced City Planning costs the following: >10,000 uranium >20,000 Steel and munitions >40,000 aluminum >2,500,000 food So if we take the current market index for all these resources, we're looking at a cash value for both projects to be $275,950,000 and $591,350,000 respectively. City planning reduces city costs by $50m per purchase, currently paying itself off in 6 cities. Slightly less than optimal because you'd want to buy ACP before City Planning is paid off in full. Advanced city planning reduces city costs by $100m per city and also pays itself off in 6 cities currently. Now you're probably thinking it's still a good idea to buy these projects as soon as they're available. If we're using our baselines that all we care about is growing as fast as possible then sure. However, let's look at RoI. Firstly, purchasing all the cities that are required to immediately pay back the projects costs/two city planning projects/commerce project will take at least 250 days. (23 cities + 3 projects - your first city) Almost a full year of pumping a nation full of money with no real time to collect any true return. We're already at $912,300,000 with just the three projects. When you factor in the cities as well, we're looking at a cost of $3,619,950,000. So let's say this nation has 2k infra per city. You're looking at a rough income of $15m per day. If you tax this nation at 100% and they don't buy anything else, it will take 242 days to recoup your investment. Food for thought. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migraine d'al Braskia Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 It's people like you that shatter our reality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLM911 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Sorry, I can't afford that food for thought due to the high ppu of food currently. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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