[MoE] Training & You! (Part 2)

Day 1,774, 07:09 Published in Pakistan Pakistan by Sparkfyre

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In a seemingly conspiratorial move, my previous article on Training Centres became obsolete only a day after it was posted!
And i was forced to write this article in a great hurry, so that you can make the most of the new offers regarding the Training Centres. This is the perfect opportunity for all of you to increase the strength you gain by daily training!



The New Addition

There have been changes in the Training Grounds due to the introduction of Q4 building upgrades which offers and extra 10 strength. So, whereas previously you would have seen 3 stars...



Now, you will see the potential of four stars, as so:





The Discount Offer

The discount offer brings a variety of possibilities to light...and because of the reduced price there is the potential for profit and more strength!

Let's take a look at the benefits of upgrading your Cost-Free Training Ground to Q3 then Q4.

Case 1 (Q2 to Q3):



The diagram shows that it would take 14.88 days to get a Super Soldier award of 5 gold.
The initial investment for upgrading the Training Grounds from Q2 to Q3 is 28 gold.

Quick Calculation:
- 28/5 = 5.6 times 
It will take 5.6, basically 6, Super Soldier awards to cover the initial upgrade cost.
- 14.88 x 6 = 89.3/ 90 days
That means it would take roughly 3 months to start making a profit.
- 6 x 250 = 1500 strength
So, in about 90 days you can gain up to 1500 strength without any daily gold spent!

Case 2 (Q2 to Q4):



In this case, we see that the SS award can be achieved in 11.47 days. With the gold investment made up of  28 gold for the Q3 & 56 gold for Q4, totalling to 84 gold (the original being about 150 gold!).

Quick Calculation:
- 84/5 = 16.8 times
Thus, the SS award must be won 16.8 times to recover the initial investment.
- 16.8 x 11.47 = 192.7
That means it would take about 6.5 months altogether to start making a profit on the investment.
- 7.8 x 250 = 1950
To make a comparable result, I used the number of times the SS award would be gained in 90 days (7.8 est.) 

The two cases show that a profit is to be had in both of them...if one is patient enough. 😉

In terms of strength, Case 1 gives 1,500 strength in 90 days whereas Case 4 will give 1,950 in the same time period.
One must also remember, that Case 2 has the cost for Q3 upgrade of 28 gold included as well.

So, even though it would take longer for the Q4 investment to give returns, assuming that in both cases we start at Q2 Training Grounds,  it would be better to go for Case 4 because of its long term implications of more strength.


For those players who already had Q3 training ground, everything will remain the same except the Q3 upgrade won't be included. 

Case 3 (Q3 to Q4):

So...the basics in this case will remain the same as Case 2, we know that the SS award can be achieved in 11.47 days. Only this time with the gold investment of 56 gold.

Quick Calculation:
- 56/5 = 11.2 times
It would take 11.2 times to gain enough SS awards gold to balance the upgrade cost.
- 11.2 x 11.47 = 128.46
It would take an estimated number of 4.3 months to begin making a profit!



I'm going to briefly analyse the benefits of upgrading another Training Grounds, Though my recommendation is that the Cost-Free Training Centre should be upgraded first and foremost.

Case 4:

In this case, we'll see the advantages of upgrading the second Training Building to Q2.



It will take 11.2 gold to upgrade the building and 9.33 days to get a SS award.

Quick Calculations:
- 11.2/5 = 2.24
The SS award wold have to be won 2.24 times (3 times) to cover the initial gold spent.
- 2.24 x 9.33 = 20.9 days
It would take only about 21 days to begin making a profit!

However, this is based on the assumption that the Cost-Free training ground is already at Q4.

Again, I must stress that everyone should concentrate on their Cost-Free Training Grounds before any other!



~ MoE,
Sparkfyre

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