Gold for short term gym contracts??

Day 1,842, 16:52 • Published in USA USA • by Vijalob

So, should a newb with default training groundses spend gold to get cheaper personal training for thirty days? Let's ask Ms. Day. The two factors to consider are how much strength is gained over the course of time, and how much gold is spent (again, over the course of time). We'll assume 1-star gyms, and we'll assume that the player will use ALL gyms for thirty days, and then will continue to two-click through the free gym until the end of time. Graphing strength over time gives the following. Ms. Day, are you impressed with the Aaron Burr Orange strategy of blowing money on something shiny and short term?



Clearly, Ms. Day is not impressed with the Aaron Burr Orange strategy. The extravagant slate blue strategy of blowing 70 gold to upgrade directly to a three star gym garners more strength than Burr in less than two months; the more realistic (and significantly more thrifty) Hamilton Blue option overtakes Burr after 105 days, when both Burr and Hamilton will have gained 1050 strength (at which point Hamilton will be able to drag himself to the shore of Manhattan, while Burr will live out his existence in New Jersey).

For the purposes of the above graph, both training contracts are considered -- after all, why spend the up-front money on a personal trainer if one isn't going to get the most out of the facility?

But how much do these four options cost, anyway? Remember that each 250 strength yields 5 gold from the Super Soldier award. On the above "unimpressed-face" graph, that happens each time that a horizontal line is crossed.



Clearly, Ms. Day is impressed with the thrifty-yet-effective nature of the Hamilton/Columbia Blue strategy of, instead of buying the wasteful short term services of a 30-day personal trainer, investing in a 20-gold 2 star gym (you can tell, because she and her eyebrows are looking up, and both corners of her smile point to the Columbia Blue line).

Assuming that one will go to the personal trainer every day (which is the point of paying a ridiculous up-front fee), getting the tawdry, cheap, Aaron Burr-orange trainer ends up costing more than the classy-but wasteful Crimson "Pro" trainer. On day 25, the user of the Crimson Pro trainer will have spent 50.175 gold, while the Orange tawdry trainer will have spent a net of 50.875 gold. At this point they will each have accumulated two "Super Soldier"s, which I suppose is nice for them.

At this point, it appears that the slate blue line is catching up to the Columbia Blue line; not shown is the point to the right where either Columbia Blue makes an additional investment, or the slate blue line (which accumulates Super Soldiers more frequently) will end up with more gold.

At the end of the day, DON'T GET A TRAINER. Spend the gold on maximizing your free training ground instead.