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[Economy] Raw Value

Day 2,245, 03:57 • Published in United Kingdom

• by TheJny123

hello this is my first article here so if anything is wrong please tell me.

Part of the attraction i had to this game was the economy because i love playing with the economy and i was looking into the Raw materials buildings as i understand you need them to fuel your factories. however i dont just buy the cheapest or the best, i didnt buy any because im poor, but i did work out what is the best value for raw material buildings which i thought i would share with everyone.

for this explanation i shall use weapon raw materials buildings.

firstly we have the iron mine, the cheapest and lowest level of production. At 1500gbp and producing 35 raw material you are getting, on the average price of 0.06gbp per unit, a 0.14% return on your investment per day. 35x0.06=2.1/1500=0.0014x100=0.14
Which means it would take a total of 715(714.2) days to get your original 1500gbp back.

second we have the oil rig, twice the price and twice the production of the iron mine. since the figures are doubled in both price and production the maths is the same but with different figures and would arrive you at the same answer of 715 days until you got your 3000gbp back from this investment.

third we have the aluminium mine, and for the sake of keeping the figures easy i have converted the price of 10gold into 2040gbp(current market value). This already is a better investment than the other 2 i have mentioned as it produces 125 raw material and is cheaper. With this building you will get 7.5gbp per day and ultimately a return on 0.36% per day. it will take 272 days to get a full return.

fourth we have the saltpeter mine which stands at 8500gbp and produces 175 raw material. with a daily income of 10.5 and a daily return of 0.12% it stands as a worse investment than any of the previously mentioned buildings and would take 810 days to get a full return. this can be explained simply by looking at the rise in price compared to the rise in production. using the aluminium mine as the base for this comparison the price to get the building has increased by 316& while production has only increased by 40% which is quite a big difference.

finally we have the rubber plantation which is the most expensive standing at a price of 7140gbp to build it produces 250 raw material per day which generates 15gbp income and a return of 0.21% per day and would take 476 days to get a full return. this, in comparison to the aluminium mine, is still a pretty poor investment because for the price you pay for this you get a worse investment. not to mention that fact that if you bought 3 aluminium mines you would save 5 gold and produce more raw material(375per day).

so here is my rankings for raw material buildings
1. Aluminium mine
2. rubber plantation
3. oil rig
4. iron mine
5. saltpeter mine

thank you for reading and please be aware that gold price and raw material price varies so these figure may change and the income and return per day will change.

Comments

Angela Williams Day 2,245, 04:13

voted

mick cain Day 2,245, 06:50

good info

Madacaion Day 2,245, 06:52

There is another point in the Alu vs. Rubber debate. As each WAM costs energy once you get to quite a high number of companies it can drain quite a lot of your daily allowance.

If your also trying to fight - even slightly - WAM'ing can reduce the number of hits. Typically for older, high strength players who still want to fight as well as rubber plants allow for a 'best of both worlds approach'.

Granted, not everyone finds themselves in this position - but its the only real reason someone would pick rubber over alu.

Good to see you writing about what you found out - thanks for getting involved!

Elle Roslin Day 2,246, 18:48

I came here to post this too 😁

Aegon Blackfyre Day 2,246, 02:33

Actually you made a mistake there, the eUK has a +60% resource bonus so every factory produces 60% more WRM. So Iron Mines would make 56 WRM/Day which gives it a return rate of 0.224 which means it'l take you 446 days.
You already covered the oil rig.
Aluminum mine would be 200 WRM/day giving it a return rate of 0.58% which means you need 173 days to get your money back.
Saltpeter mine would be 280 WRM/day giving it a return rate of 0.197% which means it'l take 508 days to get your money back.
Rubber Plantation would be 400 WRM/day giving it a return rate of 0.33% which means it'l take 303 days to get your money back.

Septuagenarian Day 2,246, 14:51

There is also the matter of the work tax, it costs GBP to work.

Don't ask me the costs or the calculations

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