[Discussion] Food Guardian Efficiency
I was curious at what point it's worth it to use the farming guardian. In other words, how much gold should I plan to dump into food at once if I want it to be worthwhile to use the farming guardian. For simplicity's sake, I'm assuming I'm working with the 5M foodstuff.
Without the farming guardian, here's what the cost looks like for various numbers of farms:
| farms (5M) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cost | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 100 |
| production | 100k | 200k | 300k | 400k | 500k | 600k | 700k | 800k | 900k | 1000k | 1100k | 1200k | 1300k | 1400k | 1500k | 1600k | 1700k | 1800k | 1900k | 2000k |
In each case, the gold / food ratio works out to 50 gold spent per food produced. This is our target to beat.
| farms (5M) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cost | 31.4 | 36.4 | 41.4 | 46.4 | 51.4 | 56.4 | 61.4 | 66.4 | 71.4 | 76.4 | 81.4 | 86.4 | 91.4 | 96.4 | 101.4 | 106.4 | 111.4 | 116.4 | 121.4 | 126.4 |
| production | 125k | 250k | 375k | 500k | 625k | 750k | 875k | 1000k | 1125k | 1250k | 1375k | 1500k | 1625k | 1750k | 1875k | 2000k | 2125k | 2250k | 2375k | 2500k |
| gold / food | 251.2 | 145.6 | 110.4 | 92.8 | 82.2 | 75.2 | 70.2 | 66.4 | 63.5 | 61.1 | 59.2 | 57.6 | 56.2 | 55.1 | 54.1 | 53.2 | 52.4 | 51.7 | 51.1 | 50.6 |
| production | 150k | 300k | 450k | 600k | 750k | 900k | 1050k | 1200k | 1350k | 1500k | 1650k | 1800k | 1950k | 2100k | 2250k | 2400k | 2550k | 2700k | 2850k | 3000k |
| gold / food | 209.3 | 121.3 | 92.0 | 77.3 | 68.5 | 62.7 | 58.5 | 55.3 | 52.9 | 50.9 | 49.3 | 48.0 | 46.9 | 45.9 | 45.1 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 43.1 | 42.6 | 42.1 |
| production | 175k | 350k | 525k | 700k | 875k | 1050k | 1225k | 1400k | 1575k | 1750k | 1925k | 2100k | 2275k | 2450k | 2625k | 2800k | 2975k | 3150k | 3325k | 3500k |
| gold / food | 179.4 | 104.0 | 78.9 | 66.3 | 58.7 | 53.7 | 50.1 | 47.4 | 45.3 | 43.7 | 42.3 | 41.1 | 40.2 | 39.3 | 38.6 | 38.0 | 37.4 | 37.0 | 36.5 | 36.1 |
| production | 200k | 400k | 600k | 800k | 1000k | 1200k | 1400k | 1600k | 1800k | 2000k | 2200k | 2400k | 2600k | 2800k | 3000k | 3200k | 3400k | 3600k | 3800k | 4000k |
| gold / food | 157.0 | 91.0 | 69.0 | 58.0 | 51.4 | 47.0 | 43.9 | 41.5 | 39.7 | 38.2 | 37.0 | 36.0 | 35.2 | 34.4 | 33.8 | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.6 |
On this table, each pair of rows corresponds to an unlocked tier with the guardian (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%). The number of farms used for the activation have been bolded when it is more cost effective to use the food guardian than it is to not. Note that this accounts for the fact that the food guardian lasts for quite a while.
The take away is this: If you are at
- 25%, you need to grow at least 22 Black Lotus Roots. It'll cost 136.4M gold and produce 2750k food.
- 50%, you need to grow at least 11 Black Lotus Roots. It'll cost 81.4M gold and produce 1650k food.
- 75%, you need to grow at least 8 Black Lotus Roots. It'll cost 66.4M gold and produce 1400k food.
- 100%, you need to grow at least 6 Black Lotus Roots. It'll cost 56.4M gold and produce 1200k food.
In each of the above cases, you will have done better than the un-buffed food production cost of 50 gold per food. Of course, the more food you grow in one activation, the better your gold / food ratio will get.
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 9:50 AM UTC · edited