Benefit of Expanding?
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I didn't see any posts about it, nor did the sticky say anything about it.
I feel like I am missing something when it comes to expansion. I had initially assumed that having a second building would be an incredible increase in money gain. But now that I have done it, it seems to have actually hindered me. For instance, the first expansion gives you the Snaphat building as well as a 25% increase to Initech production. So the 25% increase (assuming that is multiplicative with other bonuses) is great, but it isn't life changing. In the mean time, the new building generates a separate currency which is only used to upgrade that building (so it doesn't increase your overall money gain). But then also, every 5 levels, I need not only regular money but the money from the Snaphat building as well, which acts as another bottleneck. In addition, in order to maximize gain of the Snaphat currency, I feel compelled to send many characters on errands, which further slows my Initech money gain.
Are new buildings intended to be hindrances, but they are still worth it for the upgrade that comes with them? (In the first expansion, this being the 25% increase to Initech production) Or is there some reason why having the second building actually helps? It really seems like having the second building is a bad thing, and that all I have gained is the one-time multiplier.
Any clarifications? I'm sure I am missing something here.
Posted Oct 20, 2017, 12:04 AM UTC
It’s more of an endgame activity - loads of people had abandoned the main game after hitting level 100 and just weren’t bothered with it, myself included, this at least gives them something to do, to pass the time
Oh shit, really? I figured because it became available at Level 20, it was intended as a super prestige. Like how in Clicker Heroes you can prestige to gain Hero Souls at the loss of level progress and gold. And then after prestiging a lot, you can super prestige to gain Ancient Souls (much more powerful) at the loss of level progress, gold, AND all your Hero Souls.
So losing your floors, money, AND staplers definitely made expanding feel like the same thing. So I would expect a powerful boost as a result.
The only other thing I can figure out, in addition to my original guess (that maybe the bonus is worth the slow-down of the extra building bottleneck) is that both currencies contribute toward staplers? I think that would make it worth it. If you have Initech gaining X per second, then you are gaining staplers at a rate of Z per second. But if you have Initech gaining X per second, and Snaphat gaining Y per second, then you gain staplers at a rate of >Z per second? That would make it worth it, I think.