hey guys, Ive reached the point in the game where I can reliably make aunt irma's gift baskets. They are substantially more expensive than platters or sandwiches but because of school and stuff (like emptying all those leftover mulled wine) gift baskets are handy..
I did some calculations to help myself out to get the most out of the baskets using fir wood log equivalents (fwle), I thought Id post it here for comments and perhaps serve as help to others
In fwle currency 1 Aunt Irma's Gift Basket is worth:
120 fish = 240 fwle, 60 bread = 840 fwle, 20 sausages = 320 fwle => 1400 fwle
From a fwle value perspective anything lower than the basket generating a 1400 fwle bonus is a net loss.
Here are a few of my buildings I made some calcs for to see what I get from 1 gift basket:
Coker (lvl 3):
cycle_t=3.75 [cycle time in min incl. travel]
cycle_p=3 [units produced per cycle]
cycle_h=60/cycle_t=16 [cycles/hour]
prod_h=cycle_p*cycle_h=3*16=48 [units/hour]
basket_bonus=prod_h*bonus_t=48*6= 288 coal, coal=4 fwle => 1152 fwle
Coal mines
cycle_t=2.3
cycle_p=1
cycle_h=26.1
prod_h=26.1
basket_bonus=26.1*6= 156 coal (1), 312 (2), 468 (3)
Stables (3):
cycle_t=6.75
cycle_p=3
cycle_h=8.9
prod_h=3*8.9=26.7
basket_bonus=26.7*6= 160 horses, horse=20 fwle => 3200 fwle
Iron mines
cycle_t=~7
cycle_p=1
cycle_h=60/7=8.57
prod_h=8.57
basket_bonus=8.57*6= 51 iron (1), 102 iron (2), 153 iron (3), iron=17 fwle => 867 fwle (1)
Steel weapsmith (2):
cycle_t=24.5
cycle_p=2
cycle_h=60/24.5=2.44
prod_h=4.89
basket_bonus=4.89*6= 29.3 steel swords, steel sword=546 fwle => 15997 fwle
Iron smelter (3)
cycle_t=12.75
cycle_p=3
cycle_h=4.7
prod_h=14.1
basket_bonus=14.1*6= 84 iron bars, iron bar=100 fwle => 8400 fwle
Steel smelter (3)
cycle_t=12,67
cycle_p=3
cycle_h=3.15
prod_h=9.5
basket_bonus=9.5*6= 56.8 steel bars, steel=233 fwle => 13234 fwle
Bronze smelter (3)
cycle_t=6.75
cycle_p=3
cycle_h=8.9
prod_h=26.7
basket_bonus= 160 bronze bars, bronze bar = 10 fwle => 1600 fwle
Tools (3)
cycle_t=7.5
cycle_p=3
cycle_h=8
prod_h=24
basket_bonus=24*6= 144 tools, tools = 14 fwle => 2016 fwle
Food:
Bakery (3)
cycle_t=4
cycle_p=3
cycle_h=15
prod_h=45
basket_bonus= 270 bread (net: +210 bread -120 fish -20 sausages), bread=14fwle => 3780(-840)= 2940 fwle
Butcher (2)
cycle_t=13.33
cycle_p=2
cycle_h=4.5
prod_h=9
basket_bonus=9*6=54 sausages (net +34 sausages -60 bread -120 fish), 81 sausages for lvl3
sausage=16 fwle => 544 fwle
So with this fwle stuff you get an amazing return on investment using the baskets on steel smelters and weaponsmiths and iron smelters.. I didnt check iron weaponsmith cuz I have none but Im guessing its great. The choking point is somewhere around bronze smelters (lvl 3) where you go +-0 on using your buffs, effectively just moving around your resources. What rly surprised me the most is how expensive the mines are.
Any thoughts?