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Since the consumption values are dependent only on fuel types and the ratio of their base production (since they scale equally with VU), for a given Giant the absolute loss of resources per Collector is constant. As a result, with low Mining speeds giants with low base production rate will lose most of the production as upkeep. In such cases, researching first couple of levels of [[Veins_Utilization_(Upgrade)| Veins Utilization]] is crucial in making the Collectors profitable at all. | Since the consumption values are dependent only on fuel types and the ratio of their base production (since they scale equally with VU), for a given Giant the absolute loss of resources per Collector is constant. As a result, with low Mining speeds giants with low base production rate will lose most of the production as upkeep. In such cases, researching first couple of levels of [[Veins_Utilization_(Upgrade)| Veins Utilization]] is crucial in making the Collectors profitable at all. | ||
E.g.: Assume a giant with base yield of 0.5 Fire Ice/s and 0.25 Hydrogen/s and base Mining speed (100%) giving Gathering speed = x8, and later upgraded to VU Lvl 5, i.e. Mining speed 150% (giving Gathering speed = 8 * 1.5 = 12x). The raw (before consumption) and real (after consumption) resource yields can be calculated as follows: | E.g.: Assume a giant with base yield of 0.5 Fire Ice/s and 0.25 Hydrogen/s and base Mining speed (100%) giving Gathering speed = x8, and later upgraded to VU Lvl 5, i.e. Mining speed 150% (giving Gathering speed = 8 * 1.5 = 12x). | ||
Increasing Mining speed from 100% to 150% (VU from 0 to 5) increases both FI and H production by about '''3.5 times''' (about +250% instead of +50% effect it had on miners etc.). In this case, even two first levels of VU (giving only +20% to most mining machines) basically double the Collector's output. This effect gets much less pronounced on higher VUs or on Giants with high base rates, though. | |||
The raw (before consumption) and real (after consumption) resource yields can be calculated as follows: (the calculation for other VU/MS values is left as an exercise for the curious reader) | |||
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==Production Chain== | ==Production Chain== | ||