"JacenRoe;c-1632829" wrote:
You're way high.
First off if you refresh the node you'll average 3.33 shards for your 10 attempts, not 1.67. You're using the number of shards you would get if you were just doing 5. So that has your number way over inflated.
Secondly, you don't have to buy a 100 crystal energy refresh every day. If you refresh her node for 50 crystals daily, and don't farm anything else you'll have a bit of energy left over when you refresh your energy for 100. It regenerates slowly, so it can be left until the next day without running over. You won't have to refresh your energy for two to three more days. Just her node daily. So you could farm her node 10 times a day only refreshing your energy twice a week approximately.
So by that method you should average 24 crystals per shard.
(50x7)+100+100=550 crystals spent per week
550/7=78.57 crystals spent on average per day
78.57/3.33=23.59 crystals spent per shard on average
You're each calculating something different. The OP is calculating how much shards beyond the first (free) 5 sims cost. You're calculating the rate including those.
You are right about the OP not including all the free energy. You get 120+45=165 energy per day, so you only need to buy 35 per day, or ~a refresh per 3 days.
The actual cost comparison is thus:
150 (3 node refreshes)+100 (the energy refresh)/5 = 50 crystals per shard (beyond the 5 free sims).
That said, if you are farming nest and lando with the free energy, you are spending what the op said for a node refresh on nest: it really isn't worth it.
Capital Games Team
