939 bonuts choices.... is it random?
i'm not convinced it's random, and feel I get 3 donuts a LOT less than 1/3 of the time, and go through runs of several "doh, only one". anyone else got any feels about this? has it been discussed b...
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"jtgroth;c-1627752" wrote:"teo47;c-1627724" wrote:"jtgroth;c-1627665" wrote:
If you spend $150,000 or more on one bonus box, you should always go to 3 donuts.
If you spend $75,000 or less on one bonus box, you should never repick, just take what you get on the first try.
Am I missing something, or should these two strategies be reversed? Surely it's more advantageous to always go for 3 if it's cheaper to buy the bonus boxes, not 150K or more.
No. The idea is that if it costs a lot for a bonus box, then spending the $50,000 or $100,000 to get more donuts is actually cheaper than buying additional bonus boxes (looking at the dollar to donut ratio).
If the bonus box is cheap, then it's more economical to spend your money on more bonus boxes, rather than paying to repick.
Example: Suppose I have a really high bonus percent and on average every $20,000 I spend on KEMs earns the 1,000,000 XP needed for a bonus box. If my first pick gives me 1 donut, why would I spend $50,000 trying to get an additional donut or 2. A better plan would be to spend that $50,000 or $100,000 on more KEMs to get more bonus boxes. (On average you should get 2 donuts per bonus box without repicking.)
On the flip side if my bonus percent is really low, it will take a lot of money buying KEMs to earn a bonus box. Let's say I have to spend $300,000 on KEMs to get 1,000,000 XP. If I get 1 donut on my first pick, it makes financial sense to spend $50,000 or even $100,000 to get three donuts from that bonus box, rather than saving the money for more KEMs.
If people are interested, I can post the math for review, but it will have to wait until after I get home from work.
I see what you're saying, although with the $50,000 bonus boxes at level 939 it seems like it's possible to just spend the $50,000 or $100,000 and also continue your normal KEM farming, assuming your KEM farm isn't eating up all your cash and you are able to do both. The exception would be if your multiplier is so huge that the cost of the additional KEMs gets you so many bonus boxes that it outweighs the increased cost of each KEM.
At my bonus level of approx. 350%, it takes 18 KEMs to earn 1,000,000 XP. This would cost me $259,200 at $14,400 per KEM, with the high cost happening since my normal KEM farm is always ongoing. At $259,200 for additional bonus boxes, the $50,000 or $100,000 would seem to be the cheaper option.
