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I have been trying to figure this one out for a while.....

SO I start with a 10 hour production of wood.
20% for research - drops the time to 8 hours... true.

Then The impdriver, which looks like an arbitrary number.. Fine.

NOw,,,,

Halloween Event 10% -
If it was on the total time ( 600 minutes) it would drop the time 1 hour ( 60 Minutes)
but it only drops the time by 45 minutes 36 seconds ( WHICH is what the drop is if you take 10 % off of the ending number of the ImpDriver reduction.

Is that the case?

In theory with my reductions of 38% - I should have a base reduction of 228 minutes
for a total time of 372 minutes ( 6 hours 12 minutes) less the Impdriver of 24 minutes, which would then equal a total time of
348 minutes, or 5 hours 48 minutes.

I think we are getting screwed out of a half-hour,

The research and Guild reductions say "reduce production time by "x"percent" - It should be cumulative....

Even without the IMpdriver, a straight 38%, which is what I have earned, is still 6 minutes LESS than the time I was given for this productions.




????????????



Actual below.
********
Amount: 10.500 Wood

Cost: 1.155,00 Gold

Other goods: -

Imps in use: 30

Manufacturing time: 10 Hours

Your research has enabled a drop in production time of 20%.
New time: 8 Hours

Your imp driver cuts production times.
New time: 7 Hours 36 Minutes

The Halloween Event reduces production times by 10%.
New time: 6 Hours 50 Minutes 24 Seconds

The guild sacrifice has reduced production times by 3%.
New time: 6 Hours 38 Minutes 5 Seconds

Your guild demon reduces production times by 5%.
New time: 6 Hours 18 Minutes 11 Seconds

**********************************

Any thoughts?

I dont really get the formula to do the maths. I have tried to find a formula, but maths isn't my best field of knowledge.

GYNDE wrote:I have been trying to figure this one out for a while.....

Actual below.
********
Amount: 10.500 Wood
Cost: 1.155,00 Gold
Imps in use: 30
Manufacturing time: 10 Hours

Your research has enabled a drop in production time of 20%.
New time: 8 Hours

Your imp driver cuts production times (5% reduction from 8 hrs).
New time: 7 Hours 36 Minutes

The Halloween Event reduces production times by 10% (from 7hrs 36minutes).
New time: 6 Hours 50 Minutes 24 Seconds

The guild sacrifice has reduced production times by 3% (from 6hrs 50 minutes 24 seconds).
New time: 6 Hours 38 Minutes 5 Seconds

Your guild demon reduces production times by 5% (from 6 Hours 38 Minutes 5 Seconds) .
New time: 6 Hours 18 Minutes 11 Seconds

**********************************

My guess is the reduction % applies hierarchically in the order given by you in your example.
The reduction % applies to the already reduced time. It is not summed up and applied to the initial time all at once, so 5% reduction due to Imp Driver is only 24 minutes (from 8 hrs) and not 30 minutes (if it were to be directly applied to 10 hrs).

Cheers,
st0rm

that is what I am thinking....


However, then, when it says "10% reduction", it _could_ mean really only 5%.

And that is what is misleading. We go to the research and it say - you have earned a 10% reduction -
YOur guild makes the sacrifices and you get "Production time reduction

- 3% of time at all productions
costs: 10,000,000 Guild Points "....

So in thoery you would have a 13% reduction in prodiction time.
BUT WE DON"T...
THat is what is irritating and misleading,

I wish Uiqua would at least say something....


*grumble, grumble, grumble*

Hello everyone,

sorry for the late response! It is hierarchically like st0rm already said and is not summed up for the initial time.

Greetings

Uiqua

Thank you for the response.


Well, that should be announced somewhere - that if you work hard and sacrifice, you won't get all your production reduction time.. Only part of it.

GYNDE wrote:Thank you for the response.


Well, that should be announced somewhere - that if you work hard and sacrifice, you won't get all your production reduction time.. Only part of it.

Nah, it's not partly, it's just a different approach. Maybe it should say "increased production by x%" and leave the time factor out?

Cheers,
st0rm