"glass" science research, is it worth it?

Turbinator · 03-30-2008, 09:58 PM

anyone have it, does it work well, gives a good boost to research?

does it work like tavern, x amount of crystal per hour?

**Ferris Bueller** · 03-30-2008, 10:18 PM

No, it doesnt work at the moment. Another wonderful bug they havent fixed yet.

ikonic · 03-30-2008, 10:51 PM

Oh wonderful, i wasted 2 days.

**Ferris Bueller** · 03-30-2008, 11:07 PM

this is yet another reason why I love the update to 0.2.0 on the .org servers. all these brand new features and 0 bugfixes for the existing ones.

**Kulmar** · 03-31-2008, 12:22 AM

Of course it doesn't work!

*switches glass research to something else*

**machowner** · 03-31-2008, 12:22 AM

*same

Turbinator · 03-31-2008, 02:47 AM

how about Helping Hands under economy??

does it work?

or occupation under military?

**Tarenth** · 03-31-2008, 02:53 AM

Helping hands works, but at a rate of 1:4 currently so people are on the fence if its worth it.

For every 4 citizens you 'overload' you get the production of 1 additional worker. Its also capped somewhere like 1/2 of the max workers extra. So if you can send 100 workers for 50 marble then with helping hands you can send 150 for 56.25 marble per hour.

On Glass:

Apparently according to the Ikariam boards it does work and it is in game. It allows you to convert glass to research at a rate of 1:1. That makes glass the most important resource for the mid/end game since you can use it to substantially boost your research rate. A level 6 crystal mine (sans Athena) will produce enough crystal to award research points equal to an additional level 9 academy (60 per hour).

Turbinator · 03-31-2008, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tarenth

Helping hands works, but at a rate of 1:4 currently so people are on the fence if its worth it.

For every 4 citizens you 'overload' you get the production of 1 additional worker. Its also capped somewhere like 10% or something.

10% of total population?

**Tarenth** · 03-31-2008, 03:16 AM

Ran numbers and edited post. 50% of max workers for 12.5% increase in production.

Turbinator · 03-31-2008, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tarenth

Helping hands works, but at a rate of 1:4 currently so people are on the fence if its worth it.

For every 4 citizens you 'overload' you get the production of 1 additional worker. Its also capped somewhere like 1/2 of the max workers extra. So if you can send 100 workers for 50 marble then with helping hands you can send 150 for 56.25 marble per hour.

On Glass:

Apparently according to the Ikariam boards it does work and it is in game. It allows you to convert glass to research at a rate of 1:1. That makes glass the most important resource for the mid/end game since you can use it to substantially boost your research rate. A level 6 crystal mine (sans Athena) will produce enough crystal to award research points equal to an additional level 9 academy (60 per hour).

wow thats some good info. thank you

Lucky Shot · 04-01-2008, 01:53 PM

Glass did work until .2. But with the way it's set up now, the only reason to get crystals is to build up your academies. You can speed up research with glass still in an all or nothing donation system, but not like the old way where you could dump in 5 crystal here or 50 there.

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 04-01-2008, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky Shot

Glass did work until .2. But with the way it's set up now, the only reason to get crystals is to build up your academies. You can speed up research with glass still in an all or nothing donation system, but not like the old way where you could dump in 5 crystal here or 50 there.

QFT

The more I play .2, the less I like this game.

Veos · 04-01-2008, 11:28 PM

Unfortunately Glass is a prerequisite to several other researches such as Gunpowder, so if you choose to research them you will be forced to research Glass as well.

Though I must point out that the crystal required to complete certain types of research is unrealistic, for example, nearly 100k crystal is required just to complete Gunpowder -_-

Turbinator · 04-05-2008, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veos

Unfortunately Glass is a prerequisite to several other researches such as Gunpowder, so if you choose to research them you will be forced to research Glass as well.

Though I must point out that the crystal required to complete certain types of research is unrealistic, for example, nearly 100k crystal is required just to complete Gunpowder -_-

I see your point, its cheaper just to research it yourself heh.

03-30-2008, 09:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Tarenth Join Date: May 2006 Location: California Posts: 2,124	Re: "glass" science research, is it worth it? Helping hands works, but at a rate of 1:4 currently so people are on the fence if its worth it. For every 4 citizens you 'overload' you get the production of 1 additional worker. Its also capped somewhere like 1/2 of the max workers extra. So if you can send 100 workers for 50 marble then with helping hands you can send 150 for 56.25 marble per hour. On Glass: Apparently according to the Ikariam boards it does work and it is in game. It allows you to convert glass to research at a rate of 1:1. That makes glass the most important resource for the mid/end game since you can use it to substantially boost your research rate. A level 6 crystal mine (sans Athena) will produce enough crystal to award research points equal to an additional level 9 academy (60 per hour). __________________ My sanity is not in question... It was a confirmed casualty some time ago. \|TG\|Tarenth Battlefield 2142 Mirra World of Warcraft Light, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they ticked me off. Last edited by Tarenth; 03-31-2008 at 03:17 AM. Reason: More information

03-31-2008, 03:16 AM	#10 (permalink)
Tarenth Join Date: May 2006 Location: California Posts: 2,124	Re: "glass" science research, is it worth it? Ran numbers and edited post. 50% of max workers for 12.5% increase in production. __________________ My sanity is not in question... It was a confirmed casualty some time ago. \|TG\|Tarenth Battlefield 2142 Mirra World of Warcraft Light, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they ticked me off.

04-01-2008, 01:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
Lucky Shot Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,636	Re: "glass" science research, is it worth it? Glass did work until .2. But with the way it's set up now, the only reason to get crystals is to build up your academies. You can speed up research with glass still in an all or nothing donation system, but not like the old way where you could dump in 5 crystal here or 50 there.

04-01-2008, 11:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
Veos Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Illinois Age: 22 Posts: 8	Re: "glass" science research, is it worth it? Unfortunately Glass is a prerequisite to several other researches such as Gunpowder, so if you choose to research them you will be forced to research Glass as well. Though I must point out that the crystal required to complete certain types of research is unrealistic, for example, nearly 100k crystal is required just to complete Gunpowder -_- __________________

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