Attempt to add a more dynamic situation to the progress of hardware

[PlyPencil]

This feature will change massively the economic system, I suggest if this feature is implemented it is NOT done so until a new round.

What I suggest is a dynamic price system for hardware upgrades

The formula is

basecost = 300 for Bandwidth and Hard Disk, 150 for CPU and Memory
N =nth term, HD starts at 5, BW starts at 5?, CPU starts at 250?, HD starts at 2?
x = n / 25 Rnd Down
y = 0.9 + (0.2 * x)

(basecost*(N/16)+(N*(4+(N/4)))) / x / y


It produces a graph like this


I would like to rewrite the formula so that the cost increase increases each time forming a + curve not a - curve.

Also every 25 upgrades (per a type of upgrade) you need to refit your computer with new technology, it will cost quite a bit, but upgrading is cheaper after that. Thats why there are the dips in the graph

Any suggestions? What do you think?

[Seb]

So, the prices change as you buy hardware?

[PlyPencil]

Yes that is what I am suggesting

[Seb]

Also every 25 upgrades (per a type of upgrade) you need to refit your computer with new technology, it will cost quite a bit, but upgrading is cheaper after that. Thats why there are the dips in the graph

Oops, missed that, that's why I didn't get it thoroughly.
This'd make advancing a lot harder, no more iron-top places 'next round' with your suggestion, eh?

[PlyPencil]

Thats the point, reduce the gap between newbies and top players. But keep the distance the same.

[neo alpha]

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Now to super research you need to upgrade many times the hardware, making software research pretty expensive...

Making an update like that would make even more expensive!!!

[Seb]

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Now to super research you need to upgrade many times the hardware, making software research pretty expensive...

Making an update like that would make even more expensive!!!

In a new round, you wouldn't notice, v10 would be uber, not v1000.

[Tiak]

Well, the only real reason that this would affect anyone would be for research servers.  For most other purposes, you could distribute yourself among several servers with lower-end hardware.