I always thought the price was high, but until recently the mine had a return rate of a little over a year - much better than many granite upgrades.
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I always thought the price was high, but until recently the mine had a return rate of a little over a year - much better than many granite upgrades.
I always thought it was overpriced but nonetheless planned to get one eventually to avoid the bottleneck. Without a reduction in cost, it will only continue to get worse. Gem building prices have about doubled even just since Easter, though not nearly this bad yet on Ares.
If you don't like gem prices - buy some more.
Only thing I've bought with gems so far (other than a gem pit) is a jolly geologist, but I'm certainly happy that there are those who see the value in trading their gem items for coins. I've got coins burning a hole in my star anyway, so I'm no longer overwhelmed with the economy going wonky. However, in terms of actually buying things with gems such as the super pricey copper mines, the math suggests that convenience is quickly outpacing value as the primary motivation.
I would recomend not buying an unlimited items with gems, such as jolly geos, silos, watermills, ISHs, etc... save your gems for limited items like- Gem Pits, Generals, Scouts, Floaters etc..
Im thinking about buying one of these worth 20k gems?
I'm not planning on touching the others, but the jolly geologist has been exceptionally helpful. Well worth the 300 gems and then some.
I will be getting an endless copper mine regardless, but I am going to have a few gem pits first. Then I'll use the earnings from them to pay for the copper mine.
Why would u waste precious gems on an item that you could buy with gc (jolly geologist) ?
How can I get a jolly geologist with gold? I will probably get a second one and would rather do that instead. Unless you mean the regular ones, but when I am searching the morning before work, I don't have the extra 2.5 minutes (times however many) to waste.
they are giftable