nerolocutus Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Howdy ya'll, Im currently sitting at 2999.99 infra... and do not anticipate having any money for an infra jump for almost a month. My question is... is it economically worth it to just jump to 3200.99 infra right now, then wait the month, or should I stay at 2999.99 for a month and not do a donation this month? I know bills go up a lot after 2999 infra, is 3200 enough to overcome this extra cost? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Irwin Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Howdy ya'll,Im currently sitting at 2999.99 infra... and do not anticipate having any money for an infra jump for almost a month. My question is... is it economically worth it to just jump to 3200.99 infra right now, then wait the month, or should I stay at 2999.99 for a month and not do a donation this month? I know bills go up a lot after 2999 infra, is 3200 enough to overcome this extra cost? Thanks! My guess is yes...but don't quote me on this. There are some very useful infra jump calculators floating around, and I would suggest checking one out (not sure of the link at the moment). If I recall though, 200 was usually enough to be profitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan King Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Yes, it is. 200 is usually a nice safe margin, you should be fine. If you're worried, buy a donation for an extra kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Irwin Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 If you're worried, buy a donation for an extra kick. I think the donation was the 200 he was referring to in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan King Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 I think the donation was the 200 he was referring to in the first place I was implying that he should first purchase 200 infra and then buy a donation, bringing his total gain to 3400. A good strategy with donations is to get one at the end of the month and one at the beginning, so it's two in less than 24 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaR Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 While the MFO infra calc isn't up to date (we actually have someone working on updating it, though, haha the poor schmuck), you don't need the crazy values that people quote for jumps. Just try this when you buy your infra... Assume people are right and you need 500000000 infra to make a jump. Save until you get that amount. Now calculate your current profit (income-bills) and record this number. (Make sure to take into account that you pay bills with LCs and collect without, if you are LC swapping) Now just buy infra, and check your profit after every so many infra purchased. Keep purchasing until you get a higher profit than when at 2999.99. You'll notice that the number isn't as crazy as quoted, though it is useful to worry about the jump, as warned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfsPride Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I was implying that he should first purchase 200 infra and then buy a donation, bringing his total gain to 3400.A good strategy with donations is to get one at the end of the month and one at the beginning, so it's two in less than 24 hours. Not really. I tried doing that and you still have your 5 business day waiting period before you can receive it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerolocutus Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 (edited) Not really. I tried doing that and you still have your 5 business day waiting period before you can receive it Not if you use paypal... which I do. Edited July 21, 2009 by nerolocutus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambit Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 (edited) I was implying that he should first purchase 200 infra and then buy a donation, bringing his total gain to 3400.A good strategy with donations is to get one at the end of the month and one at the beginning, so it's two in less than 24 hours. I thought the rules were "Only one donation bonus per calendar month is allowed." Edited July 21, 2009 by Gambit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirreille Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Right. Per calendar month. So, make one on July 31st, and you are allowed to make one on August 1st, since they are different calendar months. It isn't one donation every 30 days like you are thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambit Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Yah im an idiot wasnt thinking straight that day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzptm Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Don't buy up to 3200. Buy up to 3199.99. You'll thank me later. But, yes, around 200 is what you need to clear the hurdle. Be sure to do loads of tech deals so you can get higher than 3199.99, though, because it's so awesome to spend an hour buying infra, 10 at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyguy945 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 What I normally do is when it's time to do my jump I normally get a D-deal then buy like 20 infra. This saves me loads my last infra jump to 7K saved me over 40mill but you have to calculate what will be better for your nation. Just like King Irwin said there are some caculators out there or you can do a rouge caculation. The formula for a rough calculation is... (Infrastructure Costs Per Level x 10) x 200 = Your rough estimation. For this part...(Infrastructure Costs Per Level x 10)... round up so let's say that it costs you 152k for ten infra your rough estimate would be like 160k. So this accounts for the increase of money it costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpdogg Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 What I normally do is when it's time to do my jump I normally get a D-deal then buy like 20 infra. This saves me loads my last infra jump to 7K saved me over 40mill but you have to calculate what will be better for your nation. Just like King Irwin said there are some caculators out there or you can do a rouge caculation. The formula for a rough calculation is...(Infrastructure Costs Per Level x 10) x 200 = Your rough estimation. For this part...(Infrastructure Costs Per Level x 10)... round up so let's say that it costs you 152k for ten infra your rough estimate would be like 160k. So this accounts for the increase of money it costs. I would suggest you buy 20 infra, and THEN get the donation Why buy the infra at the higer level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyguy945 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Good point but then that comes down to D-Deal seller reliability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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