Patch When? #3 - Dev Diary - Economic Reform™

[jammi]

So, if I understend the numbers properly, Hydroponics 1 will convert 1000 water into 300 food and 300 O2 - so for 1000units of delivered cargo I'll get 600 units of supplies, where as if I deliver the resources directly, I'll get 300 food, 300 O2 and 400 water (which isn't getting eaten by the Hydroponics). I fail to see how hydroponics is supposed to be a better choice than just hauling the supplies. Even with the production bonus it's a net loss, because you get 600 units of supplies out of 850 units of delivered cargo. Is there something I'm missing?

Correct, Hydroponics are less efficient than directly delivering the commodities. These are primarily intended to assist remote bases where you may need to fly a long way or pay much more vs mining the water yourself.

This is likely to be most useful if you're out in the deep Omicrons or somewhere like that, and least useful if you're in or near house space where you'll likely have cheap access to all three inputs and anyway.

These figures are also fairly provisional. I've come up with them through theorycrafting, but if the theory doesn't work out in practice, we can always revise upwards. Community feedback will make a lot of difference there.

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