Talk:Energy Collector/@comment-173.28.194.19-20120810234929

This is a very poorly set up mod, I have to say. Basically, there is no reason to EVER build a mark 3 collector. So why does it exist in the mod at all?

Mk 3 alone produces: 24 EMC/tick Mk 3 exchanged for Mk 2's = 3.05 Mk 2s = 36 EMC/tick Mk 3 exchanged for Mk 1s = 8.6 Mk 1s = 34 EMC/tick

The extra expense of Mark 3's vastly outweighs the extra EMC per tick they give you. That's really dumb. "Upgrades" in a game should actually be upgrades...

In fact, there's not even a reason to ever build Mark 2s!! Since antimatter relays get bonuses per side powered, you're still better off always building Mk 1s, because each counts as a "side powered" for a relay, and thus gets bonus EMC/tick.

For example, a Mk2 relay gets 3 extra EMC / tick per powered side:

213000 + 233000 * 6 = 1,600,000 and you get 90 EMC / tick

BUT if you spent the same amount on Mk 1 collectors instead, you could buy 2 separate arrays: 213000 + 83000 * 6 + 213000 + 83000 * 6 = 1,422,000 and you get 96 total / tick.

Would you rather spend 1.6 million and get 90 EMC/tick? Or 1.4 million and get 96 EMC/tick? If you answered the second option, then there is no reason for you to ever even make a Mark 2 collector...

Silliness.