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I made a spreadsheet a long time ago to help me look at modules, compare them as well as tell me how many of each material I need to upgrade/make certain levels of them for the sake of making my life a little easier. My sheet shows that once your advanced modules get past around mk 30-35 then creating a basic module with an equivalent effect will take you 5x longer than creating the advanced module, on the other hand the advanced module will cost 2.5x more than the basic module. That is just a rough estimate as I recal having this conversation just a bit ago with Jam about shields lol.
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According to the math I did, it's only 5x longer very early and the advanced module can't cost 2.5x more. With increasing MK levels, the advanced multiplier (slowly) approaches ~2.231540084x (8462/(3*1264)). Research (slowly) decreases to <1.5x (I don't know the exact math for this one). Manufacturing time (slowly) decreases to ~3x (
3 * 25 = 75).
Estimated solars cost:
S 093 2400 m3 = $117552
A 029 2400 m3 = $245398 = 2.087569756x
S 399 10050 m3 = $504336
A 131 10050 m3 = $1108522 = 2.197983091x
S 1398 35025 m3 = $1767072
A 464 35025 m3 = $3926368 = 2.221962659x
Estimated research cost:
S 2400 m3 - MK 93 (10,490,400)(10,382,400) = 1.591172414x
A 2400 m3 - MK 29 (6,525,000)
S 10050 m3 - MK 399 (191520000)(191412000) = 1.4759195x
A 10050 m3 - MK 131 (129690000)
S 35025 m3 - MK 1398 (2346962400)(2346854400) = 1.450286986x
A 35025 m3 - MK 464 (1618200000)
Estimated manufacturing time:
Standard Mk 93 (2400 m3) 279 hours = 3.206896552x
Advanced Mk 29 (2400 m3) 87 hours
Standard MK 399 (10050 m3) 1197 hours = 3.045801527x
Advanced MK 131 (10050 m3) 393 hours
Standard Mk 1398 (35025 m3) 4194 hours = 3.012931034x
Advanced Mk 464 (35025 m3) 1392 hours