Rank balancing and economy buffs

*Before any sheriff start crying about the title, let me state this: I have nothing to gain personally from this, as what i suggest would make ALL processing times higher or they would stay the same for level 10 elites.

I made a quite similar thread about this a while ago, but I think this needs to be brought forward again, as I think this is a simple issue to fix but still an important one. The way processing times are calculated is:

processing time / rank boost (if any) - skill level boost.

What does this mean you might ask? Well, I explained it poorly in my last thread, so I decided to create a few graphs for you, so the issue becomes easier to see:

Wild grass processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);

Coco processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);

Poppy processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);

Shrooms processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);

Tobacco processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);



As you can probably already see, the drug processing times tend to become less equal when the drug gets cheaper but especially when the skill level increases. Just to get a better picture of this, imagine one level 10 elite processing poppy with a level 5 normal player (getting those levels require around the same amount of works as elites get levels easier). The level 10 player will make 100 800 per hour, while the poor ranked player will make a whopping 19 384 per hour. Then remember that these will both loose some of it in food and especially other gear if anyone attacks or a sheriff comes. This can push the already off ratio of difference in earnings (about 5) to an even higher number.

Spoiler: Money per h

ELITE (lvl 10), NORMAL (lvl 1)
WG: 90000, 23076
COCO: 96000, 21176
POPPY: 100800, 17379
SHROOMS: 105600, 14943
TOBACCO: 115200, 12000

:V

For a spreadsheat and a a graph:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CCdUmrmc-jQJ6gJ4VYPXrgU3CYVJgl0IXTD2QowdQL8/edit?usp=sharing

As the processing times for drugs seem to be off, lets take a look at what really is scary - mining processing times.

Emerald processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);

Diamond processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);

Gold processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);

Iron processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);

Coal processing time ELITE vs NORMAL players (per level);


Lord_Roke once complained the economy was inflated and needed a nerf. Personally as a ELITE with drug processing level 10, I do not think my economy is inflated. I think the normal players (non-ranked players) economy is deflated. They hardly afford fighting, which according to @randomcitizen1 should be the real thing in wild west. At the moment all wild west promotes is fighting only in those rare situations when you do not risk fighting gear. Maybe this can kind of explain the team scene as well?

So what is the solution to this situation where ranked players economy is so close to inflated and no economy buff can be made for low level non ranked players of that reason?

Here is what I said in my old thread:

Changes in processing drugs;
Change the way processing time is calculated. Change it from (time/rank)- skill to (time-skill)/rank. Also lower the proccing times of drugs with around 1 sec each (havent done calculations on all o idk).

This would mean wg would be:
3-2s for whitenames instead of the current 4-3.
1.5-1s for elites instead of the current 2-1s.
The other ranks would be in between.

This would simply make the difference between the ranks smaller, by buffing normal, vip, mvp and low level elites economy.

Changes in harvesting:
Make normal players get 2, vips 3, mvps 3.5 or 4 and elites 4 drugs.

Making mvps get 3.5 would be preferred (as it would keep some incentive to donate for elite), but i am not sure if mario is too lazy to add a 50% chance for mvps to get 4 instead of 3.

*note that I have now calculated the proccing times, and came to the conclusion lowering all with 1s would be the best solution.

Even though there is many more small changes I would like to make, I think these would be a good start. Opinions?

Sources:
https://www.brawl.com/threads/61520/
https://www.brawl.com/wiki/wildwest-economy/
@randomcitizen1

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For those interested in the data:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VFDqZd8Wk_J85y-pVKGhhNzXSYXuXcWSiGSvUm9ZNCs/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KD5BulkLMm__EVYeZAxN-GQfxSIv_13SSvy0qr-QlpM/edit?usp=sharing

 

Haha, I just thought I better make my point clear by making easily readable graphs this time. This is something I really want to be done, as I think it is extreemly unfair for new players as it is now.

 

As I have not mined that much, I do not know. I summon @JustFamouz

 

uh, I would say 1 per tick, which means 20 per sec, but again, as i do not have mining proc that high, idk. I get 4 bacco per s though.