Now if working out the math isn’t enough to ruffle the buskined newbie’s feathers - still stuck in the Bronze Age clawing talon and beak, for a whole day to scrape together 40 goods (20 for each boost they have) and 24FP (1 by the hour) 5 of which they will also likely need to waste on the trades (for a meagre 4 of each goods type from an age up in return) - how about trying this one on for size!? (100 X 2^19) ÷ 5 = 52,428,800 ÷ 5 = Giving = 10,485,760 of each type of goods for the Bronze age!Īnd remember, they only needed to put in 20 of each SAJ goods to come out with 10.5 million of each type of Bronze Age goods - Talk about getting their money’s worth! So, one possible equation we’d end up with might look something like this:

So if the player in space Age Jupiter trades 100 goods all the way down to the Bronze Age (doubling over each time) that’s a total of 19 trades. There are a total of 20 (goods producing / currently playable) ages in the game. Well, let’s take a look at the math, shall we? If a player (let’s say) who’s reached Space Age Jupiter, were to take just 20 of each goods type of their age and trade them down - one age at a time, doubling them over each step of the way, till the goods reach the Bronze Age, have you ever considered how many (of each) Bronze Age goods they’d end up with? Here’s why - And yes indeed! - I went ahead and did some numbers crunching and this is what I came up with:

Well guess what, just about everybody who’s ever played FoE and their baby sister’s - baby sister! - has had the exact same clever idea as you (at one stage or another) but I hate to break it to you, not only is this system utterly broken & unsustainable, it’s downright morally corrupt and just doesn't work! Ever had the clever idea of ditching your previous age goods buildings and doubling down on goods buildings from your current age so that you can trade (unfairly) at 2:1 ratio (in your favour) with players (from lower ages / not as clever as you and) still clinging to obsolete goods buildings?

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