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Energy tank prices: Before and after

So there was an update that changed the Energy tank upgrade card prices, to the point where it is 500k for 500 energy. 

That price and amount of energy is a fantastic amount, I feel that everyone's maximum energy amount should be scaled to this price change. Some will be hit hard, some will be hit less, but in the end I won't have 25530 energy and mood totally liberating me from all sources of food, drink, and pressure to do much of anything. While most higher level glitchen have an average of 4000-10000 energy, it would be nice to know if this is intentional or not, if it's being scaled, etc.

Posted 6 months ago by LųĉĩđεşşΨ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • The last 500 upgrade I bought cost me 100k and I've refused the last few that turned up at 250k, the new price scale seems linear from small on up so I have bought a few 20s at  10,000 as that seemed fairly worthwhile when taken as a full energy refresh at the same time but not any higher. Maybe they're trying to make it more comparable to the Quoin multiplier prices that are pretty expensive now even for a .2x increase as presumably that charging scale has been severely curtailed to stop people getting as high up as some have previously, I don't see myself getting as high as I was before the last change for quite a while yet if at all.
    Posted 6 months ago by Benzyl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't think this is a bug. Getting progressively more expensive as you go higher is a good way to limit people without a hard cap and if people want a huge energy tank, what's the harm?
    Posted 6 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, I think progressively raising the price rather than a hard cap would be good for everything.
    It would allow Glitches to specialise at the cost of imagination, hence becoming Jack of all trades or a master of none.

    I think part of the problem with the coin upgrades was not so much the lack of an upper limit but that - as I understand it, I never had a high coin multiplier myself - the price didn't scale up so getting to a 300x multiplier was a linear progression.

    As far as energy is concerned, 25k energy is a crazily high amount so it isn't surprising for it to reach 500k for 500 energy. I wish they did that for skills, brain capacity upgrades were expensive enough to start with but the hard cap of 60 will be very limiting once more new skills make an appearance. (I'm still hopeful the cap of 60 skills will increase as more skills are introduced.)
    Posted 6 months ago by Dr Evanzan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is a bug because it's an imbalance, I should not have 25k according to the new energy tank prices, it's that simple.
    Posted 6 months ago by LųĉĩđεşşΨ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, you're saying it's a bug that they didn't retroactively decrease your energy tank size because they changed the prices of the upgrade cards? FWIW, I still don't think that's a bug.
    Posted 6 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay fine, let it be known that me and a few other glitchen are masters of the energy-verse, millions of iMG per day, no need to drink or eat. It's so out of whack that I couldn't just ask live help, or send a bug report, it's going in the bug forum for now, move it wherever you may please.
    Posted 6 months ago by LųĉĩđεşşΨ Subscriber! | Permalink