reduce the researching time

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think most of the players are thinking "astrophysic" when we talk about research time, because it is the most interesting research to develop.

It's not completely true: not only atro is a long research, but also:
- Spy tech
- Network
- Shielding Tech
- Armour Tech
- Weapons Tech
They are all very long researches: many weeks!

Well, sooo, when do we know if a suggestion is actually being considered by gameforge?

You complain about the research times because you have only a combined research lab of 100?
Think of the times when there was no research network. At that time a research took a long time. How about 45 days for Armour Technology 15? And not being able to do anything significant to shorten it?

Astrophysics 20 would have taken about 1,000 days at that time.
So please stop whining about five or six months!

Yes, it's progress, no point in comparing a suggestion to something that is no longer in play.

I am not complaining, I am suggesting. I'd appreciate some feedback on how to improve or why reject the suggestion (not just: "I hate change").

Correct - So this comes with 4.0

it helps quite nothing: in a research during 6 months, the newton robot wili reduce the time of 5 days, so quite nothing (in the italian board we made some calculation about this newton robot and we found out that the reduction is quite insignificant. If I find it, I wil write it down here).
This robot reduces the time of many days only if you pay A LOT of money. And I mean a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of money.

And anyway, here we are speaking to find a free solution, not a payment solution!

EDIT: it seems a good solution: Nanite for research (it was already posted here, at the post number 12: [4.0] reduce the researching time).

cristuning84 wrote:

And anyway, here we are speaking to find a free solution, not a payment solution!

You are right, i move it back.

Yes, the idea is to make a suggestion for this which will apply to all, not just those who pay.

Just to throw it in again, this is my suggestion (this is in my first post of this thread), it is an enhanced formula for research times:

The current formula is: (Metal + Crystal) / ( X * 1000 * (1 + R) )

X = Uni Speed
R = Addition of Research Lab levels according to your Intergalactic Research Network level

What I would add is:

(Metal + Crystal) / ( X * 1000 * (1 + (E * R) )

E = Number of Expedition slots available

Further details on why this "E" variable in my first post in this thread.

just a quick fact i noticed last week. i could have astro 23 at about christmas if i pay ~4800 euros.

research should be slow in comparison to the game to limit the pace of the game somehow to balance the game. make it faster by exponential factor would be to much in my opinion but a speedup up to 4 like the idea with the expedition slots would be acceptable in particular because you get those slots relativly late.

What about the "speed up" button?
That really enhance the researches obtention.
I guess it isn't a userfriendly solution... but... if you wanna discuss about a "free" option, maybe we can join this with the already mentioned suggestion " Nanite for research "?

I totally agree with the suggestion Lastian did as to the formula change. Very subtle yet very good change. Just don't like the fact that, when you have still 0 expedition slots (early on the game) that actually would mean LONGER researches. But then again, those are already fast cause it's the beggining of the game. But anything that lasts longer than 3-4 months is an absolute abuse.

Maybe something like

Intergalactic Knowledge Technology
Tecinfo
The IKT is always scanning the signals found in space decoding them and using them to further the knowledge of your empire. Most information gathered helps your scientists research at a faster pace. Each level reduces research times in half.

Cost
Metal 20.000.000 Crystal 15.000.000 Duet 10.000.000

Requirements
Hyperspace Technology-10
Computer Technology-12
Intergalactic Research Network-6
Research Lab-12



Slightly cheaper then Irn 7 but making Irn part of the requirements keep the importance of the IRN.