Construction - servants advice

[teatonev]

I've been cutting oaks outside the Rimmington Portal and sending my butler to the sawmill with the logs. I should hit level 50 soon so my question is - is it worth going for the demon butler (economically - I know he looks cool).

 

 

 

The butler seems to want his wage fairly frequently - will six extra planks a run make that much difference for twice the wage? I find the butler quick enough (although prone to wandering off when needed). Anyone with first hand experience who can advice?

 

 

 

Thanks

[EugenyG]

First off, if you cut your own logs, its much faster to first cut and bank them, then take lots of oak log notes from bank with you, and exchange them to actual oak logs with butler, then send him to sawmill. Or better yet, just buy the logs, they are like 30gp ea, and you can work much faster.

 

 

 

If you are fast enough, with a demon butler you can do non-stop work. Get 24 planks for him one way or another, but don't spend them yet. First ask him to bring another 24, and while he is away then use up the ones you have. By the time you will put and remove them, he will be back with the next batch. As soon as you get, ask him for more, use the ones you got, etc.

 

 

 

You can't do that with regular butler because 20 is only enough for 2 larders, and thus you'll have to spend more time waiting and clicking to chat instead of actually building.

 

 

 

Given street prices for oak planks, you will spend about extra 15% gold to pay butler when compared to the money which the logs cost. With a regular butler its 7.5%. Difference between 107.5% and 115% is 7%, which means you'll effectively have to spend extra 70k on every million you spend. Given the fact your training speed increases 50%, I think this is a good investment.

 

 

 

If you make and sawmill your own planks, however, the extra cost is about 30% vs 15% respectively (instead of 15% vs 7.5%), meaning extra 140k spent on the million, but I still see it as a good investment.

 

 

 

In any case, if you find leveling too slow, and two ways to speed it by about 50% is either to switch from oak to teak or to hire a demon butler instead of regular, the butler is definitely more economical for the same advantage.

[teatonev]

Thanks for the help.

 

 

 

I hadn't realised I could give the butler noted logs (doh!). This will speed me up no end. I thnink I will give the demon butler a go (you don't start on construction if you're that worried about the expense!). The levelling has definitely started to get slow as I approach 50, so anything to kick it up another notch must be good.