Comparing method 1 to method 2 in terms of cost vs speed:

 

Item 1 costs 1000 gp and gives 300 exp. I can get 1000 items done per hour.

 

Item 2 costs 100 gp and gives 200 exp. I can get 1000 items done per hour.

 

Exp of item 1 in an hour: 300 * 1000 = 300K.

 

Exp of item 2 in an hour: 200 * 1000 = 200K

 

Amount of time for item 2 to be the Same exp as item 1: 300K/200K = 1.5, 1 hour * 1.5 = 1.5 hours.

 

So for the same exp, I use 1500 of item 2 in 1.5 hours and 1000 of item 1 in one hour.

 

The total cost for item 2 is 1500 * 100 = 150K. The total cost for item 1 is 1000 * 1000 = 1M gp.

 

Take the time and cost of item 2 away from item 1:

 

Cost: 1M - 150K = 850K. Time: 1.5 - 1 = 0.5 hours.

 

So for method 1 to be more efficiant, you need to make 850K in half an hour, or 1.7m/hour.

 

 

How is this looking? This is a fairly simple one, and I'm looking for examples such as superglass make vs plank making, ect. Another would be potion making.

Looks good to me, as long as you've accounted for everything and didn't miss stuff like buyability and xp other than the one in focus.

Agreed, buyability is a big factor. Getting torstol unf, for example...good luck :P

 

Is it much the same process for other things, like chinning vs

ranging greens? I imagine it would be, but you never know...

 

In the said example, say you got 50K exp per hour at greens and 500K cash. And at chins you got 300K exp per hour, at a loss of about 2 mill. Greens is 1/6 of the time, so you'd gain 3m in the 6 hours you spent at greens vs the 1 hour spent chinning. However, you lose 2m chinning and gain 3m with greens,

meaning a difference of 5m. So if you earn over 1m/hour, chinning is best n

Also depends on how much you value higher ranged level. If your time in the future, when you have 99 ranged, is worth 5m/h, that's something you should consider as well.

It's hard to put a value on a single skill when it's just one part of the puzzle. Ofc, with 99 range/Mage/prayer/summon/herb/defence and 1B worth of gear you can value your time at 5m/hour, but...

Yup, if you KNOW that you can get an increase in gp/h by getting a skill up (e.g. you KNOW you can get 600k/h more an hour while maging rex if you get a yak), then factor it in. If it's inestimable, then ignore it.

Hm, that makes sense. Anyone know the rates of chinning and knives at yaks/ogres or something? I'd love to do a calc on that.

 

So am I right in concluding that efficiancy calcs really arn't that hard?

Extra cost / time saved. It's that easy.

Howcome people have so much trouble with it then?

 

I worked that out on my own, and I'm not a super math buff.

Howcome people have so much trouble with it then?

 

I worked that out on my own, and I'm not a super math buff.

Unwillingness to apply one-self with the sheer laziness. :thumbdown:

Howcome people have so much trouble with it then?

 

I worked that out on my own, and I'm not a super math buff.

 

A lot of people see the forums as a way out, so to speak. If they can ask, and someone else can do the work for them, then they just saved themselves the trouble of trying it out.

It's pretty simple though... Not that hard if i'm on the right track.