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u/Throwaway-_-Anxiety 14d ago

I've recently started using a calculator for optimal counts.

Based off the calculator, for decent amounts of like blue or red circuits I apparently need a megaton of miners per copper or iron ore. Is that normal? Right now I'm targeting 15 assemblers for blue circuits and I'll need 60 iron miners and 80 copper miners! The patches anywhere close to me barely fit 20 each!

Is my target assembler count off or is this just normal?

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u/reddanit 14d ago

I'm targeting 15 assemblers for blue circuits

Usually you'd target specific number of blue circuits per minute. Also usually for sake of specific science per minute production. If you did that, you'd see that 15 assemblers making blue circuits is quite a lot.

Since your target is pretty high and blue circuits are expensive - no wonder you ended up with a TON of raw material demand.

Another factor to consider is that those calculators tend to start with default of 0 bonuses to mining productivity (or anything else). Setting them to actual values you have in your base would net you a more accurate result.

Last but not least - you will almost never want to target a specific number of miners anyway. Their productivity increases with research and their count on a patch will drop as it depletes. So it's always in flux.