Yesterday I asked which would you rather be?
Goblin A vs. Goblin B
Both make item X
Goblin A sells 1000 per week @ 1G profit per.
Goblin B sells 100 per week @ 2G profit per.
Before I answer I would like introduce the notion of “Gold per Action”.
Gold per Hour vs. Gold per Action
Gold per Hour measures the amount of Gold one can profit in an Hour of Play time.
Gold per Action is a measure of the amount of Gold one can profit per key stroke.
Since I value every keystroke more than most, I prefer to measure success by looking at Gold per Action.
Back to the example, we have two Goblins selling the same item. I don’t think it’s a stretch to assume that both Goblins take generally the same steps/actions to sell the items.
In this case Goblin A employed 10 times the actions of Goblin B to sell the goods but at the end of the week Goblin A made only 5 times more gold.
The winner depends on what you value more:
Overall Gold: Goblin A by 800 Gold!
Gold per Action: Goblin B made twice the gold per action
Tomorow I will write about the intuitive nature of Gold per Action.
Cheers!
CK
