Talk:Testing page 2 new/@comment-5039776-20120708062535

OK, I'm just going to add comments and questions as they come to mind. It will be a bit disjointed, OK, so apologies in advance?

1. Why do we have such a level of precision? I think we should remove the decimal points in the economic analysis.

2. I am still unconvinced as to how we pick the comparable stores. The ones that are picked are impossible to compare to if you are level 28 only. Granted, it might help the level 38 player and above, but there are sooooo many numbers to wade through.

3. So many tables - what is what? There are two labelled comp with Salad store - I guess the 2nd is the Apple store.

4. I also agree with Wie, the #days with positive contribution doesn't add anything in my mind, anyway.

5. Why not just have "recalculated costs" at average cost of resources as the cost? One or the other is fine, but not both. Sorry, but I am seeing information overload.

5. The comparison of acquistion characteritics is very long and complicated. Why not simplify with something like Total cost (including resources) and Expected ROI based on an assumed recipes per day, and only mention stuff like size if different. Why go into build time at all? Or house slots.

OK, where am I heading with all of this? You may not like this but I wonder whether the store comparison adds vital information or just data? If we want to add a comparison, why not add links as a "See also" Apple Store and Salad Store?

And if we must do a comparison, why not just pick some key metrics, like Net coins per day, XP per day and ROI, put these in numerical form with some colour coding?

Where I am heading is the keep it simple principle. So many numbers (even colour coded) on a page will make people not want to read it, IMHO.

I'm not trying to rain on the parade, but feel I need to give good feedback.

I thought the stores gave great info when they stood on their own. We need breakeven point, that's for sure and can add ROI, net coins per day, net XP per day (on a store basis not per recipe) and make it easy to follow. Maybe, as I do on my spreadsheet do a "short cycle" and "long cycle" assumption and report on them.

Let's chat on this some more before going live.

All the best.

Helena