in a guild of 1, it's 226k for the first perk level (saw someone mention 18M, so i'm guessing they had a guild of 80 - and perk costs scale perfectly on a per-member basis)
So this *is* a feature that punishes you for having non-contributing members.
Furthermore, looking over the first 10 perks the vast majority of them are not worth the effort. Even at level 3, they're generally a "so what?".
The two potential exceptions as I see it:
Recruitment Boost:
- Does it work on traz like guild levels or not like tavern?
- If not it still has niche use for developing players reliant on barracks - stack it with the guild bonus and the tavern bonus for super-speed recruitment.
Antiques Expert:
- There's not a lot of places to get boosts to this
- But most people also already have too many coins/gems anyways...
Putting aside that it's not worth it:
I was able to accrue 137k-147k on one perk the first day without using the diamond donations. But this is not compelling enough to use diamonds. So it'll be about a week I think to fully upgrade one perk to level 3. Then two weeks to enjoy it. I do have 5 daily donations left after 137k that I could use to work on a higher value/donation option on another perk so maybe could have 3 perks unlocked in two weeks with one week to enjoy it if spreading donations between the most efficient option for all 3 targeted perks. If it felt worthwhile.
So this *is* a feature that punishes you for having non-contributing members.
Furthermore, looking over the first 10 perks the vast majority of them are not worth the effort. Even at level 3, they're generally a "so what?".
The two potential exceptions as I see it:
Recruitment Boost:
- Does it work on traz like guild levels or not like tavern?
- If not it still has niche use for developing players reliant on barracks - stack it with the guild bonus and the tavern bonus for super-speed recruitment.
Antiques Expert:
- There's not a lot of places to get boosts to this
- But most people also already have too many coins/gems anyways...
Putting aside that it's not worth it:
I was able to accrue 137k-147k on one perk the first day without using the diamond donations. But this is not compelling enough to use diamonds. So it'll be about a week I think to fully upgrade one perk to level 3. Then two weeks to enjoy it. I do have 5 daily donations left after 137k that I could use to work on a higher value/donation option on another perk so maybe could have 3 perks unlocked in two weeks with one week to enjoy it if spreading donations between the most efficient option for all 3 targeted perks. If it felt worthwhile.