Craft or upgrade machines?

[Chaze]

is it more efficient to craft the lowest level of a machine like the normal oven and upgrade it or directly craft the higher oven at the working station? I wonder because it seem that the normal oven needs less high quality resources to upgrade than the higher quality oven to build directly.

[BuzzGunnerGirl]

I have the same question...
There are pros and cons to each. Looking a the furnace vs the Civil furnace shows you need more in some items (bronze pipes and a frame) to build vs upgrading (needing to buy an upgrade kit, more marble, etc.) So I think it is a matter of do you have more resources (build) instead of gols (upgrade.) Just my opinion.

[Puchbol]

Upgrade Kits drop like candy from Boxing Jacks; I don't think I've ever purchased one.

[SimuLord]

Originally posted by Puchbol:

Upgrade Kits drop like candy from Boxing Jacks; I don't think I've ever purchased one.

And Wild Yakmels. And roosters. And probably a bunch of other monsters I'm just not thinking of offhand.

My rule of thumb is to upgrade what's already on my workshop yard and build the newest version of whatever machine I need another one of. Otherwise, the upgrade kits sell for a decent price, especially in the earlygame where Gols are at a premium, so just wait for the market to rise to red-number territory (plus-percent over regular price) and sell high then build your higher-tier machines on the assembly station.

[DarknessShallFall]

I always upgrade them, I usually already have all the parts on hand to do so, and upgrade kits drop like... Well would say Candy but Puchbol said that already haha.

You can get them from the mini-boss mobs, like ♥♥♥♥-a-doodle-dooms (I think that is their name, the yellow Afro ones), Alpha Yakmels, Boxing Jacks, things like that.

[Ihateeverybody]

Now if I get a commision for a machine I already have I tend to refine it a few times (not only for the perk related bonus) but if I like the stats better to swap out my existing.