Paying for the research desk

[Gashlycrumb]

And not making enough the first day to afford it is really REALLY dumb. It's not optional. It's the FIRST thing you HAVE to buy, and that kind of defeats the purpose of any of this being random.

Drop the price, pay us more day one, or make the damned thing free. It's a massive drag to waste the first two days every game the EXACT same way.

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

I managed to get it on Day 1 before. Use the booking desk to call in customers, you get 3 gold bonus each time you use it. More in later stages.

[Aragami󠁳⁧⁧ 󠁳_delp_]

You may not even want to buy it on the first chance possible.

If you don't have a bought research desk, you are much more likely to get more (it remains in the normal loot pool).
So if you save your first research desk in the blueprint cabinet and wait for another one, you can immediately upgrade it to get your research setup a good kickstart.

[Seftak]

Originally posted by Aragami󠁳⁧⁧ 󠁳_delp_:

You may not even want to buy it on the first chance possible.

If you don't have a bought research desk, you are much more likely to get more (it remains in the normal loot pool).
So if you save your first research desk in the blueprint cabinet and wait for another one, you can immediately upgrade it to get your research setup a good kickstart.

Exactly. People rushing to get the research desk as fast as possible are also the ones complaining they can never get copy or discount desks.

[my butt is erect]

Just another topic of people who don't know how to play and adapt saying you must have research desks immediately, move along folks. Honestly so tired of these topics, they are all the same, I don't know why people are moronically obsessed with instant research desks.

Also if you use the phone correctly you can maybe literally always have enough for a desk.

[Doktor Vic Tim]

You don't really need the research desk super early. Take your time and invest some coins in other appliances such as extra tables, counters (if you need them. Some maps offer lots of them at starts for free) plates and maybe even a normal sink or hib. Remember, starter sink and starter hobs perform at 0.75x. And the starter hob in particular is really messy from my experience.

You'll get the research desk eventually.

[Asakura Shinichi]

Originally posted by Gashlycrumb:

And not making enough the first day to afford it is really REALLY dumb. It's not optional. It's the FIRST thing you HAVE to buy, and that kind of defeats the purpose of any of this being random.

Drop the price, pay us more day one, or make the damned thing free. It's a massive drag to waste the first two days every game the EXACT same way.

1. First 3 days are safe, you cant fail them, if you dont abuse the hell of the reservation desk than its obvious you are starving for money.
2. I think you dont get the fact that when you buy a research desk the chances of another dropping drop considerably, you should put the first desk in the the drawer not buy it, otherwise your chances to get a discount, blueprint or copy desk are quite slim.
3. If you dont care to get the copy/blueprint/discount desks, cause you consider not needing them as you never plan to go far into overtime than you dont need the research desk in the first place as well.

Consider what you actually need to buy more over putting priority on upgrades that cost you money, money you dont have that early on, because thats from my experience what causes a lot of players to have problems reaching day 15 and franchising. Having a research desk can be good, but having it while needing plates or tables is the fastest way to end your runs.