Operation cost

[papoosa]

I've seen a lot of people in here saying staff pay goes into operation cost but there is a separate tab for pay, a lot of people said this increased when they went to platinum rank for the store, but this is also around the same time that I unlocked the farm and fish farm. Is the operation cost increased by staff or by the 2 new facilities, does anyone know definitively?

[Leridi]

It is from ranking up to platinum. I unlocked the farm and fish farm long before ranking up to platinum and they had no noticeable impact on operation cost. The day I went to platinum with no other changes the operation cost increased by about 2000.

https://i.imgur.com/Hqppl72.png

[Leooo]

Originally posted by Crimtos:

It is from ranking up to platinum. I unlocked the farm and fish farm long before ranking up to platinum and they had no noticeable impact on operation cost. The day I went to platinum with no other changes the operation cost increased by about 2000.

https://i.imgur.com/Hqppl72.png

I run into the same problem, operation cost went over 2000 after I got platinum. So confused, did you find out how to avoid this?

[NexAngelus *X*]

holy crap in same boat... so for some reason going from gold and my 174 dollar operations i got to plat and now have to pay 2k operations DAILY!!!! are we getting a ton more customers or something? this seems like one of those pyrmid schemes lol

[7ㄖ丂丂セ卄🝗⻏ㄖ丂丂]

They need to fix this ♥♥♥♥ somehow at least give us more customers or make them pay more sense the op cost went through the fkin roof like that

[Hunter4x]

Near the end game the platinum rank 2k op cost isn't really much is it? I still get around 10-15k on a full night.

[justin_84]

Higher ranks mean more customers. It's best to rank a few of the newer better dishes you have access to up before you increase your rank to offset the increase in operation costs. There's not a big increase in customers, but if your food is enhanced enough you will still come out ahead.

Like if I got 4 extra customers from ranking up my Cooksta and my operation cost goes up 2000, if I average 500 for my dishes I break even. If I have 1000 coin dishes, I come out ahead.

[Leridi]

Originally posted by 14Hunt:

Near the end game the platinum rank 2k op cost isn't really much is it? I still get around 10-15k on a full night.

It isn't but when I ranked up to platinum I was only earning 6k so it cut my profit by a third.

[ska.one]

It sounds like you need to get better recipes. I'm in the same boat as 14Hunt, I gross over 20K a night selling enhanced recipes and the odd bit of sushi at 500 a piece. Think rank 8 narwhal and that kind of thing. Netting 10-15k is normal for me, too, and not on a party night or selling boss food.

[Rose]

Stay Golden Fishy Boi XD lol
Platinum is too expensive early on.
Progress the main story quests before ranking up. Unlock your gear and apps before Cooksta-ing up. I know it's tempting, but slow and low is the name of the game <3

[morloxx]

Originally posted by Rose:

Stay Golden Fishy Boi XD lol
Platinum is too expensive early on.
Progress the main story quests before ranking up. Unlock your gear and apps before Cooksta-ing up. I know it's tempting, but slow and low is the name of the game <3

It still isn't great that the game doesn't tell you this. If I knew I would lose a decent part of my profits from leveling it up I probably would have waited (a bit). I just checked the "rewards" page and there is nothing that tells you that upgrading has downsides as well.

It's not the end of the world but it felt bad to me to work toward an upgrade and then not immediately get value from it. During nights with boss food or during events it's definitely already worth it but if I go night fishing it eats up way too much.

[dna]

Get halfway decent staff and make bank?
Ok, getting to platinum BEFORE unlocking tuna is maybe a really bad idea, tho...

[Hurrsia]

I just wish there was any kind of warning at all that show that operation costs would go up with Platinum. Its not hard at all to get Plat, but that 2000 operation cost is absolutely brutal to get hit in the early game.