small vs large electronics & machine parts

[Eggsackqueuethor]

So with a couple of upgrades a small machine shop makes 6,5 units a day with 2 shifts and specialisation and 1 pop per shift.
A large machine shop i can only get to 15,5 with 3 pop per shift.
other than power, why would you go with the large counterparts?

in before: aesthetics

[Aturchomicz]

Originally posted by Eggsackqueuethor:

So with a couple of upgrades a small machine shop makes 6,5 units a day with 2 ships and specialisation and 1 pop per shift.
A large machine shop i can only get to 15,5 with 3 pop per shift.
other than power, why would you go with the large counterparts?

in before: aesthetics

Lets be honest, thats a pay to win dlc

[Eggsackqueuethor]

hm, aaight.

[Blake Walsh]

Heavy Workload.

Heavy Workload adds +20 shift performance. it doesn't matter how many workers, or how effective they are. So when you use Heavy Workload, you get 20% of the daily production for free, 0.8 machinery/sol for small, 2.4/sol for large. The full-size Machinery Factory thus does a much better job of exploiting a small number of workers.

Also the full size machinery factory uses only 2/3rds the electronics maintenance as 3 small machinery factory, while producing the same amount. In addition, both cost 20 energy to amplify, so 3x amplified small factory will use 114 energy, while a single amplified large factory uses 70 energy.

So in the early game you might choose the large factory to cheese heavy workload, later the large factory is a bit more efficient than 3 small factories.