Break even figure of paper money?

[Kampfschwein Fjonda]

How much wood do your post-imperial Vietnamese Lumberjacks need to cut in order to regain the 350 gold investment that the paper money tech (lumberjacks slowly generate gold) breaks even (on gold terms). My magic number is: 9157 wood.

If you sell this wood at bottom market prices (14g/100w) you get 1282 gold. So 350 extra is something, but not much at all.

It still might be interesting in a 2 hour Black Forest / Arena Trash situation, when you send 100 vils on wood and supply your team with wood. But outside of such a scenario the tech just isn't cool at all.

[NOC | Mati]

50 FU lumberjacks = 2 extra relics thats kinda huge

[Kampfschwein Fjonda]

Buying relics in post imperial age for 350 gold is not huge at all. Also, relics never run out, wood does. Also, a few Hussars in your base do not stop relic's gold generation.

[NOC | Mati]

ofc it needs some time to reach the break-even-point but at 90+ min the effect is definitely noticeable and makes you able to afford that one treb or bbc you need to break the stalemate situation

[DesertRose92]

Age of Noob made a video about the new Paper Money:

How Good is the new Paper Money?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4O364qiv5w

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It takes roughly 15 minutes at 20 lumberjacks or 8 minutes at 40 lumberjacks to just recuperate the gold cost, and if you add the Wood cost it takes ~40 minutes at 20 lumberjacks and ~20 minutes at 40 lumberjacks.

It's in a similar position as Crop Rotation; it is simply not viable unless you expect the game to last 90+ minutes or so. It's a very sad state for a UT.

edit:
And those numbers are the best case scenario for Paper Money. If the prices for Wood haven't even been buttomed out yet you get more Gold for you Wood, meaning the break even point is even further in the future.