Is a labor badge really worth purchasing?

[SnowbearKay]

Hi there,

I was wondering if a labour badge really is worth purchasing when it only last for 30 days??? I am not really a cash shop type of player..

[Plushie Panda]

You can buy Dubloons with PoE at any bank so no need to spend real money if you've got the PoE to spare. That being said, unless you really like the labor puzzles, I'm not sure it's worth it.

Also it is important to note that it isn't 30 consecutive days. It's 30 logged in days. So if you log in once a day for 30 days, then yes it will only last a month. However, if you log in 5 days , don't play for 6 months, and then log in again there will be 24 days left (30-5 logged in days - the day you log in after 6 months)

[SnowbearKay]

Thats just it, I am a daily player but also only just came back to the game as well. So far out of the labor puzzles, I have only played the shipwright one as it was a free puzzle today, and out of the free puzzles , i prefer bilging and patching

[head eyes]

It is worth it buying both badges as long as your pay is around at least 25poe/hr. You can do the math on the hourly rate to see how much you earn.

You get 24 labor hours per day with the basic labor badge:
24 hours (labor hours) * 25 poe (pay rate) = 600 poe (daily profit)
600 poe (daily profit) * 30 days (days in a month) = 18000 poe (monthly profit)
18000 poe (monthly profit) / 3300 (cost of dubloons) = 5.45 dubloons (earned per month)

So you would profit around 0.45 dubloons with 25/hr labor pay, and most shops are paying around 30-40 for basic or more for skilled/expert. So yes the labor badges are worth it as long as you keep your crafting puzzles active and make sure they don't go dormant.

[perlandria]

The nice thing about labor badges is it is passive POE if you keep your skill up and take a good job. Take A Job at a shop that pays well and uses up your labor and you don’t need to be logged in and puzzling all the time. So less worry about wasted time.

[Terracom241]

Originally posted by Plushie Panda:

You can buy Dubloons with PoE at any bank so no need to spend real money if you've got the PoE to spare. That being said, unless you really like the labor puzzles, I'm not sure it's worth it.

Also it is important to note that it isn't 30 consecutive days. It's 30 logged in days. So if you log in once a day for 30 days, then yes it will only last a month. However, if you log in 5 days , don't play for 6 months, and then log in again there will be 24 days left (30-5 logged in days - the day you log in after 6 months)

this is old as heck but just in case someone needs the correction: Labor badges are most definitely calendar days and will keep counting down even when you don't log.