Look at it this way: You have to wait 'n' paydays anyway but this way you get your tech/cons researched/planted sooner. So if you do have the $$$ you have the option of buying more faster than your opponent.phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Dec 7 2014, 01:06 AM) ... *sigh*
Look, the faster cons build and the faster you research the more $/minute you need to generate. Bios can skip mining partially because its numbers are so low and partially because since they have to wait 10 minutes for a piece of tech, they're guaranteed to have enough money for any single piece of tech (or two) just by virtue of their paydays and have it on time.
income rate is very important and Dreg's optimal income rate is much higher than Belters.
You can disagree if you like: it's no skin off my nose. But intentionally ignoring how a faction's perk can make its weakness even more glaring is just... I don't even know if there's a good word for it.
Bios research cost is buffed so they get more tech/payday because of that. If the research for bios was 12 sec you'd get same amount of tech except it would come sooner if you had more money OR not later than it would normally do.
The money generated (or mined) within a time period is the same regardless of the research or ship speed (actually ship speed helps you mine and plant offloading points so $$$ is generated faster) so making cons/research slower without lowering the cost or actually increasing paydays isn't going to help your econ.
Now if it was mandatory to click "buy constructor" at the moment your constructor was planted I'd say you are right, but its not so you are wrong.