skoormit wrote on Mon, 26 May 2014 15:27

Even more interesting:

If I copy the target Starbase design and add the copy to the queue, I get the same behavior. Base will complete in 4 years, factory will complete in 5 years.

BUT! I can add shields to the new design to increase the upgrade cost to 816, and the queue says it will complete in 4 years.

The queue seems to be acknowledging that I will have 816+ resources to apply over the next 4 years, is charging a hidden tax when I want to apply those resources to different things.

This is the only unexplained example. How would adding five resources to the queue shorten the duration?