Upgrading shipyard beyond level 12 - Times with lvl 13

This is a direct copy from our original forum.

orbitz wrote:: No craft requires the shipyard to be built larger than lvl 12.

The time taken for craft builds decrease with each level of the shipyard but compared with nanite factory this increase is not so significant.

I was unable to track down any data on performance increase beyond lvl 12 so I thought I'd research this myself and follows are the results.

My nanite factory is at level 4 so for those lucky enough to have a higher level the times (and advantages) would be much lower.

It costs only 1.63M Metal 819k Crystal 409.6k Deut to upgrade from lvl 12 to 13 but (as you will see from results below the benefits are also small.

Nanite 4 Shipyard (12) - 13

Light Fighter (6s) - No change
Heavy Fighter (17s) - 16s
Cruiser (46s) - 43s
Battleship (1.43) - 1.36
S Cargo (6s) - No change
L Cargo (20s) - 19s
Colony (51s) - 48s
Battle Cruiser (2m 36s) - 1m 52
Bomber (2m 09s) - 2.00m
Destroyer (3m 10s) - 2.56
Death Star (4h 19m 36s) - 4h 01m 01s
Recycler (27s) - 25s
Esp (1s) - No Change (checked and found still 60 per minute)
Solar Sat (3s) - No change

In conclusion it is clear that the advantages are quite small but if you are building a lot of ships in a hurry the few minutes saved may just save your skin someday? - Up to you. . .

(When I get Nanite 5 myself I will probably update this with times to shipyard lvl 14)

orbitz wrote:: OK have finally got Nanite to lvl 5 so here are the build times between having a (Nanite 5 with Robotics lvl 12) and then lvl 13

Light Fighter (3 secs) - No change
Heavy Fighter (8 secs) - No change
Cruiser (23 secs) - 21 secs
Battleship (51 secs) - 48 secs
Small Cargo (2 sec) - 3 secs ?! - Strange but true!
Lrg Cargo (10 secs) - 9 secs
Colony (25 secs) - 24 secs
Battlecruiser (1 minute 0 secs) - 56 seconds
Bomber (1 minute 4 secs) - 1 minute 0 secs
Destroyer (1 minute 35 secs) - 1minute 28 secs
Death Star (2 Hr.09Min 48 secs) - 2 Hr. 0 Min 32 secs
Recycler (13 secs) - 12 secs
Solar Sat (1 secs) - No change

Still a fraction of the difference gaining Nanite 5 made but, for such a low cost, well worth the upgrade if you have spare slots.