lisa wrote:well I eventually bought 2 apex and got patron, since there is no land though I can't help but feel it was a complete waste of gold. Sure you get loyalty tokens and labor boost but 5g for 1000 labor from worker's comp is cheaper than buying 2 apex for a month.
You'll find that patron wins out no matter regardless of land.
Assuming that your online status doesnt change between patron and f2p, Patron itself makes you an extra ~40k labor
more than being f2p.
For calculations sake, i'll assume you can be logged in 24/7 of the month.
patron = 2 labor/min
f2p = 1 labor/min
1 month = 43200 minutes (30 days)
Workers comps on the US servers are almost as low as 4g currently, so at minimum 43k labor costs 172g while currently APEX is around 55-60g ea.
Meaning you are saving at least 45g by just having patron in regards to labor. And then you can include land/loyalty tokens/AH access (1 time purchase)/reduced queues (not much of an issue now)/ 10% XP bonus...oh and a labor cap of 5k rather than a meager 2k.
tl;dr Patron is still the better option over worker's comps.