Are microupgrading fully always cheaper than full Mk-steps?

[ekf 88]

afaik you cant see the prices for MU anywhere, unlike Mk prices, so it's hard to work out the cost. But someone said that MU is cheaper.

Is that always the case?

And does having half-way MU lower the cost by half of a new Mk step?

Edited December 30, 2022 by ekf

[ProperAuthority 9]

Prices can be checked in Wiki page using calculator mode. MU is always costlier than MK because of speed up costs.

(Fire Bird MU Ex: https://en.tankiwiki.com/Micro-upgrades_Firebird )

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And does having half-way MU lower the cost by half of a new Mk step?

No. So it is always advisable to use MU's for MK7 to MK7+ to not end up wasting crystals.

[ekf 88]

On 12/30/2022 at 11:24 AM, pavan.chvs95 said:

Prices can be checked in Wiki page using calculator mode. MU is always costlier than MK because of speed up costs.

(Fire Bird MU Ex: https://en.tankiwiki.com/Micro-upgrades_Firebird )

No. So it is always advisable to use MU's for MK7 to MK7+ to not end up wasting crystals.

The person who said MU's are cheaper meant without speed-ups.

I didn't know you could see the prices. Guess it's an easy to answer question then.

Edited December 30, 2022 by ekf

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On 12/30/2022 at 4:11 PM, ekf said:

I meant MU without speed-ups. The person who said MU's are cheaper meant without speed-ups.

MU without speedup is not beneficial unless one has lots of spare time. (Ex: Fire Bird MK6 to MK7 with MU takes total of 31Days 6Hrs)

Further, people prefer MU when there is a sale which obviously does not last 32 days. So they inherently go for Speed ups.

By the way, you end up spending same amount of crystals used in MK upgrade.

[PirateSpider 1,489]

On 12/30/2022 at 2:48 AM, pavan.chvs95 said:

MU without speedup is not beneficial unless one has lots of spare time. (Ex: Fire Bird MK6 to MK7 with MU takes total of 31Days 6Hrs)

Or lots of crystals and don't play much.

[alkyng 3,080]

Base micro upgrading with no speeds = Mk upgrades. But as time = money, micro upgrades in general are way costlier than Mks. 

On 12/30/2022 at 12:54 PM, ekf said:

And does having half-way MU lower the cost by half of a new Mk step?

First steps of micro always cheaper/more beneficial than last steps.  I remember they start with 1000 crystals compared to last micros!

On 12/30/2022 at 1:48 PM, pavan.chvs95 said:

(Ex: Fire Bird MK6 to MK7 with MU takes total of 31Days 6Hrs)

In real you may miss 10+ hours after your upgrade finish before starting the next upgrade, so it's not 31 continuous days but more!