Also, all numbers are rounded to 2 decimal points.
I'm assuming it takes 2 seconds for a vil to move from the centre of a farm to the granary\TC and back again, since it's an average time.
Losing 2 seconds means 1.38 food 'lost' for Greek\Norse, and 1.14 'lost' for Egy, every trip (1.36 if empowered). Husbandry, by doubling the carry capacity, halves the walk time, so half of what was 'lost' is now being added to the stockpile. Taking into account the 2 seconds walk, each trip takes 23.74 secs for Greek\Norse, 28.32 secs for Egy. For Greek\Norse, 2.53 trips are made per minute, gathering 37.95 food. For Egy, 2.12 trips are made per minute, gathering 31.8 food, 38.16 if empowered, since empowering doesn't affect the actual *gather* time, but rather what goes into the stockpile when it's cached. Therefore, the time lost per minute is 5.06 secs for Greek\Norse, and 4.24 secs for Egy, leading to 3.49 food 'lost' per minute to Greek\Norse, and 2.42 food 'lost' per minute to Egy, 2.9 if empowered. Over ten minutes, Greek\Norse 'lose' 34.9 food, while Egy 'lose' 24.2, 29 if empowered. This may not seem like much, but image you have 20 villagers farming (not unreasonable, 20 vils farming for ten minutes). Greek\Norse now 'lose' 698 food in ten minutes, for Egy its 498, 580 if empowered. With Husbandry you actually gain (properly gain, as in affects your stockpile, not like the 'losing' we've been doing) a full half of all that food, ie 349 for Greek\Norse, 249 for Egy, 290 if empowered. 1 Greek\Norse vil now takes 21.74 secs per trip (taking walk into account, as I will in all examples), makes 2.76 trips per minute gathering 41.4 food total. 5.52 secs per minute are 'lost', giving 4.2 food 'lost'. Over 10 minutes, that's 42 food 'lost', 840 if 20 vils work 10 mins. 420 1 Egy vil now takes 23.43 secs per trip, makes 2.56 trips per minute gathering 38.4 food total (46/08 if empowered). 5.12 secs per minute are 'lost', giving 3.58 food 'lost' (4.3 if empowered). Over 10 min, that's 35.8 food 'lost' (43 if empowered)), 716 if 20 vils work 10 min (860 if empowered. 356 food is gained if Husbandry has been researched (430 if empowered) With Irrigation, a further +10% and +11% are added, but these are calculated from the *base rates* given near the top, giving new gather rates of 0.83 for Greek\Norse, and 0.77 for Egy. 1 Greek\Norse vil now takes 20.01 secs per trip, makes 3 trips per minute gathering 45 food total. 6 secs are 'lost', meaning 4.98 food 'lost'. Over 10 mins, 49.8 food is 'lost', 996 is 20 vils work 10 mins. 498 food is gained if Husbandry has been researched. 1 Egy vil now takes 21.48 secs per trip, makes 2.8 trips per minute gathering 42 food total (50.4 if empowered). 5.6 secs are 'lost', meaning 4.31 food 'lost' (5.17 if empowered). Over 10 mins, 43.1 food is 'lost' (51.7 if empowered), 862 if 20 vils work 10 mins (1034 if empowered). 431 food is gained if Husbandry has been researched (517 if empowered). With Flood Control, we add a final 10%, 11% for Egy, once more using the base rates to calculate the percentages. This gives new gather rates of 0.9 for Greek\Norse, and 0.84 for Egy. 1 Greek\Norse vil now takes 18.67 secs per trip, makes 3.21 trips per minute gathering 48.15 food total. 6.42 secs per min are 'lost', giving 5.78 food 'lost'. Over 10 min, that's 57.8 food 'lost', 1156 if 20 vils work 10 min. 578 food is gained if Husbandry has been researched. 1 Egy vil now takes 19.86 secs per trip, makes 3.02 trips per minute gathering 45.3 food total (54.36 if empowered). 6.04 secs per min are 'lost', giving 5.07 food 'lost' (6.08 if empowered). Over 10 min, that's 50.7 food 'lost' (60.8 if empowered), 1014 if 20 vils work 10 min (1216 if empowered). 507 food is gained if Husbandry has been researched (608 if empowered). I'm sure most of you knew it boosted farming anyway, but I hope this helps a bit knowing roughly how much it boosts it by. Sorry if I waffled on. Midnight EDIT: Egy pre-Plow farming wasn't taking into account the changes made by patch 1.03, and as such I was also incorrect in saying Plow gave Egy +11%, in fact it gives them +22% but this only acts to negate the -11% imposed on pre-Plow farming. [This message has been edited by Midnight (edited 06-07-2003 @ 05:28 AM).]
The basic gather rate is 0.69 for Greek and Norse vils, and 0.63 for Egy vils (although pre-Plow Egy vils gather at -11%, giving a gather rate 0.57, so that's the value I'll be using). The vils normally gather 15 food before dropping it off.
Now, with Plow, the gather rates go up by +10%, +22% for Egy (the equivalent of giving them +11% on their base rate), giving new gather rates of 0.76 for Greek\Norse, and 0.7 for Egy.
food is gained if Husbandry has been researched.
Husbandry is a very useful tech to boost farming! It's best researched early, as it just gets better with time. Also, at only 100W 50G, it's a great safeguard for if the game goes the distance.