Important: My neighbor was mistaken about the upgrade % increases
OOPS! I am posting this because my neighbor (a very smart and helpful lady) corrected some information she had posted on another thread with this:
"Neen, your question made me go take a closer look because I kept seeing "10%" on that little pocket watch icon, and it turns out I was WRONG WRONG WRONG. Darn. I clicked on it and it says it will still increase by only 5%; the 10% means I've already increased it by that much. RATS. HOWEVER...when you increase by 5% each time, the time saved grows exponentially, I think. You're saving 5% on what's there, then 5% on what's left, and so on. So it's still a good deal, the 5% each time. I would imagine it would work the same way with any other upgrade, i.e. reputation points and coins.
Sorry to have steered you wrong, I was so excited about seeing that 10%. DOH!!"
So I am editing my original post to reflect this new information. PLEASE REFERENCE THAT POST ONLY, and not the QUOTES IN SUBSEQUENT POSTS