User blog comment:Pgrobban/Slower energy drain or extra energy/revives/potions? An explanation for non-geeks/@comment-25968376-20150725221942/@comment-25889587-20150726090607

Cleverly written. I'm still interested with the Muffin vs Cocktail thing though.

Let's see. With SED 25%, base energy = 445, running on Ep 1, we get:


 * 3 Cocktails = 313 secs
 * 2 Cocktails + 1 Muffin = 332 secs (19 sec increase)
 * 1 Cocktail + 2 Muffins = 349 secs (17 sec increase)
 * 3 Muffins = 364 secs (15 sec increase)

Running on Ep 2 and 4:
 * 3 Cocktails = 235 secs
 * 2 Cocktails + 1 Muffin = 249 secs (14 sec increase)
 * 1 Cocktail + 2 Muffins = 261 secs (12 sec increase)
 * 3 Muffins = 274 sec (13 sec increase)

Running on Ep 3:
 * 3 Cocktails = 188 secs
 * 2 Cocktails + 1 Muffin = 199 secs (11 sec increase)
 * 1 Cocktail + 2 Muffins = 209 secs (10 sec increase)
 * 3 Muffins = 218 sec (9 sec increase)

Also, to see how much the optimal base energy so that we can run exactly the same with either 3 Muffins and 3 Cocktails for all four episodes would be:

1.1^3 * 1.25 * (x+120) = 1.07^3 * 1.25 * (x+270)

x = 1614.25 energy

Yeah, I can't do equations on wiki :P

Going above 1614 energy means you better off with Cocktails than Muffins.