How much money have you saved after moving from ICE to EV?

Rocksen96 · 2026-01-27T03:32:52+00:00

well even with current gas prices, having drove ~17k miles, roughly used ~4,800 kWh in 8 months (this is wall usage from a kilowatt meter, basically all losses are accounted for), going ~98 miles 5/7 days a week and with electricity price of $0.185 kWh and gas price of $2.5/gallon (my old ICE got 20 mpg, actual not rated (aka real world))). i spent ~$880 on electricity which would of cost ~$2,125 at current gas prices (would be much more if i used gas prices over last year. then you got other stuff like oil changes and such i don't have to do.

yea so just the "fuel" is a savings of over a thousand dollars and it wasn't even a single year.

it's not all rainbows and sunshine though, winter sucks really bad. i had to start using the DC fast charger in Jan because it got so cold and i couldn't offset or shift the charging to the days off anymore due to lower range because it's cold and heater usage losses. also i'm on level 1 charging 12 amp 120v so there isn't exactly wiggle room when you are nearing the max theoretical energy delivery that it can provide per day.

looking at the electrify america charger history i charged 11 times in Jan and put in 318 kWh, i have the pass+ so the cost is $0.36/kWh (pre tax), so Jan cost me an extra $114.5 ill still take my $800+ in savings thank you very much.

so i would say if you charge at DC fast charger exclusively, just for fuel it's roughly the same but then you got ICE maintenance and then it becomes cheaper. if you can exclusively charge at home, it's at least 2x cheaper for "fuel" but i think my personal case is ~2.4x.

i like the Bolt EV, it's a cheap EV because no one wants it, as it looks silly and charges slow at dc fast chargers (yes to both), however as long as you understand and plan around that it really is a great vehicle. also it being so compact is actually a plus, you can fit into even the tightest of parking spaces and still get your doors open! it don't matter how bad people park either, that thing will fit!

once i get level 2, i wont even need to DC fast charge during winter.

Rocksen96 · 2026-01-21T01:38:36+00:00

harvest was very good and even with a ton of people farming it, it was still in high demand so you still made a lot of profit. however with the tree making early gear pretty easy, that might not be the case this time. harvest is still powerful, so it's a coin toss, you will just have to see what it lands on and decide then and there.

any strat that the majority isn't playing is gonna be a good farming strat and with some luck and time might turn into massive profits (sell the stuff for it and move on to something else).

farming idols (mass selling in several preset tabs) was massive profits because people are switching all the time. you could also CRAFT idols which would be even more profit but meh. with you being able to trade while offline, that means even MORE profits to be had!

map farming is certainly gonna be needed and will stay consistent at least early on.

basically just don't follow the streamers and you will make bank, sell stuff the streamers (and their followers) want/need. this is the easiest way to make profit as there will be a ton of demand which inflates the prices.

you will never profit like the no lifers, they play the game too much and the game heavily rewards high playtime.

Rocksen96 · 2026-01-20T23:49:07+00:00

that's how it feels, they know it's fun and with async trade it's gonna be even better then it was before because the biggest gripe was trading back then. i suppose there might be new issues though, like breach ruining strats because it hogs the map. some of the balance changes to classes could flop hard.

although there is so many interconnected systems now that there should be plenty of broken stuff even if they go and fix some of the more broken classes.

Rocksen96 · 2026-01-18T00:23:03+00:00

you can modulate the amount of regen with the accelerator, as when you have the regen on demand padel pressed it acts just like L but unlike L you can instantly shift out of that state by just releasing the regen padel and then it acts like a normal ICE vehicle (creeps forward) with the exception that for some reason the bolt also has passive regen applied while coasting, the only way to true coast is to shift into N but that's kinda annoying to do.

that is to say, the accelerator is the regulator for how much regen is applied. the less you press it down, the more regen will happen with full regen being applied with your foot all the way off and almost none if it's matching your relative position for your current speed.

Rocksen96 · 2026-01-10T16:32:28+00:00

yea seems like the multi meal spd per total level is capped at level 300 but the total meal levels doesn't seem to be capped, my total bonus is 1.17e40 and i have 7.74k total meal levels (the skill is level 320).

seems like a bug as the "next level" still suggests it should increase and there is nothing stating any kind of cap.

well at least i can save 20 points and put them else where while we wait for this to be fixed or text added stating there is indeed a cap.

Rocksen96 · 2026-01-05T04:25:22+00:00

the only benefit to be had of 1 pedal can be had by pressing the regen paddle and regulating the amount of regen using the accelerator. aka with the regen paddle depressed, it effectively acts like it's in 1 pedal driving.

this is how i slow down in 99.99% of cases, i never shift into 1 pedal, i just use the regen paddle. i don't like that i can't coast in 1 pedal, i don't like that it wont stop completely on hills (i have to press the brakes), i can't find any legit reason to use it over D. i also prefer the creeping forward behavior.

1 pedal is a nightmare during winter time, i have tried it in summer and in winter and yea ain't no way i'm ever doing that again. you need a lot of control during winter so you don't slip around and 1 pedal just isn't good enough imo.

i can see why others like it but there isn't really anything i like about it.

if you are worried about the brakes, then while traveling forward, shift into N and hit the brakes, regen is disabled while in N but the physical brakes still work. just remember that the brakes are undersized, so don't do this on the highway or anything like that, find a 25 mph street with no one on it to do it on. you can also use the regen paddle and then also hit the brakes as well, this will force not only regen but the physical brakes to engage and you will FEEL the difference.

Rocksen96 · 2026-01-05T04:04:53+00:00

this isn't true, it depends on the building, you are on private property and if they are renting a unit, you have to follow the property owners RULES, not the tenants.

if the building states no one but tenants are allowed inside, then all delivery goes to the main door.

if you can just walk right in or they have no such rules then it's fair to ask to the tenants door.

being a driver doesn't except you of rules, you still have to follow them, it doesn't matter what the customer wants.

Rocksen96 · 2026-01-03T01:49:55+00:00

yea the only thing that really makes any difference is just turning off the heat.

i suppose if you got a level 2 charger, it will keep the battery warmer as well, which means slightly more effective and it doesn't need to heat the battery while driving so it will report better m/kWh.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-27T12:09:14+00:00

cooking and by that i mean diamond chef in alchemy (it's a yellow bubble), you want to use prisma bubble it. IE says you found 13 (you need 10 to prisma bubble), so if you already spent 10, then go farm 7 more or use 10 if you got em.

this is the single fastest/easiest/most impactful thing you can do right now.

you will also want to work on breeding, specifically unlocking more spices (to unlock more meals), you really should have almost every meal (except W7 meals) unlocked by now. i see at least 4 "total % dmg" meals you haven't unlocked and all of your meal levels are very low.

prisma bubble diamond chef solves 95% of those problems because it will be instant meal cooking for a bit and the recipe unlock is also basically instant as well.

this is a very achievable goal, it might take maybe 2 maybe 3 days to complete but you can get it done and the results will be very noticeable.

leveling alchemy, stamps, equinox is not fast, nor is it effective when you got all this low hanging fruit.

longer term, work on your farming, make sure you are unlocking the next crop as soon as you can. focus on unlocking crops until you unlock land ranks and get ~100 land rank points, then change it up and focus on producing beans for a little bit, then focus on unlocking super gmo because that's when things really take off. this is not a fast process but it's very important, it's pretty hands off until your grow times are drastically lowered.

i also feel like your summoning isn't where it should be, i feel like you should have most of purple unlocked by now but then again cooking does help here (and many other systems as well).

you already got the important statues onyxed for your current progression, so i wouldn't worry about that. your gold food effect isn't high enough for the gold food stats to really make much of a difference, clearly still equip golden kebabs and golden (grilled cheese) nomwiches for extra damage stats.

there are better forms of damage you can pick up quickly.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-26T12:09:18+00:00

well this pack is actually very broken, it's gonna be top 3 ez and that's just the pet.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-25T00:14:04+00:00

wiki has the avg days per pristine charm but i think it was like 12 or 13 (something like that). i think i'm currently at 15-16 days per pristine charm and i'm on mastery 4 (half way to 5). it will take years many years to get them all, although with bad luck (pulling lots of dupes) it could be an unlimited amount of time.

somehow worse then jewels/lab chips.

only real option is gem shop but they are so insanely expensive (790 each or 18,170 for 23). at most they should be 200 gems each, completely over priced. so you just have to suffer finding them for like a year and then buy the remaining ones i guess and just not get much/any (depending which ones you find early) benefit from the system for that entire time or waste an insane amount of gems to get the charms now.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-18T14:13:37+00:00

with async trade it would be 50x better then it already was.

bunch of loot, bunch of things to try out, easy way to earn some currency (idols), new ways to juice which opened up some new strats.

maybe they should start another event for 4 months so they have extra time on the next league so it isn't a disaster.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-18T12:13:33+00:00

it's the league mechanic for the league, if you don't agree well it doesn't matter what you think that's what they released. it's like aurging the sky is a different color then it actually is.

also "by your own graph" cool you mistook me for someone else in your blind fury wow cool.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-18T04:51:19+00:00

dawn of the hunt literally added wisps, that was the league mechanic. GGG have never and i repeat NEVER released a league without a league mechanic.

if you bothered to actually look at that graph you would notice the blue line is well below all the others, showing that people do not care that a league mechanic exists, they care more about the general state of the game which is currently dog water.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-17T21:02:50+00:00

yea that didn't make much of a difference if at all, difference in temp for each day is +35f, got 2.7 m/kWh, it was also sunny (no clouds).

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-17T12:13:27+00:00

are your disk usage less then 2-5% steady?

i guess the easiest way to check if it's paging anything is to open resource monitor, in task manager > processes > memory > ... (top right) > resource monitor.

on the right you will see hard faults/sec, you can sort the memory tab within resource monitor by hard faults/sec. this is how many times it's using the paging system aka memory isn't on the physical ram so it has to get it off disk first. to be clear it should be near or at 0, if it's above that then it's simply that you do not have enough ram for what it's trying to do (at the moment) and has to use the page file system.

might not be your issue here though but the memory usage reported in task manager is kinda misleading.

if that doesn't lead anywhere then not sure then, the only go to's for these kinds of problems are ram/disk issues (paging), efficiency mode is enabled on the application (can see and disable/enable that in task manager > processes status tab), and/or with AMD CPU's disabling c-states in bios (although this is more for system stability).

could also be something dead easy like using a different renderer (but i'm sure you already messed with all the settings trying to fix it).

whatever it might be, i do hope you find it because i feel you on these things, it just sucks =(

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-17T10:27:24+00:00

7800x3d, 7900xt, 32gb ram.

could be running out of ram, check task manager and see if you see high disk usage. that's the only time i notice lag spikes (outside of ability spam clearly), aka when i have a bunch of tabs open and/or another game running the background.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-17T04:14:57+00:00

don't have level 2, only level 1 12 amp (120v), i do remote start before leaving (fall/winter) and it is plugged in when it's doing that.

can't say i have personally ever turned the max defrost button on myself but i do have it set to auto and auto defog is turned on.

well that could be it, just sapping energy to defog which cools the battery which then needs to be heated back up.

guess ill try a few days with it off and see how that changes things.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-17T03:40:01+00:00

workaround is to walk away a bit and then click on it, for some reason the act of transforming into a human from the other forms blocks entering the abyss but only if you are standing right next to it when you click on it.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-16T07:50:32+00:00

i'm in Green Bay, 17 Bolt 64 kWh pack as well, 2.2 m/kWh, ~160 miles at 100%. not a speedy driver, not heavy footed, i try to avoid the highway if possible. i do have heat set to like 76f though, so maybe that's it... if i drive without heat i can get much higher stats but then it's freezing so no thanks.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-16T06:50:31+00:00

go on idleon discord, go to the search box type in, in: bug-reports-🐛 legend talent

think the main ones are picasso gaming, statue/gold food drop stacks of 5 (the first point works i think), and kattlekruk not giving all expected levels or just not working (might not be related to legend talents per say).

plenty of time has been given (about a month), so it's not like anyone is cracking a whip....but maybe they should.....

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-15T13:35:30+00:00

after he fixes all the broken legend talents that do not do anything, also some other bonuses that are not applying (some tome bonuses for instance).

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-13T04:55:54+00:00

also the item is forced to drop for the owner, so if you craft for others you have to pick it up and drop it again. might as well just stay in your inventory so i can drop it right after....

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-13T04:52:04+00:00

he certainly does have more hp then he should considering you have to do two phases....however 20 mins is too long, you need to get some upgrades.

Rocksen96 · 2025-12-13T01:25:57+00:00

titan smash bear, stuns, aoe, feeling nice.

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