Gear that lowers energy cost stacks until actions become free

Players love equipment that makes actions cheaper, and a few of them together can push the price to nothing, or below nothing. Here is how to combine reductions so they stay meaningful, round fairly, and never produce a free or negative action.

Why this works

Players love collecting bonuses, so every bonus must have a ceiling you can explain. Adding them first, capping the sum and rounding the price up keeps each item useful without ever letting an action cost nothing.

When not to use it

Skip the cap in a game where becoming absurdly powerful is the point, such as an idle game or a joke build. There, let the numbers run away and balance the enemies instead.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 4 common mistakes and the fix
• 15 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Gear that lowers energy cost stacks until actions become free" (read_entry energy-cost-reduction-stacking) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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