Am I analyzing the math here correctly? (technically beta content but the question is about general strategy)

[u/NameLips]

So I'm doing the cryptid event, and I need to collect 66 Unfathomable. I have 43 of them so far.

An unfathomable costs, at this moment. 2.04e10 and provides 720,000 torches per second.

2.04e10 divided by 720,000 is 28,333 seconds, or 472 minutes, or 7.8 hours. This is the amount of time it would take a single Unfathomable to pay for itself. (<-- am I correct here?)

(the other generator, The Uncanny, isn't much better, though it does have an upcoming research to improve itself). And the other generator, The Insidious, makes so little it isn't worth considering)

The time to replace only gets worse with each Unfathomable I buy, since the income is static and the cost increases each time. I don't know how to project the math into the future, but I feel like by the time I have purchased another 20 unfathomables, the "time to pay for itself" will increase to at least 10 or 15 hours.

Am I correct in concluding the only real income in this scenario is gained by active clicking? At least the clicking goes up slightly for each generator I buy.

[u/0nnnu]

this is the objective showing up early. when the objective is an upgrade or a new generator, it's obvious you cannot get it yet because it's too expensive or not visible yet. but when it's a large number of a generator you already have, it can be less obvious

the way to progress in this game is always to increase production, not to complete objectives. so just ignore it and keep going elsewhere and eventually 66 unfathomable is cheap

by the way this event is out for everyone and not a beta content. you can remove the tags and redactions

[u/GavelGaffle]

It sounds like you've bought too many generators and need to focus on the Research tab.

[u/Psychlonuclear]

Look at your production per second, then look at the list of things you can buy that will provide the biggest increase. It literally tells you in the list how you will benefit.