Why would someone "burn" their paragon?
- Diminishing returns. After 150 paragon, the effect per paragon starts to diminish.
Having 300 paragon is worse than having 150 normal and 150 burnt, as with the combination of types, paragon has no diminished effect. 300 paragon would give ~187.5% bonus, while 150 of both gives 150% from paragon and 90% from burnt for a total of 240%.
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Both have a cap. Paragon caps at 200% production bonus. By turning it into burnt paragon, you can effectively increase that cap, as burnt paragon has its own cap (100% before dark future, 400% after).
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The effectiveness of burnt paragon increases once you reach dark future (year 40,000). It becomes stronger than regular paragon at this point.
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Burnt paragon increases the effects of leader traits. E.g., 1,000 burnt paragon roughly increases the effect by 50%.
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An achievement requires you to reach the Moon in iron will mode while having less than 10 regular paragon. Burning paragon allows you to complete this achievement.
You have a lot of reasons to burn your paragon. You just need to be careful, because at the moment you burn it, you don’t gain any benefit. You need normal paragon to complement it, so burn right before you reset (unless you go for the achievement).