*Eventually* a player should be earning a Pink Floyd for every 50 parts they earn, on average (sometimes less parts, sometimes more until you get the next one) Near the start of the grind for parts it’s more difficult since due to random chance you’re unlikely to get all the parts you need. And if you do, that means a longer grind for the next Pink Floyd.

If you’re grinding HoFF with max threads, and getting an average 4 parts per visit, that means each Pink Floyd should arrive (eventually) about 12 visits. If it’s 3 parts per visit, then the number of visits required jumps up to 17.

Grinding HoFF exclusively means sacrificing 3/4 of your deliveries at least, and a good chunk of your job point earnings as well. So, say $60k*3=$180k lost per day from deliveries, and $16k*2=$32k lost per day from job rewards (unless you happen to be able to do the speedrun jobs) if you’re using 4 visits a day. If you use your visits less often, then those numbers increase to 7/8ths or 11/12ths of your deliveries & even less job rewards.

With the above number estimates;

Running 4 visits every day; 3*60+2*16=$212k costs per day

Running 8 visits every 2 days; 7*60+6*16=$516k costs, $258k costs per day average

Running 12 visits every 3 days; 11*60+10*16=$820k costs, $273k costs per day average

Also factoring in that one day a week you can’t get job rewards. It’s still more cost effective to use your visits on that day rather than save then for the next, if you’re grinding a single forum.

If you grind more forums, you eliminate the above costs, but that means a longer wait before you start seeing any payoff.