rework read time formula

[anoobindisguise]

Summary

Balance "Adjust reading speed formula"

Purpose of change

Reading times had an issue where high intelligence values caused reading speed to linearly approach 1 second. This lead to weird gameplay of waiting to read books until you hit 28 intelligence from various buffs (like cephalopod/slime primers, artifacts, etc) and then nearly instantly devouring your entire library.

Describe the solution

Reading time was changed from [ 1 minute - 3 seconds * (int-8) ] to [ 3_minutes / ( 2 + int/8 ) ]. So reading time is normal (1 minute) at int 8, 20% slower at int 4 (72 seconds) and about 15% faster at int 12 ( 51 seconds). At 28 int it is now almost twice as fast, at 33 seconds, instead of being 60x faster (1 second). Overall int has a much less pronounced effect on your ability to speed read books which should be fine since int affects book learning in multiple other ways too. The main problem was the absurdly fast turbo reading that came from critical mass int levels.

Describe alternatives you've considered

This is the result after a bit of tweaking and I'm happy with it.

Testing

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