This post is here to discuss whether speed(lower) affects the amount of gold or seeds collected per move as it relates to the totals collected at the end of the Stage. In short does taking a slower team get me more gold and seeds at the end of a mission.

My conclusion, as the evidence shows is pretty clear indication the answer is 'NO' slowness doesn't help or the measurable amount is fairly inconsequential. But anyway on to the data.

All of my tests were done on the Level 80 'bonus' garden. The only real variable in this tests was the helper unit which I tried to pick a unit with 450 speed for both my slow and fast teams, so the helper unit wouldn't skew the numbers to one side or the other.

Below is the way I'm going to show my data for my runs, hopefully the explanation makes sense for reading of the rest of the data.
KEY:
(slow ~ 318 avg / fast ~ 680 avg)
2@1 = 2 units went 'up' at the first random gate (they left the path to the central treasure chest)
1@2 = 1 unit went 'up' at the second random gate
1@3 = 1 unit went 'up' at the third random gate
1@F = 1 unit finished the inside circuit, made it to the center treasure chest
G = XXXX :: S = XXX Gold amount at the end of the level :: Seed amount at the end of the level

(Slow Unit)
1@1
2@2
0@3
2@F
G = 8900 :: S=700 (these numbers were rounded as the screen disappeared to quickly but they were ~~ +/- 20 on both values
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2@1
2@2
0@3
1@F
G = 8214 :: S = 576
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I only have these two data sources for the slow unit as my primary concern was getting a matching example with the fast unit to compare apples to apples.
(Fast Unit) - First I post the matching data to slow unit set 1. But there will be alot of other non-matching data sets after.
1@1
2@2
0@3
2@F
G = 9038 :: S = 620
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2@1
1@2
0@3
2@F
G = 8149 :: S = 618
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4@1
1@2
0@3
0@F
G = 7386 :: S = 448
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3@1
2@2
0@3
0@F
G = 7790 :: S = 497
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2@1
1@2
2@3
0@F
G = 9553 :: S = 609
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4@1
0@2
1@3
0@F
G = 8093 :: S = 485
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3@1
0@2
0@3
2@F
G = 7915 :: S = 553