Cheap And Expensive..

[Luminara]

On 8/24/2021 at 7:54 AM, huang3721 said:

 

That's a great idea! Archetype Enhancements and Winter Packs are also worth 25 mill, aren't they? They could bridge the gap. Then, I could use PvP Enhancement (10 mill each) to drive up the cost. Nice!

edit New build for my Electric/Electric/Blaze(?) Mastery

 

Powers	code	Enhancement	# slot	Cost (mil)	Purple	ATO	Winter Pack	PvP	IO
Charged Brawl	CS6	Superior Critical Strikes	6	150		1
Havoc Punch	BC6	Superior Blistering Cold	6	150			1
Jacobs Ladder	FH6	Fortunata Hypnosis	6	150	1
Build Up	n/a	To Hit Buff IO	1	2					1
Thunderstrike	SS6	Superior Scrapper's Strike	6	150		1
Confront	n/a	Taunt IO	1	2					1
Chain Lightning	H6	Hecatomb	6	150	1
Lightning Clap	AA6	Absolute Amazement	6	150	1
Lightning Rod	Ar6	Armageddon	6	150	1
Charged Armor	n/a	(PvP) Gladiator Armor	1	10				1
Lightning Field	Av6	Superior Avalanche	6	150			1
Conductive Shield	n/a	(PvP) Gladiator Armor	1	10				1
Static Shield	n/a	(PvP) Gladiator Armor	1	10				1
Grounded	n/a	(PvP) Gladiator Armor	1	10				1
Energize	n/a	(PVP) Panacea	1	10				1
Lightning Reflex	n/a	Run/Fly Speed IO	1	2					1
Power Sink	n/a	Endurance Modif IO	1	2					1
Power Surge	E6	Superior Entomb	6	150			1
Char	UC6	Unbreakable Constraint	6	150	1
Fireball	R6	Ragnarok	6	150	1
Fireblast	Ap6	Apocalypse	6	150	1
Ring of Fire	WB6	Superior Winter's Bite	6	150			1
Pool Power(?)	n/a	Random IO, whatever	3	6					1
		TOTAL	90	2014	7	2	4	5	5

 

Usually, I try to minimize the cost instead of maximizing it. Well, I'll call this build "I Need Additional Donors".

I never thought that my half-assed guess would hit close enough. By the way, I haven't validated this plan since I can't log in to Beta Server.  I'll post its combat attributes screenshot sometime in the future. 

 

You're projecting an expenditure of 1.5-2x actual cost on everything (except the Winter enhancements)?

[Rishidian]

Oh Man!!!  I thought this was the Cheap and Explosive discussion!  No wonder I thought I was missing it.

[Clave Dark 5]

On 8/26/2021 at 8:10 PM, Rishidian said:

Oh Man!!!  I thought this was the Cheap and Explosive discussion!  No wonder I thought I was missing it.

It's really blown up since it was posted though.

[The_Warpact]

I have two farmers and a dedicated "marketeer" who flips ATO packs but keeps some ATO for upcoming builds.

I also have 2 bases that are just enhancement storage warehouses to store certain IO sets, ie; LotG, Unbreakable, purples, hami's, procs, pvp, etc. All these are collected from the farms.

It has taken awhile to get at this level of inf/IO freedom. I can usually kit out a new 50 very easily with maybe a small IO purchase of sets that are not in my cadre.

I do not like to rely on so much inf investment into the market, I find merits to be a more realistic approach with set costs.

So I can build ATO, winter set, purple builds with all most no inf/merit cost.

 

It helps when I go on "purges" on some of my toons and strip them to fatten my larders, I'm a fickle person but not a dependent one.

[JasperStone]

Does getting enhancements primarily through merits count as cheap?

 

I am also slow to using converters outside of set to get what I want.....

[Miss Magical]

1 hour ago, JasperStone said:

Does getting enhancements primarily through merits count as cheap?

 

I am also slow to using converters outside of set to get what I want.....

You often get more by converting merits to inf and using inf to buy things, compared to buying things through merits directly. 

 

As an example, Panacea chance for +Hp/end (which essentially every character needs) costs between 8 and 10 million inf on the market for an attuned one. From the merit vendor it costs 100 merits for a recipe. That's worth 20 million inf, and you still need to craft it. The cost rises even further for enhancements that need to be attuned because the market attunes enhancements for free, but if you refuse to use the market you have to buy catalysts.

 

It's still worth knowing what the merit vendor's prices are so that you don't overpay. For example, no rare recipe is worth more than 10 million inf. No uncommon recipe is worth more than 4 million inf.

Edited August 28, 2021 by Miss Magical