I have no clue what you are trying to tell me with your teaser as it relates to additional XP and correct usage of the instant gold usage. Is this an adddtional cost and xp gain over the base calculations. (ie..if an AL10 pot of 30 min duration at Composing level 2 garners me 10xp for a $5000 gold cost per rendition) Using base figures and assuming I'm very good at timing in a 24 hour period (assuming 22 renderings) I can get 220 xp at a cost of $110,000 gold. What the heck is your 140xp at 250,000 gold, is it addition to the baseline I just established or are you using a different baseline for your calculations. Without explaination of your variables your chart to me has no relevance as you establish no baseline for your calculations...enlighten me please at to why I missed the boat on this.
He means that if you use the instant finish option in the most optimal way that you will get an X amount of XP for an Y amount of gold from that.
It has nothing to do with making potions that you will wait for to complete.
An example of (an attempt at) optimal instant finish strategies:
Let's take 4 different situations:
- Situation 1: you only instant finish potions of skill level 54 and duration 54.
- Situation 2: you only instant finish potions of skill level 215 and duration 215.
- Situation 3: you first instant finish potions of skill level 54 and duration 54 and then instant finish potions of skill level 215 and duration 215.
- Situation 4: you first instant finish potions of skill level 215 and duration 215 and then instant finish potions of skill level 54 and duration 54.
Suppose you have 1 million gold to spend.
A potion of 54 / 54 earns you 20 XP and takes 5,000 gold to make. This is also the cost to make the first instant finish.
A potion of 215 / 215 earns you 50 XP and takes 46,225 gold to make. This is also the cost to make the first instant finish.
Situation 1:
The first instant finish costs 5,000 gold.
The second instant finish costs 10,000 gold.
The third instant finish costs 20,000 gold.
The fourth instant finish costs 40,000 gold.
The fifth instant finish costs 80,000 gold.
The sixth instant finish costs 160,000 gold.
The seventh instant finish costs 320,000 gold.
The eighth instant finish costs 640,000 gold.
With 1 million gold you can instant finish 7 potions which costs you 635,000 gold and gets you 140 XP.
Situation 2:
The first instant finish costs 46,225 gold.
The second instant finish costs 92,450 gold.
The third instant finish costs 184,900 gold.
The fourth instant finish costs 369,800 gold.
The fourth instant finish costs 739,600 gold.
With 1 million gold you can instant finish 4 potions which costs you 693,375 gold and gets you 200 XP.
Situation 3:
The first instant finish costs 5,000 gold.
The second instant finish costs 10,000 gold. After this we switch to the 215 / 215 potion.
The third instant finish costs 184,900 gold.
The fourth instant finish costs 369,800 gold.
The fourth instant finish costs 739,600 gold.
With 1 million gold you can instant finish 4 potions which costs you 569,700 gold and gets you 120 XP.
Situation 4:
The first instant finish costs 46,225 gold.
The second instant finish costs 92,450 gold.
The third instant finish costs 184,900 gold.
The fourth instant finish costs 369,800 gold. After this we switch to the 54 / 54 potion.
The fifth instant finish costs 80,000 gold.
The sixth instant finish costs 160,000 gold.
The seventh instant finish costs 320,000 gold.
With 1 million gold you can instant finish 6 potions which costs you 933,375 gold and gets you 240 XP.
Summary:
- Situation 1: 7 potions; 635,000 gold; 140 XP.
- Situation 2: 4 potions; 693,375 gold; 200 XP.
- Situation 3: 4 potions; 569,700 gold; 120 XP.
- Situation 4: 6 potions; 933,375 gold; 240 XP.
The 4th situation earns us the most XP. And considering we were looking to spend 1 million gold to get as much XP as possible it is the winner here.
Between situation 1 and 2 I would definitely go for 2; it is only slightly more expensive and earns us a lot more XP.
As we can see situation 3 (although slightly the cheapest) earns us the least XP, and is probably not preferred.: situation 2 earns us much more XP. You could even go for situation 2 and not make the last potion. This will be cheaper and give you more XP than situation 3 would.
aa0007 came up with a list that shows us that 250 XP can be reached with 1 million gold.
I have only used 2 potions here to keep it simple. And I came pretty close (240 XP).
There is a wide arsenal of potion skill levels and durations that are available and there are no doubt better combinations of potions that will get you to 250 XP for 1 million gold (or less).
General rules of thumb iIf you want to spend a certain amount of gold and want the most XP out of instant finish:
- Do not stick with 1 potion all the time.
- Big potions first; smaller potions last.