Points to get a belt from boss rush PQ

Well, new goal I guess for a lot of people. Karma'd belts are gonna be worth a shiit ton...or can they not be?

they can. black belts are currently worth about 175m.

And how many stages are there total?

not sure sorry.. according to IllegallySane, I guess 32? I've never completed it.

Isn't there a bonus received for clearing the entire PQ? If I calculate this right. To even get the Black Belt, that requires...

First let's assume perfect PQ clearing. Since each stage gives 2 points + 1 additional per 5 additional round, that's (5x2)+(5x3)+(5x4)+(5x5)+(5x6)+(5x7)+(2x8)=151 points per solo PQ. For a party Mu Lung PQ, it's reduced to: 119 points per party PQ.

Divide by 17k. We get: 113 (112.5) solo PQs to get the belt. 143 (142.8) party PQs for the belt. Now an additional 30 PQs may seem like a pain, but remember that soloing as a crappy DPS class (mage for example) will have them take far too long to clear one. At least with a 6 man it'll cut down time substantially.

Let's use a realistic example of a 15x-16x class clearing it solo. The 198 BM on Youtube cleared the whole thing in about 15 minutes. That would mean a 15x-16x will need about 25-30 minutes to clear it themselves (I assume buff items can't be used, so no Apples to cheat through this). 113 x 25-30 = 2,825-3,390 minutes (~47 - 56.5 hours of non-stop PQing) to get the belt.

Now if we had a 6 man party I am sure the party can easily approach or exceed the speed of the 198 BM soloing it. But at best I can probably realistically shave off 3 minutes off from various areas where the BM didn't instantly killed, and since the final boss Mu Gong is easily borked with 6 people whaling on him. Party PQ, I can give 12-15 minutes to clear em all. 143 x 12-15 = 1,716-2,145 minutes (28.6 - 35.75 hours of non-stop PQing) to get the black belt.

Lesson here? Soloing is a terrible idea. Group up with other high DPS, someone with strong summons to one shot the earlier monsters, at least one Bishop for Dispel purposes and keeping the group alive, maybe a Buccaneer to reset cooldowns to kill things even faster, and a SE-er to really wreak havoc. Misc will be DrKs for HB.

sorry, as I haven't completed the dojo, I don't know if there's a bonus or not.. but I kinda doubt it. & yeah soloing is definitely a bad idea. but unfortunately you guys will be able to use apples. you can use a buff right before you go in (like in CPQ).