An undiscussed topic about Maker

For giggles I ran a simulation of these formulas on Fiel's diamond stockpile, assuming the goal was to maximize the number of high quality diamonds and sell them, and here's what came out in 5 runs of the simulation.

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Phase	High	Mid	Low	Cost
Appraisal	174	707	2319	437,700,000
Upgrading Lows	174	909	9	147,600,000
Upgrading Mids	250	0	9	112,500,000
Total				697,800,000
Break Even Fee				2,791,200
5m Profit				552,200,000
10m Profit				1,802,200,000

Phase	High	Mid	Low	Cost
Appraisal	175	693	2332	437,700,000
Upgrading Lows	175	893	7	157,500,000
Upgrading Mids	245	5	7	129,000,000
Total				724,200,000
Break Even Fee				2,955,918
5m Profit				500,800,000
10m Profit				1,725,800,000

Phase	High	Mid	Low	Cost
Appraisal	166	707	2327	437,700,000
Upgrading Lows	166	913	0	141,900,000
Upgrading Mids	241	6	0	116,000,000
Total				695,600,000
Break Even Fee				2,886,307
5m Profit				509,400,000
10m Profit				1,714,400,000

Phase	High	Mid	Low	Cost
Appraisal	175	710	2315	437,700,000
Upgrading Lows	175	913	1	146,100,000
Upgrading Mids	252	4	1	108,000,000
Total				691,800,000
Break Even Fee				2,745,238
5m Profit				568,200,000
10m Profit				1,828,200,000

Phase	High	Mid	Low	Cost
Appraisal	172	691	2337	437,700,000
Upgrading Lows	172	899	4	138,300,000
Upgrading Mids	245	9	4	116,500,000
Total				692,500,000
Break Even Fee				2,826,531
5m Profit				532,500,000
10m Profit				1,757,500,000

Basically as long as high grades retail for at least 3m you break even. anything above that is profit. I've heard guesses of up to 25m for them so I'd say a certain chinchilla is anticipating some heavy yields there as long as he has the income to afford this level of processing in the first place.

Edit* I forgot to mention, for those who don't see it, it's a significantly higher profit:expense ratio to only bother selling the appraised ones - Upgrading will earn you more, but it also takes more time and costs more, and isn't as big a return as the intiail appraisal, just an incremental boost because you lose so many. If those lower grades sell at all they may be worth more to sell than to try upgrading.

Uh, wow. A high grade being worth 3m? Actually doesn't sound that expensive at all, but that's only for one. I need to factor in the fact mass producing high grades for the sake of making a godly scrolled item will really put a dent in one's wallet. I guess I was expecting a high grade to retail for 5-8m instead.

But now I'll have to find a way to mass stockpile gems/crystals myself, especially the DEX/INT kind. I'll be aiming for tons of high grade DEX crystals, and plenty of high grade INT crystals. Since high grade diamonds only have a 1 attack difference, a medium grade diamond would give the most bang for your buck. High grade diamonds would be for those who truly have nothing else to spend their money on.