QUOTE(Superlatanium @ May 23 2015, 13:11)

Since quality is now a variable in there somewhere, I wouldn't expect the formula from 0.81 to produce anything reliably meaningful now.
It is said that Quality ~= (PXP - 100) / 250 -
though while this was (probably) true for 0.81 and before, who knows if the new equipment generation has changed it. Not even that, given that using that formula, 350 PXP -> 1.0 quality (highest), but that was just barely Legendary in 0.81.
Someone intelligent with scripts (extract repair cost, equipment condition, and PXP), regression statistics (come up with best-fit equation, possibly piecewise given 10b's statements), and a lot of gear in inventory headed for bazaar could probably figure it out quickly. Even that might not be required if the equation isn't too complicated... hmm... if only we knew how to calculate Quality exactly.
Edit: If the quality formula estimate is accurate, then the formula to calculate scrap needed does
not have a direct relationship with (quality * condition%_to_go). There is too much discrepancy. But my guess is the quality formula is pretty wrong.
I'm not sure, but it seems that PXP(0) ranges of equipments have been changed in this patch, right?
If so, does that mean quality ranges have also been changed for different tiers?
In previous patches, the question "what is the best condition to repair an equipment" has a simple answer: 76 ~ 80, 51 ~ 60, or 53 if you consider the prices of both scraps and catalysts.
In this patch, the same question has no simple answer, and being able to calculate the quality of an equipment is now necessary to answer the question.
In the old patch:
- Magnificent AAA of aaa, at 54% condition => needs 12 scraps
- Magnificent BBB of bbb, at 54% condition => needs 12 scraps
- Magnificent CCC of ccc, at 54% condition => needs 12 scraps
(always 12 when at 54% YAY)
In this patch:
- Magnificent AAA of aaa, at 54% condition => needs 24 scraps
- Magnificent BBB of bbb, at 54% condition => needs 29 scraps
- Magnificent CCC of ccc, at 54% condition => needs 37 scraps
(not always the same (IMG:[
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"When is the best condition to repair an equipment" is now a question with different answers to different equipments.
Like you said, we really need someone good at math.
This post has been edited by djackallstar: May 24 2015, 20:13