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Crafting Standard Date: [2023-10-25]

*Not all opportunity costs were valued

*This post is written with a slow-progression alt character in mind, not a main character immediately upgrading gear, so all events are utilized

*This is viewed as cost-effective for a veteran player's liberation alt character, so it's based on a Genesis weapon 17-star ethereal, and resources such as Union Shop~Coin Shop, events, and mileage are not valued (Unique Potential Scroll was valued)

*Ethereal is based on 2 lines of Unique potential each

*3 Ethereal 6 AbsoLab -> Only Cooltime Hat version calculated ==> Compared to 4 CRA 5 AbsoLab (set effect, stats per part + 6 AbsoLab comparison

*3 Ethereal 4 Master Label 5 AbsoLab is impossible on Aurora server, so it's excluded

*4 Ethereal 5 AbsoLab ==> Compared to 4 CRA 5 AbsoLab

*Ethereal Star Force cost is calculated with 17-star expected value of 22 and 18-star expected value of 48

*Ethereal clean slate is based on 3 billion

*Aurora server Cooltime Hat issue, so it's calculated with a 3-second hat

*Main stat 1% = main stat 10, all stat 1% = main stat 1.1%, attack 1 = main stat 3.5, boss damage 1% = main stat 11 (All stat % takes sub-stats into account, but overall, I didn't bother calculating sub-stats)

*Parts using the same slot are excluded from the calculation

*Price to get 2 lines of Unique potential on a 17-star ethereal (calculated with expected value only)*

Clean slate 3 billion, 17 stars 2.2 billion (Based on: Star Catch all set, Spare 3 billion, Protection Scroll X)

Legendary Potential Scroll 250 million, Epic Potential Scroll 500 million

17% 100 million (excluding Master Craftsman's Cube price)

Additional potential 2 lines 350 million

15% Spell Trace cost (half-price event) (based on 2800 per trace, hat 550 million, top/bottom 390 million)

Hat 6.95 billion, top/bottom each 6.79 billion

Total 20.53 billion

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*Ethereal additional stats are calculated with a 166 stat, which has the same expected value as a 150 stat Arcane Shade

*Top potential 17%, additional potential 5% attack 11

17 Ethereal

ㄴHat main stat 838.5

ㄴTop/bottom each main stat 754.5

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Comparison target: Ethereal top/bottom + cooldown hat + set effect vs CRA hat top/bottom + set effect

Note: Genesis Weapon

3 Ethereal 6 AbsoLab

Top/bottom Ethereal 13.58 billion

3-second AbsoLab cooldown hat (18 stars) 11 billion: main stat 641.5

(ㄴStats: 18 stars 3-second 9% additional potential 4% attack 10 15% traced additional stat 103)

Ethereal top/bottom main stat 1509

3 Ethereal options attack 80 all stat 50 boss damage 20%

6 AbsoLab options attack 20

Total: 2775.5

4 CRA 5 AbsoLab

3-second CRA cooldown hat (18 stars) 15 billion: main stat 552

(ㄴStats: 18 stars 3-second random additional potential 4% attack 10 15% fully traced additional stat 135)

(ㄴ-> 4 billion subtracted from CRA top/bottom budget -> 9.58 billion)

CRA top/bottom main stat 1308.5 -> 1362

(ㄴAverage stats: 18 stars 21% additional potential 4% attack 10 30% fully traced additional stat 121)

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4 CRA options attack 50 boss damage 30%

Total: 2418.5

ps: After roughly calculating, the stat hat also showed a similar pattern, with 3 Ethereal 6 AbsoLab being slightly superior to 4 CRA 5 AbsoLab (the difference is smaller than the cooldown hat)

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Comparison target: Ethereal 3 parts + set effect vs CRA 3 parts + set effect

Note: Genesis Weapon

4 Ethereal 5 AbsoLab

Ethereal hat top/bottom 20.53 billion

Ethereal hat top/bottom total main stat 2347.5

4 Ethereal set options attack 120 all stat 50 boss damage 30%

Total: main stat 3152.5

4 CRA 5 AbsoLab

CRA hat top/bottom total main stat 1977

(ㄴAverage stats: 18 stars 24% additional potential 4% attack 10 30% fully traced additional stat 133)

4 CRA set options attack 50 boss damage 30% luck 20

Total: main stat 2502

ps: For cooldowns of 3 seconds or more, 3 Ethereal 6 AbsoLab or 3 Ethereal 6 Arcane Shade if the item is really good, and for 2 seconds or less, 4 Ethereal 5 AbsoLab or 4 Ethereal 5 Arcane Shade would be better

ps2: Without a Genesis Weapon, the 3 Ethereal set is better than the 3 CRA set by 730.5 main stat

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*Calculated only with all 3 parts equipped (CRA requires all 3 to have a meaningful set effect)

Ethereal 18 stars (17% additional potential 5% attack 11)

Clean slate 3 billion, 18 stars 4.8 billion

Legendary Potential Scroll 250 million, Epic Potential Scroll 500 million

17% 100 million (excluding Master Craftsman's Cube price)

Additional potential 2 lines 350 million

15% Spell Trace cost (half-price event) (based on 2800 per trace, hat 550 million, top/bottom 390 million)

Hat 9.55 billion, top/bottom each 9.39 billion

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Ethereal stat calculation for comparison

*Ethereal additional stats are calculated with a 166 stat, which has the same expected value as a 150 stat Arcane Shade

*Top potential 17%, additional potential 5% attack 11

18 Ethereal

ㄴHat main stat 911.5

ㄴTop/bottom each main stat 827.5

4 Ethereal set options attack 120 all stat 50 boss damage 30% = main stat 805

4 Ethereal total main stat 3371.5

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