Analyzing the Gem Store with Spreadsheet and Real Money Prices - Psynister's Notebook

orator1970

Very interesting read for those of you into crunching numbers. Includes real money prices in both EUROS and US Dollars.

 

Full article:

http://psynister.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/analyzing-the-gem-store/

Spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Am_X2IrizsE-dDQtcEd2RTh4Q283YmZ2UG9BM243UXc

 

NOTE: Obviously all prices are taken from the betas and may be subjects to change

 

k-damage

Nice,  thanks

terrant

Good link.,..I disagree heavily with a couple things though.

 

Mystic Keys (Black Lion Keys not, but whatever) aren't necessarily that rare. YMMV on this, but I know people wo had more keys drop than they had chests, and others who never saw a single key drop.

 

I also don't consider the rewards that good. A random booster, a couple transfiguration potions, maybe a repair stone...they're fun and occasionally something useful is in there, but I don't expect their contents to affect the game that much.

 

I'd also like to clarify one thing on Magic Find that isn't mentioned. The bonuses are multiplicative, not additiive. in other words, something that normally has a 1% drop chance doesn't suddenly become a 51% chance, it becomes a 1.5% chance. It might help with farming certain rare items, but not terribly much.