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T1 vs T2 Mining Crystals
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TheoS113nc3r
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-07-05 00:11:49 UTC
Is it better to use T2 or T1 mining crystals? A good buddy of mine swears that its not worth it to use the T2 version but it seems like it would be. What do you guys think?
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#2 - 2012-07-05 01:16:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
The cost of T2 crystals is easily covered by the 12.5% increase in yield (m3), even though they last half as long on average (that's still 6.25% more yield per crystal).

Also, I do hope you are smart enough to not let your crystals pop, and reprocess them to recover all the Nocxium (but not the Hypersynaptic Fibers if T2). I like to reprocess them at 39 / 40 damage = 97.5% but this requires checking wear every cycle, so some people do it every 38 / 40 = 95%.

You can have a never ending supply of T1 crystals if you build more from the recovered Noxcium, or T2 for the additional cost of invention and Hypersynaptic FIbers (usually better to just sell the Noxcium and buy more T2 crystals). Of course this requires the ability to reprocess with 100% yield.
TheoS113nc3r
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-07-05 01:47:22 UTC
Thanks for the answer, it seemed crazy for them not to be worth using. Maybe my buddy was looking at outdated info on the crystals.
Sola Mercury
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-07-05 06:47:06 UTC
Tau Cabalander wrote:
The cost of T2 crystals is easily covered by the 12.5% increase in yield (m3), even though they last half as long on average (that's still 6.25% more yield per crystal).



This doesn't make sense to me.
If you are speaking of liftime yield, then X * 1.125 / 2 < X
TheoS113nc3r
Doomheim
#5 - 2012-07-05 06:50:17 UTC
Sola Mercury wrote:
Tau Cabalander wrote:
The cost of T2 crystals is easily covered by the 12.5% increase in yield (m3), even though they last half as long on average (that's still 6.25% more yield per crystal).



This doesn't make sense to me.
If you are speaking of liftime yield, then X * 1.125 / 2 < X



So its not worth buying the t2 crystals?
Sola Mercury
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-07-05 07:32:47 UTC
No, I suppose it is.
It was just the calculation , not making sense
TheoS113nc3r
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-07-05 07:37:37 UTC
Ok thanks for clearing it up, guess it doesn't matter at the moment b/c chriba stole my t2 crystals :(