Talk:Hylek Maintenance Oil

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How is it technically less effective than potent master maintenance oils? Potent costs a total of 40 jugs of water + 6 crystalline dusts, whereas this costs 20 jugs of water + 3 crystalline dust + 1 powerful venom sack. For 3 hours of buffs, that would mean 120 jugs of water + 18 crystalline dust for potent oil, compared to 80 jugs of water, 12 crystalline dust, and 4 venom sacks for Hylek oil. 104.39.119.214 00:15, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Let's define 1 base unit (BU) as 20 JoW + 3 PoCD, such that the MMO requires 1 BU and the HMO requires 1 BU plus 1 PVS. Now, all of these recipes (for MMO, PMMO, and HMO) all have an output quantity of 5. Because the PMMO requires 1 BU + 1 MMO, the carried-forward cost is only 1/5 of the MMO recipe cost, meaning the total cost of the PMMO is 1.2 BU.
Item BU cost Total minutes Cost/min
PMMO 1.2 300 0.004
HMO 1 225 0.00444...
Thus, even when you ignore the extra SVC, the HMO is already more costly in terms of BUs per minute. —Dr Ishmael User Dr ishmael Diablo the chicken.png 01:16, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
Dr Ishmael, you're looking at it from a production and duration perspective. However, if you factor in the cost, Hylek Maintenance Oil is- at least at the time of this writing- more cost-effective and efficient. Where the prices of mats are: Jug of Water - 8 copper; Pile of Crystalline Dust - 19 silver 43 copper (sell price); Powerful Venom Sac - 5 silver 99 copper (sell price), then 5 units of Potent Master Maintenance Oil costs 1 gold 19 silver and 78 copper to make, while 5 Hylek Maintenance Oil costs 65 silver 88 copper. 1 PMMO thus costs 23 silver 95.6 copper. 1 HMO costs 13 silver 17.6 copper. To compare between the two by their durations, 3 PMMOs gives you 3 hours, while it takes 4 HMOs to give you the same. 3 PMMOs will cost you 71 silver 86.8 copper, but 4 HMOs costs only 52 silver 70.4 copper. So while you may be using less PMMOs over time, you're also spending more to make and use them. On this note, I think this article should refrain from judging one oil as better than the other where their costs change according to the in-game market. I move that content of the Notes section of the article be removed as such. --Messenger (talk) 12:47, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
1 Hour of Potent Master Maintenance Oil (1x)
Qty Material TP buy price Subtotal
4.8 Jug of Water.pngJug of Water ... ...
0.72 Pile of Crystalline Dust.pngPile of Crystalline Dust ... ...
. . . .
Grand total ...
1 Hour of Hylek Maintenance Oil (1.33x)
Qty Material TP buy price Subtotal
5.33 Jug of Water.pngJug of Water ... ...
0.8 Pile of Crystalline Dust.pngPile of Crystalline Dust ... ...
0.266 Powerful Venom Sac.pngPowerful Venom Sac ... ...
Grand total ...

Factoring in the cost of each item from the TP, PMMO is still superior per hour. -Chieftain AlexUser Chieftain Alex sig.png 12:13, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
edit: I realise where you screwed your calculation up, MMO recipe returns 5x MMOs, not 1x. PMMO = 20 Water + 3 Dust + 1 MMO = 20 Water + 3 Dust + (20 Water + 3 Dust)/5 = 24 Water + 3.6 Dust. Ergo the cost of 5x PMMO was 71s 87c (not 1g 19s 78c).
hence the cost of 3 PMMOs is 43 Silver coin 12 Copper coin compared with 4 HMOs at 52 Silver coin 70 Copper coin. -Chieftain AlexUser Chieftain Alex sig.png 12:31, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Argh. Yeah, I made a mistake. :-( Sorry. --Messenger (talk) 17:26, 29 January 2016 (UTC)