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but is it really worth it?

- anonymous | Posted on Dec 26 2023 at 2:18 am -


Well, that depends, as it always depends. From an Echoes point of view... yes... actually*

At face value, it is much more rewarding to rob the Noman of Cu– I mean Mr Sacks. 13.64 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1245547">html[data-flw-theme="dark"] .mw-parser-output .flw-echo{filter:invert(70%)sepia(4%)saturate(1224%)hue-rotate(1deg)brightness(102%)contrast(89%)}html[data-flw-theme="light"] .mw-parser-output .flw-echo{filter:invert(3%)sepia(5%)saturate(6260%)hue-rotate(351deg)brightness(96%)contrast(99%)}.mw-parser-output .flw-echo{vertical-align:-8%;margin:0 -6px}</style><a href="/wiki/Penny" title="Penny"><img alt="E" src="/w/images/6/68/Icon-echo-black.svg" width="23" height="15" class="flw-echo" /></a> as opposed to 12.5 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1245547"/><a href="/wiki/Penny" title="Penny"><img alt="E" src="/w/images/6/68/Icon-echo-black.svg" width="23" height="15" class="flw-echo" /></a> .

"But you lose on + 3 CtMotB, and lose - 1. So a total loss of 4 CtMotB. That must be worth something." Indeed it is, 25.94 E/Connected through an elaborate scheme of <a href="/wiki/Consult_the_Masters_of_the_Bazaar" title="Consult the Masters of the Bazaar">Consult the Masters of the Bazaar</a> -> <a href="/wiki/Your_own_expertise" title="Your own expertise">Your own expertise</a> -> <a href="/wiki/The_Tomb_of_the_Silken_Thread" title="The Tomb of the Silken Thread">The Tomb of the Silken Thread</a>, but this route has an EpA of about 0.74, if I am not mistaken. I was (as always :) ) off by a long shot. It has an EpA of 4.47. Reasonable... but...

  • This is the part where it hurts. Robbing Mr Sacks grants an <a href="/wiki/Unusual_Pail_of_So-Called_Snow" title="Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/8/80/Snowbucket.png/20px-Snowbucket.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="20" height="26" srcset="/w/images/thumb/8/80/Snowbucket.png/30px-Snowbucket.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/8/80/Snowbucket.png/40px-Snowbucket.png 2x" /></a>, which is an ingredient to the most Wondrous– but highly luck-dependent –Christmas Nadir Grind, utilizing the <a href="/wiki/A_casket_marked_with_a_black_ribbon" title="A casket marked with a black ribbon">casket marked with a black ribbon</a> option. So, the choice for EpA is truthfully undisputed.