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Life, The Universe, and Everything in Recipe Sales

Catwhoorg

By Catwhoorg,
Posted on: 2009-06-03 21:59 in The Market and Inventions

 

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So, I'm poking at the Black Market since I'd picked up a few L50 recipes and noticed something fun.

You can vendor a IO basic recipe for 1/4th its crafting cost. (25%).
Wentworth/Black Market takes 40% of what you get, when you sell something.
So If you want to get 25% of crafting cost, you have to add to that so that once 40% is taken out, you still have the 25% of the crafting cost. (Yes, yes, I know. Math, ow, pain. Math is good for you)
You find this by dividing the 0.25 by 0.6 (what you get when its sold) and that comes out to 0.416666666 orrr.. 42%!!

Its the answer! YAAAY! Sadly, only Fenchurch ever knew the question...

And if you haven't the slightest idea what I'm taking about? Go read a book! Specifically 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

 

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I'm pretty sure WW and BM take a 10% cut, with a minimum of 5 influence.

 

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The listing fee is 5%, to a minimum of 5 inf. The selling fee is 10%, with a minimum of 10 inf.

No idea where the OP's 40% came from.

@Roderick

 

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The listing fee is 5%, to a minimum of 5 inf. The selling fee is 10%, with a minimum of 10 inf.

No idea where the OP's 40% came from.

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He made a 25 inf sale ?


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Math is good for you

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Have you READ Arcanaville's Guide To Defense? You may change your tune, young master Evan. You may change your tune indeed.

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Arcanaville's Math hurts my brains. [Hmm, this may be the root of my problem.]
My weak Applied Mathematics degree withers and dies in the iridescent power of Arcanaville's computational and theoretical legerdemain.

Arc #6015 - Coming Unglued

"A good n00b-sauce is based on a good n00b-roux." - The Masque

 

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Math is good for you

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Have you READ Arcanaville's Guide To Defense? You may change your tune, young master Evan. You may change your tune indeed.

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Arcanaville's Math hurts my brains. [Hmm, this may be the root of my problem.]
My weak Applied Mathematics degree withers and dies in the iridescent power of Arcanaville's computational and theoretical legerdemain.

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how is Arcanaville's defense math anything but applied?

 

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I'm pretty sure WW and BM take a 10% cut, with a minimum of 5 influence.

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Oops.. Well.. um. It was still funny when I thought it was right.

Blame the hour (point at the posted time) and all the thunder rattling my brain.

 

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Math is good for you

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Have you READ Arcanaville's Guide To Defense? You may change your tune, young master Evan. You may change your tune indeed.

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Arcanaville's Math hurts my brains. [Hmm, this may be the root of my problem.]
My weak Applied Mathematics degree withers and dies in the iridescent power of Arcanaville's computational and theoretical legerdemain.

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how is Arcanaville's defense math anything but applied?

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Well, I didn't mean to imply that it was, I just meant that the degree I have is in Applied Mathematics.

I suspect Arcanaville's degree is in "Chuck Norris" Mathematics.

Chuck Norris Mathematics

When Chuck Norris divides by a fraction, he doesn't need to flip it. It's already flipped for him." Peter Ninchich

"Chuck Norris found infinity...and it's not big enough for him." Anonymous

"Chuck Norris can make |x| = a negative number." Ashley Ryan

"Chuck Norris can prove congruency with his eyes." Maggie Wanner

"Chuck Norris can make a 4-sided triangle." Jennifer Freeman

"Chuck Norris doesn't need to assume in proofs...he already knows." John Mathias

"Chuck Norris knows the slope of a vertical line." John Mathias

Arc #6015 - Coming Unglued

"A good n00b-sauce is based on a good n00b-roux." - The Masque