Originally Posted by
aurik
The problem being if we don't profit big on rare hq, all the nqs are worthless to make because they are all loss once you calculate the cost of risk.
Basically, if the recipe is "break even" and it's teir0, you gotta figure that you'll smash 5-15 nqs for every hq you get. So let's say recipe costs 5m to make, sells for 5m plus a token markup. HQ needs to sell at minimum 30m (5x5 + 5) for it to be even barely worthwhile to make.
And then there's the huge pain of even getting someone to buy at that price; spend 10+ hours of actual effort, shouting in jeuno and negotiating to sell one hq piece. Why not just go farm? I could farm easily 2-4 million in that time, so you need to add that to the cost or you're not properly valuing your effort.