Blondeshell

Don't forget these IOs that have discrepancies in the punctuation and capitalization between their auction house entries and the recipe names:

Pace of the Turtle vs. Pacing of the Turtle
Rope A Dope vs. Rope-a-dope
Multi-Strike vs. Multi-strike
Air Burst vs. Air-Burst
Positrons Blast vs. Positron's Blast
Numina's Convalesence vs. Numina's Convalescence
Bonesnap vs. Bone Snap

And these IOs that have inconsistencies in the blue and white text of the descriptions:

Debilitative Action:Rech/Immob -- Blue text and white text both list +End, +Immob
Trap of the Hunter:Acc/Rech -- Blue text lists +Acc, +DMG; white text lists +Acc, +Rech
Trap of the Hunter:End/Immob -- Blue text lists +DMG, +Immob; white text lists +End, +Immob
Devastation:Acc/Dam/Rech -- Blue text lists +Acc, +End, +Rech; white text lists +Acc, +Dam, +Rech
Touch of Death:Chance for NE Damage -- Percent chance for NE Damage is not listed in either line of text

Did you know...

...that I just read through 66 pages of posts in one sitting and actually have something new to contribute?

...that Super Group base rent/upkeep didn't used to be determined by the size of the plot but as a percentage of the total amount of prestige the SG had earned? This led to some SGs effectively abandoning their bases because they couldn't earn the millions required to pay for them each month.

My post for the Invention Salvage Info Charts was cross-posted into the guide forums here after the original post was made in the I9 forums. The new post is linked in the old post, but it might be better to update the I9 guides to reference the new one directly to avoid it becoming a dead link in a future forum purge.

I've tested printing a selection of these pages and haven't had any problems with the data being missing or chopped off. Granted, the colors don't print out, but the tables and formatting are all there. Setting it to landscape for the wider charts is best. I let IE6 shrink each page to fit and used an HP laser printer to test it, but I don't expect it would cause any problems with my inkjet printer, either.

The purpose of this post is to share some crunching I did with the invention salvage. The charts that follow rearrange the salvage visually in different ways that haven't really been touched on, and might prove helpful for answering some of the more esoteric questions people have. What this post will *not* do is provide a lot of explanation of the basics of the invention system because that has already been covered extensively by other people. This info also avoids being subjective by not taking into account the popularity of certain sets or recipes over others.

First, a couple spreadsheets that will help you find the salvage you're looking for:

Salvage Distribution by Enemy Type
These charts provide a reference for which enemies drop what salvage at what level. Pages are separated for Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.


Enemy Distribution by Zone
These charts don't specifically tie in to the inventions system, but they will help you know where to go to hunt for the baddies you need. Pages are separated for Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.
(KEY: Green = city zone, yellow = hazard zone, red = PvP zone)


The next spreadsheets are where the main work was done for this post.

Salvage Distribution by Recipe Rarity
These charts total each salvage piece by the rarity of the recipes in which it is used. Totals are given for Common, Uncommon, Rare, Very Rare, and PvP recipes, with percentages of the total for each category. Pages are separated by the level of the salvage (low, mid, high).


Salvage Distribution by Drop Pool
These charts total each salvage piece by the drop pool of the recipes in which it is used. Totals are given for Pool A (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Very Rare), Pool B, Pool R (formerly pools C and D), PvP, and Special (for Winter's Gift) with percentages of the total for each category. Pages are separated by the level of the salvage (low, mid, high).


Salvage Distribution by Origin Type
These charts show the quantity ratio of magic to science salvage that is used in each set recipe for each level range. I've also included the drop pools of each recipe for easy reference. I find that viewing them in this chart format makes it more apparent that there are patterns for the drop pools between similar set types (i.e., ranged and melee damage, all the mez sets).


Salvage Distribution by IO Set Category
These charts total each salvage piece by the set IO category in which it is used. Pages are separated by the level of the salvage (low, mid, high).

KEY
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Melee - Melee Damaged sets
PBAoE - PBAoE Damage sets
Ranged - Ranged Damage sets
TAoE - Targetted AoE Damage sets
Snipe - Sniper Attack sets
Pet - Pet Damage sets
Heal - Healing sets
Res - Damage Resist sets
Def - Defense sets
Conf - Confuse sets
Sleep - Sleep sets
Slow - Slow sets
Immob - Immobilize sets
Hold - Hold sets
Fear - Fear sets
Stun - Stun sets
Taunt - Taunt sets
KBack - Knockback sets
End Mod - Endurance Modification sets
TH Buff - ToHit Buff sets
TH Dbf - ToHit Debuff sets
Def Dbf - Defense Debuff sets
Rech Pets - Recharge-Intensive Pets sets
Acc Heal - Accurate Heal sets
Acc TH Dbf - Accurate ToHit Debuff sets
Acc Def Dbf - Accurate Defense Debuff sets
Uni Trav - Universal Travel sets
Fly - Flying sets
Leap - Leaping sets
Run - Running sets
Tport - Teleport sets
Basic IO - Basic IO recipes
Other - Costume & Temp Power recipes


Salvage Distribution by Enhancement Attribute
These final charts total each salvage piece by the attribute(s) it enhances within each recipe. For example, if the salvage is used in an Acc/Dam recipe, it counts once for Accuracy and once for Damage. (This is what you would use to see if Boresight really *is* used more for enhancing Accuracy.) Pages are separated by the level of the salvage (low, mid, high).

KEY
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ACC - Accuracy
CNF - Confuse
DAM - Damage
DEF - Defense Buff
DDB - Defense Debuff
EMO - Endurance Modification
END - Endurance Reduction
FEA - Fear
FLY - Fly
HEA - Healing
HLD - Hold
IMM - Immobilize
ING - Intangible
INR - Interrupt
JUM - Jump
KNO - Knockback
RNG - Range
RCH - Recharge Reduction
RES - Resist Damage
RUN - Run
SLP - Sleep
SLW - Slow
STU - Stun
TAU - Taunt
TOH - ToHit
THD - ToHit Debuff
SFX - Proc or global effects
OTHR - Costume & temp powers

I will keep these charts updated as recipes are added or revised in-game, but please let me know in the meantime if you find something that I might have missed. Thanks!

INFO: Invention Salvage Distribution

Some charts to help fill in the info about invention salvage.

I've been spending a bit of time going over the recipes and processing the salvage different ways, and I'm waiting on the recipes mentioned in this thread to be resolved before I can complete one set of lists. The reverse usage list is the last thing I would work on, but my Excel macro-fu is weak, so I'd likely have to resort to a chart/text-based list. Considering that there are 108 different pieces of salvage and recipe usage ranges from 10-80+ for each piece, that's a *huge* list without using some kind of auto-lookup table. I would gladly defer to someone else's l33t programming skillz for help on that.