Question on Mids

Hey,
So I'm just now getting into mids and as a result I'm also getting into the invention system. My question is, is there a way to see what the recharge of my powers will be with the recharge bonus from IO sets factored in? thanks

Also, this is unrelated but I don't feel like making another topic, how do you guys typically keep a good constant flow of cash coming in? Lately I've been doing ouroboros arcs for the merits and then cashing them in for rare salvage and selling it. This hasn't been too bad. What do you do?

-Ice_Storm

1) What Lith said.
2) Mostly, just playing through the game and crafting/selling what drops on the market. I run TFs quite frequently, and the merits are always handy. When I want a larger cash infusion, simple market games (as are detailed extensively in the market forum and many guides) can make stupid amounts of money.

Also, buying rare salvage to sell with reward merits (from arcs/TFs) is, comparatively speaking, one of the worst merit/influence conversion rates available. At the price you could get a random rare salvage piece for, which usually would only sell for 1-2 million, you could get a random Pool C recipe roll. While random recipe rolls have a lot more variety in their return rates, if you make enough of them that your luck averages out, you will get a lot more bang for your buck. Alternatively, if you are drawn to the rare salvage selling for its reliability, you can save up those merits for something like a Luck of the Gambler +Recharge (200 merits), which can sell for over 100 million these days. Compare that merit/inf ratio to what you are getting with salvage conversion; it's almost 10x more profitable to save up for the big recipes. For a better merit/inf conversion rate than salvage but requiring less patience than saving up 200+ merits, consider valuable low-level things like a Steadfast res/def unique, or -KB IOs (although check the market price for these, since they vary pretty widely month to month).

If you want quick returns by selling rare salvage, tickets from AE content offer a vastly more favorable conversion rate than merits. In the mission architect, you're looking at 540 tickets per salvage piece (and you can choose the specific type that's selling for the most at the time) versus 4000+ tickets for a Pool C recipe, instead of basically the same price with merits.

For #2 playing a level 50 doing just about anything will generate a large cash flow

Then add some market activities to earn inf whilst you are logged out.

As an aside merits for salvage is not a good return, merits for a random recipe is much better. Or if you like the steady return, lots of merits for a single rare recipe.

AE tickets for rare salvage is a much better return.

You don't have to farm AE, just find some arcs you enjoy playing and they'll build up.

I got a purple drop on my brute this morning before work, first purple he's ever gotten, to the tune of half a billion infamy. So, I guess playing level 50 non-AE stuff is a good way to earn cash too. But not especially reliable.

My guess is confusion with how recharge enhancement works.

FinalRech = OriginalRech / (1 + RechBonus)

If you have 100% between enhancement and set bonuses, 1 + RechBonus = 2, so your final recharge half the original. If you have 200% between enhancement and set bonuses, 1 + RechBonus = 3, so your final recharge is one third of the original.

The x-axis is your recharge bonus (multiply by 100 to get the percentage), between all sources (enhancements set bonuses, buffs, etc.). The y-axis the the multiplier to apply to your original recharge time in order to find your final recharge time.

As you can see, it's not a linear progression, and the more buffs you apply, the slower the multiplier decreases (and a decreasing multiplier is good, because it means your recharge is lower).

Also note that this graph goes between -0.75 (-75% recharge) and 4 (+400% recharge), which are the lower and upper bounds that your recharge can be at.