Talk:Combinator/@comment-411989-20160809035719/@comment-411989-20160811184452

I could also add...

the order items are combinined in matters for cost even if the ending item has the same stats. (eg, to starting with a soulbound ring...upgrading ring and keeping it as a ring, then lastly changing to a sword and then to a helm costs more than changing ring to a sword, upgrading it, then changing to a helm....End stats are the same... but cost of first method is:

start with ring, but keep as ring: 1.8m (add 1 orc) 5.1m (add 2nd orc) 11.7m (add 3rd orc) 24.9m (add 4th orc) 51.3m (add 5th orc) to sword: 52.1m (add 6th orc--changed to base sword) to helm would be: 52.9m

But using the same items, this second path is cheaper:

start with ring, but change to sword first:

0.811m (add 1 orc) 1.7m (add 2nd orc) 2.5m (add 3rd orc) 3.3m (add 4th orc) 4.1m (add 5th orc) 4.8m (add 6th orc) to helm would be: 5.6m

The same items were used in the experiment, and the resulting helm would have the same stats, but as can be seen the second method is significantly cheaper...seems to be because rings are more expensive to upgrade.