How have you prepared for Maker?

My "stockpile" from my 96 Maurader and the last 24 hour's worth of buying ores from KPQers.

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If you're wondering how many I've bought, I started with 1m and have been buying them for 5k each. So about 900 ores

Does anyone know what lidium is good for? It seems like it's only good for the maker quest itself.

This diamond inflation is really entertaining. People really think that diamonds are their best bet for making money even when they're buying them for nearly 1m each, when garnets, sapphires, stat crystals, minerals, and stimulators are going to jump from nearly worthless to being worth close to or more than 1m each.