2010-06-11, 01:43 PM
Apologize for the double post, but I think this warranted it.
I calculated the following scenario, "Assuming you drop 20 bags of 10k or 50k and explode them all, which level of ME would give the greatest amount of damage for your meso?"
This is calculating the damage bag by bag and adding up the damage. The values displayed are the minimum amount of damage. The maximum damage is exactly double the value listed.
The answer is level 20 ME. That is the most cost efficient level for mesos. However, it might not be the most DPS efficient. Everything up to level 25 takes two explosions to fully wipe out all 20 bags. Level 26 and beyond only takes one explosion. So if you want to calculate by DPS, Maxing ME is your best bet since you only have to explode once and not twice. But level 20 is easily the meso efficiency champion.
I calculated the following scenario, "Assuming you drop 20 bags of 10k or 50k and explode them all, which level of ME would give the greatest amount of damage for your meso?"
This is calculating the damage bag by bag and adding up the damage. The values displayed are the minimum amount of damage. The maximum damage is exactly double the value listed.
| # | 10k bags | 50k bags |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 163,934 | 226,244 |
| 2 | 170,491 | 235.294 |
| 3 | 177,049 | 244,343 |
| 4 | 183,606 | 253,393 |
| 5 | 190,163 | 262,443 |
| 6 | 196,721 | 271,493 |
| 7 | 203,278 | 280,542 |
| 8 | 209,836 | 289,592 |
| 9 | 216,393 | 298,642 |
| 10 | 222,950 | 307,692 |
| 11 | 229,508 | 316,742 |
| 12 | 236,065 | 325,791 |
| 13 | 242,622 | 334,841 |
| 14 | 249,180 | 343,891 |
| 15 | 255,737 | 352,941 |
| 16 | 249,180 | 343,891 |
| 17 | 255,409 | 352,488 |
| 18 | 261,639 | 361,085 |
| 19 | 267,868 | 369,683 |
| 20 | 274,098 | 378,280 |
| 21 | 250,819 | 346,153 |
| 22 | 256,393 | 353,846 |
| 23 | 259,180 | 357,692 |
| 24 | 261,967 | 361,538 |
| 25 | 264,754 | 365,384 |
| 26 | 236,065 | 325,791 |
| 27 | 238,524 | 329,185 |
| 28 | 240,983 | 332,579 |
| 29 | 243,442 | 335,972 |
| 30 | 245,901 | 339,366 |
The answer is level 20 ME. That is the most cost efficient level for mesos. However, it might not be the most DPS efficient. Everything up to level 25 takes two explosions to fully wipe out all 20 bags. Level 26 and beyond only takes one explosion. So if you want to calculate by DPS, Maxing ME is your best bet since you only have to explode once and not twice. But level 20 is easily the meso efficiency champion.