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Akashi's greed

The goal is to set up some tabs to identify where it is statistically cheaper to toggle or not the guaranteed improvement.

Reminder :

Modification Level 1★ 2★ 3★ 4★ 5★ 6★ 7★ 8★ 9★ Max★ Upgrade
Akashi 100% 100% 100% 100% 95% 90% 80% 77% 72% 60% 50%
Akashi Kai 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 95% 90% 82% 77% 67% 62%

Some science :

Average screw cost when not guaranteed, assuming Akashi is Kai and not counting any equipment cost :

 

Screw cost difference when guaranteed :

 

As expected, when the guaranteed cost is too high, not guaranteeing the upgrade is on average cheaper screw-wise, but this is not counting any potential equipment that may be lost and so may imply a higher screw cost.

Guaranteeing worthiness per base upgrade screw cost:

When upgrading any equipment, Devmats and Screw are consumed, and eventually one or several equipment and consumables.

  • Since obtaining Devmats is not an issue, their cost is simply ignored.
  • Since failing an upgrade does not consume any consumables, they are ignored.
  • For equipment consumed :
    • If they are craftable or relatively easy to obtain, their cost is negligible in front of any screw cost.
    • If the equipment consumed is a very rare one, then guaranteeing the upgrade should be evident.
    • If the equipment consumed is itself made via Akashi's upgrades, then its total screw cost must be added to the base screw costs used in later examples.

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
0 6th  
1+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
1 6th  
2+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
2 6th  
3  
4+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
3 6th  
4 8th  
5+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
4 6th  
5 8th  
6  
7+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
5 6th  
6 7th  
7 9th  
8  
9+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
6 6th  
7 7th  
8 9th  
9  
10+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
7 6th  
8 7th  
9 8th  
10 9th  
11  
12+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
8 6th  
9 7th  
10 8th  
11 9th  
12  
13+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
9 6th  
10 6th  
11 8th  
12 9th  
13 9th  
14  
15+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
10 6th  
11 6th  
12 7th  
13 9th  
14 9th  
15  
16  
17+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
11 6th  
12 6th  
13 7th  
14 8th  
15 9th  
16 9th  
17  
18+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
12 6th  
13 6th  
14 7th  
15 8th  
16 9th  
17 9th  
18  
19  
20+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
13 6th  
14 6th  
15 7th  
16 8th  
17 9th  
18 9th  
19 9th  
20  
21+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
14 6th  
15 6th  
16 7th  
17 7th  
18 8th  
19 9th  
20 9th  
21  
22  
23+ Never

guaranteed cost 1st time guaranteeing is worth it (in  )
15 6th  
16 6th  
17 7th  
18 7th  
19 8th  
20 9th  
21 9th  
22 9th  
23  
24  
25+ Never

There is only one equipment with a base brut screw cost above 15 (the SK Radar), and as every equipment consuming expensive "Akashi exclusive" or rare equipment, the average screw cost is less important that the raw cost, meaning that guaranteeing the upgrade is always worth it