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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