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 The thing that makes T8 extremely lucrative is the incredible increase in base stats and the fact that there is no RNG in the stats. Every piece grants an average of base 60 savagery and fortitude (if distributed evenly) compared to the T7 counterpart. This is purely from reinforcement. Another part is the T8 energizements provide a nice boost, most notably in the IDR energizement in gloves (from 13% to 18%).
-The thing that makes T8 extremely expensive is also related to reinforcement. Since you need to reinforce 20 times (T7 was 14) and the fact that mech shards don't drop and need either dungeon attempts or crafting, you need around 600 mech reinforcement shards for every piece except the sidearm. This alone makes the cost per piece around 350M.
+The thing that makes T8 extremely expensive is also related to reinforcement. Since you need to reinforce 20 times (T7 was 14) and the fact that mech shards don't drop and need either dungeon attempts or crafting, you need around 600 mech reinforcement shards for every piece except the sidearm. With the current crafting changes of reinforce and energize shard changes (it was monster parts before, now it's gold and lower level of the same item), it has become extremely cheap to make: costing between 40-60M gold for reinforcing any T8 equipment.
 The mech energizing shards aren't used as much until the later pieces that require very specific energizements like speed, IDR and armor per level, so their cost is small compared to reinforce. It's recommended to craft the first piece where any general energizement can work and do full rerolls until you get it, then adjust your other gear accordingly; this will be the most cost efficient method.
-It's just about always cheaper to buy the components from market with your buy price and craft the mech shards. The Purge the Scourge daily missions really help here.
+The best place to get the mech shards is the 4th dungeon and the market. The 3rd dungeon is a net negative because of the daily quests requiring too much to get it. The 4th dungeon, even with the reduced price of mech shards, is a net positive and a great source of income. However, don't sell the mech shards; all will be used.
-The best place to get the mech shards is the 4th dungeon. The 3rd dungeon is a net negative because of the daily quests requiring too much to get it. The 4th dungeon is a net positive and a great source of income. However, don't sell the mech shards; all will be used.
+As T9 came out and people moved into it, a lot of decently empowered pieces are on the market, up for grabs via trading with coins. Calculating how much a piece is difficult since empowering and energizing is extremely tricky to calculate. I would suggest calculating how much it takes to craft, reinforce, ballpark an energizing cost, then calculate the E10 cost and then compare with 2 coins + cost the player makes. I have no idea how to value the E13, E14, E15 equipment, so you decide.
 ===== Finishing the Main Questline =====
-The main questline provides 340 mech shards of each, 60% of a required T8 piece. Also, the later quests reward some free 4th dungeon runs. It makes life so much easier to complete the questline and get these shards and complete the runs to craft our first T8 piece. However, there are 3 main roadblocks in the way:
+The //Precipice of the Maw// questline provides 340 mech shards of each, 60% of a required T8 piece. Also, the later quests reward some free 4th dungeon runs. It makes life so much easier to complete the questline and get these shards and complete the runs to craft our first T8 piece. However, there are 3 main roadblocks in the way:
   - For the quest 'Repurposing Ancient Technology III', you need to turn in a 8.2 core.
   - For all of the mech shard reward quests, you need to kill a lot of Maw monsters when you are relatively weak in power.
   - The quest 'Price of the Temple' is actually the most expensive quest in the game, requiring hundreds of thousands of ores.
+The //Depth of the Maw// questline, up to __An Odd Structure I__ provides 115 mech shards of each. Continuing after that point isn't that profitable, so it's best to stop until you get several T8 pieces.
+If you are full T7, it's actually impossible to kill the 6th dungeon monster, and don't get into the hell that is killing the later T9 monsters 2-3 at a time.