I've considered these worthless, mostly due to the 24 hour timer. I can't put them on my vendor.
However, I considered a new way to calculate their worth, by considering the average value of the ingots lost through smelting if I do *not* use a talisman.
As a comparison, let's use the Powder of Fortification. They generally sell for 70,000 gold, more or less, on Lake Superior. Since they "cost" 450 BOD points, that's 155 gold / point.
A valorite smelter's talisman is 575 points, has 750 charges. Given:
a) The average cost of a valorite ingot is 2000 gold (I spot checked prices on Atlantic and LS)
b) At 105 mining skill with ringmail gloves on, there's a 62% chance of smelting valorite without loss,
then 750*2000*(1-.62) = 570,000 gold worth of valorite that's been saved.
If I then value the talisman at the same 570,000 and 575 points, then that's 991 gold/point, twice the value of the Powder of Fortification.
So assuming I have 375 ore of valorite available within 24 hours, then it seems worthwhile to cash in points for a talisman.
Do the numbers make sense?
However, I considered a new way to calculate their worth, by considering the average value of the ingots lost through smelting if I do *not* use a talisman.
As a comparison, let's use the Powder of Fortification. They generally sell for 70,000 gold, more or less, on Lake Superior. Since they "cost" 450 BOD points, that's 155 gold / point.
A valorite smelter's talisman is 575 points, has 750 charges. Given:
a) The average cost of a valorite ingot is 2000 gold (I spot checked prices on Atlantic and LS)
b) At 105 mining skill with ringmail gloves on, there's a 62% chance of smelting valorite without loss,
then 750*2000*(1-.62) = 570,000 gold worth of valorite that's been saved.
If I then value the talisman at the same 570,000 and 575 points, then that's 991 gold/point, twice the value of the Powder of Fortification.
So assuming I have 375 ore of valorite available within 24 hours, then it seems worthwhile to cash in points for a talisman.
Do the numbers make sense?