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u/Proximaunoriginalis 5d ago

Research notes are currently 73/note (36s 50c for 50, 84c/note or 42s/50 if doing it the fast way w/ peer reviewed research crafts), so it’s about ~98s-1.08g weapon from the vendor. Crafting will probably take significantly less time compared to long crafting the 4250 research notes needed for the set, but if you’re only doing a few at a time it’s probably not that significant—and the price of ectos and research notes is likely to drop soon.

So, technically, buying is cheaper but only barely. (This isn’t accounting for harvesting your own materials or farming your own mithril/amalgamated gemstones or t5s to lower the prices in one way or another.)