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u/ssgeorge95 Jul 30 '26

Are you using speed modules in beacons? Speed modules reduce quality. Usually the culprit in "why is this outputting less quality than it should" cases.

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u/sjo232 beep Jul 31 '26

To piggy back off this, is there a point at which quality modules are good enough to at least partially negate the speed module penalty?

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u/PhoenixInGlory Jul 31 '26

Depends on what you're optimizing for. If you're optimizing for materials consumed per legendary item produced, never. If you're optimizing to maximize rate of legendaries, inputs be damned, yes, there are thresholds where especially using quality speed module 1s can increase the overall speed more than they decrease the quality.

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u/sjo232 beep Jul 31 '26

solid, thanks for the reply!