Figured I’d post the math for anyone interested.
Infinite tools cost 1000 gems each.
Normal tools cost 4 silver each or .0004 gold per swing of the axe.
Scenario A: You want to trade gold for gems to buy the tool.
Lets say you are incredibly lucky and bought the gems at the weekly low of 7.07 per 100 gems.
That’s a total cost of 70.7 gold.
70.7(g) / .0004(g/swing) = 176750(swings)
It takes 176750 swings to break even.
Scenario B: You have 1000 gems lying around and are debating whether to sell them for gold.
Lets say you unlucky sold the gems for the week low of 5.22 gold per 100 gems.
That’s a total earnings of 52.2 gold.
52.2(g) / .0004(g/swing) = 130500(swings)
To give some perspective.
If you are crazy enough to mine 100 swings per day every day (including holidays, your birthday, your kids graduation day, and even your hamsters funeral day), it would take 4.84 years to break even in scenario A and 3.57 years in scenario B.
If you see anyone that owns a gathering tool, point at them and laugh.
