Gold Consumption: When to do Astrals or Guild Skills?
This problem has plagued many of my fellow guildies, and I'm sure it's bothering you right now too.
This is not an exact science but it is a recommendation on my personal experience on how to obtain more stats, for less gold.
First thing you need to do is assess your astrals and guild skills.
Let's do an example using Magic attack to show how we can easily work out which is better.
Simon wants more Magic Attack
Simon has level 4 Pristine Mysticality
Simon has level 5 Intelligence in Guild Skills
We know Level 5 Intelligence will cost Simon 4000 contribution(4mil gold) and give Simon +40 Intelligence (+160 Matk and +40 Mdef)
So the problem Simon faces is whether or not he can level up his Pristine Mysticality to level 5 for a further +216 Matk for less than 4mil.
Astral experience can vary depending on your luck, however a good ratio to go by is;
1mil gold wil amount to roughly 2000 Astral Experience.
So if Simon needs 14,400 astral experience to reach level 5 Pristine Mysticality then he needs to spend 7.2m Gold
Since luck cannot be measured it is just a rough figure, but it gives Simon a good idea of what is the better option.
But let's pretend Simon has also got a level 5 Enhanced Will Destroyer and has 14,000 Magic Attack
It costs Simon 28,800 Astral Experience to get to level 6 Enhanced Will Destroyer, which amounts to 14.4mil gold
By upgrading to level 6 Enhanced Will Destroyer, Simon would gain an additional +700 to his attack (not factoring in defenses.
Both level 5, and level 6 intelligence guild skill and upgrading Pristine Mysticality to level 6 at a cost of around 16.2m is still less than what he wold gain if he upgrades Enhanced Will Destroyer for 14.4m
So short term - Guild skill level 5 before Astral level 5.
Long term - Enhanced Will Destroyer.