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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6071517" data-attributes="member: 19675">It isn't illogical.Lets look at RW consumer goods we can find data on easily: cars.Cars that go from 0-60mph in 10-15 seconds are usually what we would call econoboxes.&nbsp; Not very expensive- typically under $25k.Cars that do 0-60 in 5 seconds typically cost $40-75k.Cars scoring a 4 second or less in that test usually go for around $150k+, with no upper limit to price.&nbsp; The Bugatti Veryon, with 1001 HP does the 0-60 in 3.1 seconds, for a pice of $2,250,000.(Yes, there are exceptions, which is why I'm using weasel words like &quot;typically&quot;.)There's more to the price of an item than its &quot;performance numbers&quot;.&nbsp; Sometimes, it takes extra engineering to wring out that marginal increase in power. My old $11,300 Pontiac Grand Am could do 104mph- barely!- and it had 90HP.&nbsp; By your logic, a car capable of 208mph would only need 180 HP and cost about $25k, and that just isn't the case.To bring full circle, a wizard might be able to do a +1 weapon for 1kGP, but the magic required to make it a +2 weapon isn't necessarily linearly more difficult to make.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6071517, member: 19675"] It isn't illogical. Lets look at RW consumer goods we can find data on easily: cars. Cars that go from 0-60mph in 10-15 seconds are usually what we would call econoboxes. Not very expensive- typically under $25k. Cars that do 0-60 in 5 seconds typically cost $40-75k. Cars scoring a 4 second or less in that test usually go for around $150k+, with no upper limit to price. The Bugatti Veryon, with 1001 HP does the 0-60 in 3.1 seconds, for a pice of $2,250,000. (Yes, there are exceptions, which is why I'm using weasel words like "typically".) There's more to the price of an item than its "performance numbers". Sometimes, it takes extra engineering to wring out that marginal increase in power. My old $11,300 Pontiac Grand Am could do 104mph- barely!- and it had 90HP. By your logic, a car capable of 208mph would only need 180 HP and cost about $25k, and that just isn't the case. To bring full circle, a wizard might be able to do a +1 weapon for 1kGP, but the magic required to make it a +2 weapon isn't necessarily linearly more difficult to make. [/QUOTE]

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