Quote:Seems too easy to mass produce Q255 metal this way.People have asked for processes that refine materials. This is an example of one.
There is a tradeoff. Lower Q metal produces less Q255 metal when refined, in the amount of cronos made. When those cronos are converted back to metal, the resulting amount of Q255 metal is less than the original amount of lower Q metal, accordingly.
At that point, converting the Q255 metal back to cronos and then back to Q255 metal results in exactly the same amount of Q255 metal.
A mint produces 517 cronos from 10 units of Q255 metal. A smelter converts 5170 cronos into 100 units of Q255 metal. The ratio is the same.