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  • SpiredMothSpiredMoth Posts: 98 Member
    edited April 2022
    While looking into whether it was worth it for me to grab the Towel Drying Stand earlier, I came across a few errors in the suggestions for the Storybook sets. My corrections below are a mix of good news and bad news.

    Storybook Bathroom Set, 39/228 (saves 22 SP)
    - DD #026: Porcelain Tub (30/54)
    - DD #560: Towel Drying Stand (9/25)
    - DD #135: Storybook Bathroom Set (0/78)

    The only correction here is that the set shouldn't cost anything after applying CYS, since the Tub and Stand values add up to 79 SP.

    Storybook Bedroom Set, ~216/286 (saves ~42 SP)
    - DD #026: Porcelain Tub (30/54)
    - DD #134: Romantique Double Bed (42/54)
    - DD #560: Towel Drying Stand (9/25)
    - DD #135: Storybook Bathroom Set (0/78)
    - CYS: Storybook Bedroom Set (~135/286 after Storybook Bathroom Set, otherwise ~205)

    Just another math correction.

    Storybook Dining Room Set, ~98/239 (costs ~40 SP more)
    - DD #185: Romantique Dining Chair (15/34)
    - DD #456: Larger than Life Party Table (28/41)
    - DD #193: Storybook Dining Room Set (~55/140)

    This was the most baffling of the group. The first error was that the Dining Chair was left out. Beyond that, I have no idea what values Merelhyn was using to get 17 for a cost of the set on DD #193 because I can't even come close to that with the Dining Chair included.


    Storybook Living Room Set, ~720/886 (saves ~17 SP)
    - DD #026: Porcelain Tub (30/54)
    - DD #087: Superlative Sofa (47/69)
    - DD #185: Romantique Dining Chair (15/34)
    - DD #452: Romantique Chaise (39/67)
    - DD #456: Larger than Life Party Table (28/41)
    - DD #560: Towel Drying Stand (9/25)
    - DD #946: Divine Divan (32/56)
    - DD #135: Storybook Bathroom Set (~0/78)
    - DD #193: Storybook Dining Room Set (~55/140)
    - CYS: Storybook Living Room Set (~465/886)

    Cheapest path for the Living Room Set goes through Bathroom and Dining Room and comes out ~17 SP cheaper than Merelhyn's


    Full Storybook Set, ~837/1647 (costs ~420 SP more)
    - DD #026: Porcelain Tub (30/54)
    - DD #087: Superlative Sofa (47/69)
    - DD #134: Romantique Double Bed (42/54)
    - DD #185: Romantique Dining Chair (15/34)
    - DD #452: Romantique Chaise (39/67)
    - DD #456: Larger than Life Party Table (28/41)
    - DD #560: Towel Drying Stand (9/25)
    - DD #946: Divine Divan (32/56)
    - DD #135: Storybook Bathroom Set (~0/78)
    - DD #193: Storybook Dining Room Set (~55/140)
    - CYS: Storybook Bedroom Set (~135/286 after *Storybook Bathroom Set*, otherwise ~205)
    - CYS: Full Storybook Set (~405/1674)

    This comes out much worse than Merelhyn's. I tried to find a cheaper path that built off of Living Room but adding missing Bedroom items ended up making it cost more than going for Bedroom and skipping Living Room.

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    EDIT 2022-04-30: fix some really bad errors (bad math, accidentally included Full Storybook exclusive items in "owned items" total during CYS estimation). The below spoiler contains the original, erroneous content
    Storybook Living Room Set, ~517/886 (saves ~220 SP)
    via Full Storybook Set (see below)

    Because Living Room overlaps with all the other Storybook sets the cheapest path I could find for it was also the same path for Full Storybook Set

    Full Storybook Set, ~517/1647 (costs ~100 SP more)
    - DD #026: Porcelain Tub (30/54)
    - DD #087: Superlative Sofa (47/69)
    - DD #134: Romantique Double Bed (42/54)
    - DD #185: Romantique Dining Chair (15/34)
    - DD #452: Romantique Chaise (39/67)
    - DD #456: Larger than Life Party Table (28/41)
    - DD #560: Towel Drying Stand (9/25)
    - DD #946: Divine Divan (32/56)
    - DD #135: Storybook Bathroom Set (~0/78)
    - DD #193: Storybook Dining Room Set (~55/140)
    - CYS: Storybook Bedroom Set (~135/286 after Storybook Bathroom Set, otherwise ~205)
    - CYS: Full Storybook Set (~275/1674)

    While there are improvements from Bathroom and Bedroom and this looks like an improvement for Storybook Living Room, it produces a worse price for Full Storybook because of the erroneous values used in the original suggested path.
    Post edited by SpiredMoth on
  • EmmaVaneEmmaVane Posts: 7,847 Member
    edited April 2022
    * Everyday Casual Chic, 260/1337 sp, 80%
    - DD #448: Sleek Chic (45/99 sp)
    - DD #525: A Little Chilly Dress (37/75 sp)
    - DD #879: Pocketed Skirt (43/68 sp)
    - DD #759: Everyday Casual Chic (135 sp)

    I just bought this deal with the 3 DD items owned and the CYS cost was only 120, so prices have changed somewhere.
  • SpiredMothSpiredMoth Posts: 98 Member
    EmmaVane wrote: »
    * Everyday Casual Chic, 260/1337 sp, 80%
    - DD #448: Sleek Chic (45/99 sp)
    - DD #525: A Little Chilly Dress (37/75 sp)
    - DD #879: Pocketed Skirt (43/68 sp)
    - DD #759: Everyday Casual Chic (135 sp)

    I just bought this deal with the 3 DD items owned and the CYS cost was only 120, so prices have changed somewhere.

    While prices changing is definitely a possibility, I think the more likely reason for the discrepancy is rounding error. This thread was started in 2018, which afaik was after they stopped updating the Store.

    I mentioned in a previous post that most of my findings when double-checking the paths from this thread are math errors. I'm currently trying to make progress on checking every set and writing my findings in a document I'll post hopefully soon-ish. I'm currently almost done with all the smaller sets (ones with little-to-no overlap with each other) which I will follow-up with the larger ones (Compilations, Featured Looks, and "combo" sets). In fact, maybe I'll try to get a work-in-progress version posted by the end of the week.
  • SpiredMothSpiredMoth Posts: 98 Member
    edited April 2022
    I have finished documenting the small sets and have posted my work here.

    List is still a work-in-progress. Still missing
    - many combo sets
    - compilations
    - all Featured Looks
    - some venues available through a set's CYS

    It should still be a good reference for everything else. Documenting paths for what's missing will come much slower, probably working from smallest to biggest.

    While working on this project this week, I ended up redoing my Storybook calculations and found some really bad errors in my original post. I have corrected those errors so that post now matches this list.

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