Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35065776-20180516211712

I've been building up a list of collections that I can't complete without Cotton or Dragonflies. I have cotton on my WL but not Dragonflies, and I even feel bad about that since I'm sure everybody is in the same boat. We can all make them ourselves, and it takes some doing and resources, so it's not that fair asking for someone to give you something that they have to craft, but you don't feel like crafting yourself.

Anyway, I have yet to use any of my crafting-enhancing talismans, and figured I should use them for doing things like this that would require time, money and resources - magisterium appears to be the best bet, but I am wondering about if it makes sense to use it on such relatively low-cost items.

Since it lasts only 2 hours, (I don't TT) is it foolish to use it for things that require Diagrams and Keys, even though it would cost only 1 of each per item, and save 4,000 coins per item? Even at half speed, I'd only get 2 items crafted for the eeffort (thinking of the highest-level items from the Inventor, such as the Folio, Star and Ingot). Every so often I will craft them, and activate them with full energy, then use a Shot of Vigor when my energy is gone, and then after the Shot is done my energy is recharged and I can do a bit more before the talismans run out.

But all that aside, my 'dilemma' is to use the Magisterium to quickly knock out a bunch of Cotton, Dragonflies, and other such 'lower-cost' crafting items - or use it to save on Diagrams, Keys and the 4,000 coins per high level talismans. The answer seems to me to be (after talking it out here) a natural one in favor of the Cotton side, but I'm anxious to hear what people have to say who have used this talisman before. 