My current plan and a few intermediate discoveries:
Energy types are not created equal. Ash, say, is almost invariably single-digit, and is basically useless.
Several types of energy correlate: Solar and Lunar correlate very positively (around a ~30-day cycle that makes me suspect solar energy is a misclassified type of lunar energy). Earth and Ocean correlate extraordinarily negatively. Flame and Ash correlate very positively (though this is meaningless, since Ash is not useful to us).
Solar+Lunar considered together spends just over half its time above 70. We’re currently above 70, but we are trending down, and probably won’t be in 10 days. Additionally, there was a recent anomaly in Solar energy (the supernova?) which makes me leery of using it.
Earth+Ocean considered together varies very stably and predictably (on a 22-day cycle). This cycle spends just under half of its time over 70...we are currently in one of its low points, but 10 days from now we should be in a high point. If you plot (Earth+Ocean Energy) against (Day Number mod 22), 10 days from now (Day Number mod 22) will be 10, and there has never been such a day when Earth+Ocean was <70.
Therefore, I plan to recommend the monk use Earth and Ocean energy.
My current plan and a few intermediate discoveries:
Energy types are not created equal. Ash, say, is almost invariably single-digit, and is basically useless.
Several types of energy correlate: Solar and Lunar correlate very positively (around a ~30-day cycle that makes me suspect solar energy is a misclassified type of lunar energy). Earth and Ocean correlate extraordinarily negatively. Flame and Ash correlate very positively (though this is meaningless, since Ash is not useful to us).
Solar+Lunar considered together spends just over half its time above 70. We’re currently above 70, but we are trending down, and probably won’t be in 10 days. Additionally, there was a recent anomaly in Solar energy (the supernova?) which makes me leery of using it.
Earth+Ocean considered together varies very stably and predictably (on a 22-day cycle). This cycle spends just under half of its time over 70...we are currently in one of its low points, but 10 days from now we should be in a high point. If you plot (Earth+Ocean Energy) against (Day Number mod 22), 10 days from now (Day Number mod 22) will be 10, and there has never been such a day when Earth+Ocean was <70.
Therefore, I plan to recommend the monk use Earth and Ocean energy.