Bitttymacod
Calculate it as "How many picks to go until Master." The number is smaller. (But it is still depressing.) :D
Of course, then you have to adjust for what type of pick you use. Faction picks have 200 hit points so I only go through half as many as I would if I used regular merchant picks. Halving the number makes it a little less depressing :)
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