ancient ingots

Ok first of all yeah yeah Eldritch/Hilo/Factions, I suck at PvP, etc etc. Now that that's outta the way, we say that Ancient Ingots cost a lot. 3 dia=1 ancient ingot. 4 emerald. 6 lapis blocks. Not much but when armor dies really quickly after 10 hits then you end up using 4-8 ingots in a real...