stowaway.depot I would like to pose a hypothetical question relating to the posted table so that I might better understand what is going on with the penalty growth situation.
[The relevant portion of the tables for my example is as follows:]
8 30.6% 22.8%
9 28.6% 20.3%
10 26.9% 18.2%
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Suppose that I have just reached qualification level 8 for one of my Tops.
According to the table above, at qualification level 8, I will effectively grow 22.8% at best (providing I do everything right, (maintaining 100% efficiency, full load of Top1 and Top3,etc) instead of the best possible growth of 30.6% provided the penalty were removed by bumping qualification level for that Top by 1, Correct?
Correct although you don't need to maximize top values to get 22.8% growth because the penalty only limits the maximum growth. For example, if your growth would have been 23% without a penalty then it will be reduced to 22.8%, the same as if it had been 30.6% without penalty.
If I used 1 point and bought qualification level 8, then I immediately move to level 9, and the penalty is removed for qualification level 9, i.e., instead of
9 28.6% 20.3% <-- penalty applied
I would enjoy
9 28.6% 28.6% <-- penalty removed (no penalty applied due to point purchase moving from qualification 8 to 9)
correct?
Correct.
If that is the case, then when I reach qualification level 10, is the penalized growth still 18.2% ?
10 26.9% 18.2% <-- or is the penalized growth recalculated due to prior qualification lvl point purchase?
Maximum growth would be reduced by 5% for each level so it would look like this:
10 26.9% 25.6% (26.9/1.05)
11 25.5% 23.1% (25.5/1.05^2)
12 24.3% 21.0% (24.3/1.05^3) |