u/MaladieNathan

I gave stat thresholds some thought.
tldr: Thresholds on 4 instead 5 might be way better and feel less wasteful.

Would it be better if we do not get big payouts at 15,20,25,30, but instead 20% weaker payouts at 14,18,22,26,30?
So for example:
Instead of 4 times 5%dodge,2,5%HandEff,7,5%MoveRes,
you would get 5 times 4%dodge,2%HandEff,6&MoveRes
The total if someone wants to max a stat would stay the same. Since we get a total of 33 stat points (3 at the start, 29 from levels, one secret) it would feel way less bad to always loose the 3 points. Imo wasting a single point instead would not feel that bad.
Some get extra stat points:
Velmir: 4, so 37 in total. He would have 1 left (currently 2).
Jorgrim: 5, so 38 in total. He would have 2 left (currently 3).
Dirwin: 3, so 36 in total. He would hit a threshold (currently left with 1)
The rest: 33 in total. They would have 1 left (currently 3)

So on the threshold power scale Arna,Jonna,Mahir,Leo,Hilda currently hit 6 thresholds -> with this change 6,4 (8*0.8)
Thus Velmir,Jorgrim,Dirwin currently hit 7 thresholds -> with this change 7,2 (9*0.8)

Cons:
-Less intuitive: counting in steps of 5 is easier, thus more intuitive.
-Breaks the base stats a bit: Since we start with 10 in each stat we never have number dividable by 4, but always odd ones at thresholds
-More implementation: It might be just a tiny change, but defs would have to argue about it and use time to implement. I am not the biggest fan of wasting their time on minor tweaks

Pros:
-Would give stats more power spikes
-Would waste less points for every single merc
-More tweakablity and variety
-Would imo feel better

Neutral/flavour:
-secret point a bit wasted: It would lower the incentive to find the secret point, since Velmir,Arna,Jonna,Mahir,Leo,Hilda on max level exactly reach a threshold without the secret
-It would be a bit stronger since we reach power spikes earlier and have in sum more power from thresholds

Thank you for coming to my stat talk.
What do you guys think?