Cool, thanks.
I sincerely don't mean to be dense here, but doesn't one want to maximize the training time at the lower levels, while saving up the SPs? Training at the lower levels before the SPs kicks in provides a greater % while the SPs are a fixed number that can be added in anytime. All things being equal, I would think that training at a higher % is preferrable to fixed SPs; as in, why it is not worth it to touch SAs until much later. I understand that there are a couple ways to go about this, I'm just surprised by the consensus here and why it is such 'common knowledge'...
http://www.glbwiki.com/index.php?title=SlowbuildingEDIT: Okay, it's slow at work and I'm officially obsessed with something that's almost definitely already been proven before; but bear with me...
I see what you mean, whoever mentioned the +0.67 that would be missed---it would go down to +0.5 when this Guard reaches level 22. HOWEVER, that is based on each leveling which, generally speaking, would take at least a few days of training. (I know, at the very low levels, leveling can occur in 2-3 days depending on XP distribution, but he wouldn't have been softcapped that early anyway). So I think the question becomes, is that +0.17 differential in point greater or less than the % of training done over the given period. There's at least two unknowns in there, the X of the time period and the Y of based on percentage. I'd think the equation would look something like:
0.17/X <> Y * X
Or something like that. In essence: If one had four days to work with, would the gain in skill by the cumulative % training be greater or less than 0.17
I'm sure there's an arguement out there that will blow all of this out of the water. But I also see some faulty arguements in the previous replies as well. And in case you're wondering, I've got a DT in a similar boat as the Guard up here. And while I had already planned on dropping all of the points at new season begin after boost, I'm trying to figure out if I should drop the accumulated 70 points in BEFORE boost or AFTER boost at this point...