Talk:Way of Perfection/@comment-35249728-20180421205953/@comment-33460885-20180424163649

+-1 variance, +-2 is saying that they'd differ by 5. It's notable to take in the rank of a location; sure the Pier and Station may line up fine at his rank, but because of how numbers work in general; here's an example

Say you have a rank 8 Station with is 21 more energy than it originally uses at rank 1. if you have a rank 8 pier, that is also 21 more energy than it uses. The difference being the Pier has a higher base Energy cost, which i believe was 85.

The station's rank 1 energy is less than half of 21 if I remember correctly. If your station is high ranked, you are getting diminishing returns (almost twice the use for the same thing) while on a high level location, the energy increase is not significant. Again, sure it might line up the costs now, but what about exploring a rank 1 or 2 Station? That is much more efficient.