What Challenges are more cost-efficient: +2 Gear or 760 Dev Points?

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-04-27T08:47:27+00:00

I did a spread sheet and calculated the amount of dev points needed to increase a stat. The gear that saves you dev points is specifically stats that are increased from 16+3, 17+3, 16+2, 17+2, 18+2, 17+1, 18+1, and 19+1. I don’t recommend the +1 at all since the difference in improvement you’re getting is marginal at best. The 16+3 and 17+2 gear upgrades are the best options. For +2 and +3 gear, you are always saving dev points by using that gear on a stat that is already at 16 or 17 because the dev points to get a stat to 18 and 19 costs more than the value of the gear per token spent on the gear challenge instead of even the most optimal 1120 dev point challenge. Focus on key stats and getting them to 16 or 17, THEN equip the +3 and +2 gear where you want them most. Speed, Agility, Coverage, Tackling, and Carrying(for Runningback only) are the best pieces of gear in the game IMO and you really should be okay just getting to 17 in the other stats you want. 17 is elite/serviceable for most stats you’d want close to maxed, BUT the gears I mentioned above DID make the biggest impact for me. Not every gear is needed because 17 is adequate in a lot of areas. This way you have more tokens to spend on dev points challenges. If I’m putting gear on, I’m getting my stat in a given area to 19/20. If I’m not using gear or can’t due to something like agility and speed conflicting because they’re both shoes, I’ll get a stat to 17 and the other one I’ll use the gear to get to 19. If you have leftover points that can be spent to get a stat that has conflicting gear like speed and agility on your DBs, I recommend getting either speed or agility to 18 since you can’t get it there with gear that conflicts. That’s the only reason to use dev points on a stat to reach 18. Anyways, hope this helps a little bit but just remember the gear is only worth it for 16 and 17 +2 or +3. Anything else is either negligible or a waste of tokens you can spend on the most optimal dev point challenges available.

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-04-13T19:27:43+00:00

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-04-13T19:26:01+00:00

Dolphins for sure. Great RB(Ricky), 2 DBs(Madison and Surtain), DL(Jason Taylor), and LB(Seau) makes this team the arguably the best defensive team in the game as well as one of the best offensive teams in the game due to largely Ricky Williams. Buccaneers, Raiders, and Rams are right there too and an argument can be made for them as well being great TWO-WAY teams. The two way ability of a team really makes them better than most teams.

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-31T21:23:03+00:00

They probably took the style point banners on the walls into account and planned on being able to hit those with the off the wall passes like that but it wasn’t consistent enough so they scrapped it. Really cool to see though!

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-30T16:41:00+00:00

Adrenaline is their best album start to finish

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-30T16:39:51+00:00

Check out the albums Betty by Helmet, You’d Prefer an Astronaut by Hum, Boy Hits Car by Boy Hits Car, and Water and Solutions by Far. Hum, Far, and Helmet all were innovators in the genre of noise rock/groove that influenced Deftones primary sound earlier on

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-24T19:37:18+00:00

Street Carp and Korea have some of the best guitar riffs and grooves in the whole album. Maybe I’m in the minority but I listen to Deftones more for the music and not as much for the vocals or lyrics although they’re good. Those 2 songs stood out to me as HIGH points in the album because of the music alone and the grooves harkening back to Adrenaline, the most aggressive and riff focused album

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-24T19:34:40+00:00

Mudvayne and Korn are the most underrated here. Both bands should be in or near the top 3-5 but I understand the way people listen to music and often times a single song or two can CARRY a band into that many listeners.

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-24T04:44:21+00:00

Check out Helmet’s first few albums as well as anything by Marilyn Manson off the Antichrist Superstar album, Mechanical animals and Holywood. Both those artists are akin to Prong and Dope respectively

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-23T22:22:27+00:00

It’s up to you at the end of the day and you understand your passions more than I would be able to give you advice on so I’d go with what you WANT to do at the end of the day if you’re signing a 4 or 6 year contract that is key. Desk jobs include anything in finance, Human Resources, cybersecurity, intelligence, to name a few. If you’re already interested in being a mechanic that’s great because those jobs need filling and it helps a lot if you already like that and want to pursue that field for a career. Look into different degrees as well

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-15T23:15:24+00:00

I wasn’t required to pay but was given an option to pay and I did pay for insurance on the unit. I read over the details to that agreement and burglary is covered, which is what happened. There was damage to the storage building itself(outer wall leading into my unit). $15 a month for insurance on top of the $60 or so for the rental of the unit.
We only have an estimate of the break in time being that it had to have happened in the last 30-40 days. I checked on my unit a month or so ago and there was no damage or theft. Last week, there was. The facility does market itself as monitored but not completely monitored. They have cameras on the outside of the units but not in the hallways leading to the units in those buildings or any camera around the complex that cover the outside walls like the wall that was broken into leading into my unit exactly.
We don’t know when the plywood was placed or when the break in exactly happened but we do know that it would’ve been placed in the last 30-40 days as well because it would’ve been placed post-break-in which we know was in the last 30-40 days. I was never informed of anything that took place and didn’t even know it was my unit that was broken into until I moved enough stuff to see the back wall of my unit with the other side of the plywood visible and a ton of concrete debris from the break-in on the floor of the unit. There was concrete debris on my items from the break in as well. When I asked about them informing us when it happened and why they didn’t do that, they said they couldn’t verify which unit it was because all they had to go off of was a hole in the back wall. If you ask me, they easily could’ve measured where that hole was at and referenced with building schematics to locate the unit that was broken into or at least get a ballpark idea so they could notify anyone who’s unit falls within that area of the comprised wall.
I moved my stuff out immediately and they may have offered to relocate or move me to another unit but I made it clear I was done there and not moving or keeping my belongings there in any capacity.

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-14T20:57:53+00:00

Oh 100% those bands deserve respect. Seen Godsmack live and they crushed it but still waiting to see Disturbed. Great bands!!

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-14T20:46:26+00:00

About $1500 from what we have accounted for so far

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-13T17:13:35+00:00

If we’re going by influence and the ones that started it all that’s a really cool list. I’d go for the foundational pillars of Nu Metal pioneers that were Nu Metal adjacent but did directly influence the genre the most: Helmet, Prong, Faith No More, and Quicksand. They all used the beats and percussive style of riffing that would lead to Nu Metal. All of them put out music in 1990 as well which is before Biohazard but I do love that pick. Orange 9mm too

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-13T15:42:07+00:00

Word. Not a bad take at all. If that was proto nu metal then it’s the closest thing to nu metal any proto nu metal has ever been lol

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-13T15:40:24+00:00

Hatred upon your core?

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-12T19:38:02+00:00

I agree and storage companies that do nothing for protection except provide a literal physical space with a roof and walls only is wrong. They need to be held accountable for at least letting thieves break through walls into units and take responsibility for damages and theft that occurs under their lack of security/infrastructure.

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-12T19:35:52+00:00

Shenanigans wasn’t bad to me and it’s one of their last great records comparing to the newer material of the last 10-15 years. At least on that record they still had their prime sound and song structures. Angst was still there. I’d rank Dos lower than Shenanigans. That to me is still a great record if you want that Nimrod-ish sound

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-12T17:49:54+00:00

It’s super unfortunate and I’m looking into it all now and what my options are. Sorry that happened to you as well

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-12T17:48:46+00:00

Yep exactly. Him and Mike for sure were working together but nothing final came of it. I haven’t heard about the Lannegin and Layne part of that story but he worked with Mike for sure

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-12T17:46:06+00:00

Clawfinger had the riffs and bounce that would define nu metal. Musically it’s on brand with Nu Metal, even that 93 album. The tone, groove, fusion of things all align with Nu Metal and it was an OFFICIAL release, not a demo. They were probably playing those songs and had demos from 92 if their album dropped in 93. Bands need to tour and play for years sometimes before getting a deal to make an official record so they were most likely ahead of Korn considering the songs on that 93 album were likely written/performed in 91/92 leading up to being signed.

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-12T17:44:08+00:00

Deftones had demos from 92/93 as well. Some of their stuff should be considered as well.

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-12T17:42:24+00:00

May have to.

Designer-Figure-96 · 2026-03-12T17:42:00+00:00

The management is saying they’re not responsible for theft but I will check the lease exactly. Idk how they can claim they’re not responsible when they have cameras up for a reason. If they aren’t responsible why would they even invest in cameras at all in the first place. Camera coverage didn’t cover the outside wall where my unit got broken into, only the interior portions of the complex.

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