Is Inq Favor partially wasted if you already have max crew skills?

[Ace42]

Simple question - is it a waste of Inq favour if I've already got maxed gunners / servitors, or do you get an extra skill point above max / a refund?

[Jason]

it honestly isnt worth it anyway the only good favor they have is ad mech. well that and navy but navy can crash the game

[Ace42]

Doesn't really answer my question.

[Jason]

It does though no offense. The favor you chose is terrible and as a result its pointless to talk about optimizing it as it will never be good even in the best case senario. Therefore my advice would be to sell it and take a different favor.
However if you insist on using it I suppose it is a bit of a waste to do so while having a crew skill maxxed although once again it really isnt worth taking.

[Ace42]

You need to work on your reading comprehension skills, no offence.

I didn't say I have chosen that favour (I haven't, and if I had then I'd already know first-hand if the excess skill-points were refunded or not - wouldn't I?).
I didn't say I was trying to "optimise" it, nor solicit a discussion on that subject.
I didn't ask if anyone wanted to consider scenarios in which it might or might not be deployed.
I didn't ask for an opinion on its relative strength compared to other favours.

The question is really very simple, but in case reiteration was necessary: Does the favour apply additional skill points beyond the normal maximum?

"It's a crap skill" doesn't answer that in any way shape or form; and expecting me to reverse engineer "it isn't worth taking" into "and coincidentally it doesn't stack with maxed crew skills" isn't particularly helpful.

[Jason]

Originally posted by Ace42:

You need to work on your reading comprehension skills, no offence.

I didn't say I have chosen that favour (I haven't, and if I had then I'd already know first-hand if the excess skill-points were refunded or not - wouldn't I?).
I didn't say I was trying to "optimise" it, nor solicit a discussion on that subject.
I didn't ask if anyone wanted to consider scenarios in which it might or might not be deployed.
I didn't ask for an opinion on its relative strength compared to other favours.

The question is really very simple, but in case reiteration was necessary: Does the favour apply additional skill points beyond the normal maximum?

"It's a crap skill" doesn't answer that in any way shape or form; and expecting me to reverse engineer "it isn't worth taking" into "and coincidentally it doesn't stack with maxed crew skills" isn't particularly helpful.

wow man you need to relax XD I'm unsure why you are so offended. "However if you insist on using it I suppose it is a bit of a waste to do so while having a crew skill maxxed although once again it really isnt worth taking." Had you of read that sentence Id say you should be able to infer the answer to your question. But yes it does not give you extra points on top of the max. On top of that regardless of all of that my overall advice is that it is a poor choice and not worth taking and personally I think you would be wise to heed that but suit yourself man :D

[Ace42]

Originally posted by Warboss:

"However if you insist on using it I suppose it is a bit of a waste to do so while having a crew skill maxxed although once again it really isnt worth taking." Had you of read that sentence Id say you should be able to infer the answer to your question.

I clearly did read that sentence, hence me repeating it back to you almost verbatim:

Originally posted by Ace42:

"it isn't worth taking" into "and coincidentally it doesn't stack with maxed crew skills" isn't particularly helpful.

And I'm perfectly relaxed, you're the one who apparently took offence from "you need to work on your reading comprehension, no offence" from my initial reply.
I wonder why you're getting so wound up to something I clearly said "no offence" at the end off...

Glad to have got an answer, although looking at the calibre of this conversation I'm loathe to consider that answer definitive.

[Jason]

I mean it's a pretty easy thing to test if you want. Take a ship with any skills, max out the servitor crew skill. Then go into a game and use then skill, then add the favor and repeat and see if the cooldown has decreased. Feel free to test it out

[Ashardalon]

refunds crew points im pretty sure
you cant go over 3
if it doesnt refund, refund your own crew and they will stay at the 1 you got for inquisitor and you can reapply them yourself
but dont hope to push crew to 4 with inquisition

also, follow warbos his advice
inquisition is trash
navy only has a chanse to crash in pvp
you can spam cobras to your hearts content in pve, navy is best favor as it gives better then maxed commisar alongside the amazing cobras

[Jason]

Originally posted by Ashardalon:

refunds crew points im pretty sure
you cant go over 3
if it doesnt refund, refund your own crew and they will stay at the 1 you got for inquisitor and you can reapply them yourself
but dont hope to push crew to 4 with inquisition

also, follow warbos his advice
inquisition is trash
navy only has a chanse to crash in pvp
you can spam cobras to your hearts content in pve, navy is best favor as it gives better then maxed commisar alongside the amazing cobras

yeah true I suppose I should of mentioned that it wont crash single player

[sarrowquand]

Inquisition seems like it would work well in 2v2 with an Eldar or Tau ally.

[Jason]

Originally posted by sarrowquand:

Inquisition seems like it would work well in 2v2 with an Eldar or Tau ally.

honestly no it is a terrible choice regardless of reason, you will ALWAYS be better off with ad mech or navy

[Ashardalon]

marines can outperform those two in 500pts games
when combined with assasin and additionel LS
any other situation mech or navy is better
inquisition is never good
imperium has the widowmaker

[Jason]

Originally posted by Ashardalon:

marines can outperform those two in 500pts games
when combined with assasin and additionel LS
any other situation mech or navy is better
inquisition is never good
imperium has the widowmaker

That I'm unsure of I think I would still prefer ad mech over marines

[Ashardalon]

mech is pretty good on LC as it doubles skills
but marine insubordination spam kills any less numerous fleet
its 2 permacrits 10% slower cooldowns and reduced crew stat for more insubordination later
mech slightly more reliable, marine more powerfull
especially since at 500pts lots of people start brining 2 cruisers

[Awesomesauce]

Mechanicus and Astartes are your best options, especially since if you get the Terminator upgrade, you can do 3 boarding actions in one lightening strike at -10 troop value modifier, which is really quite good on a dauntless spam build.