DUST Search - negative skill points

Just Bad wrote:

So did a bit of messing around to see if I could figure this out.

I only happened to get a negative unallocated skill point count after logging out and back in. So I thought thatd be a decent place to start.

I didn't have the presence of mind at the time to note the number I started with (it looked like sum of all SP I'd gained on this character but negative) but I did note what I made in SP over the next few matches-

90k award for first match
67k award for second match
-198k unallocated SP at this point

Quit game and relaunched and checked char sheet / skills
8.9k unallocated SP now

Quit again and relaunched and checked char sheet / skills
166k unallocated SP which is as far as I understand what I'd gained but not spent should have added up to. So I invested some SP and was left with 23k SP unallocated

Quit and relaunched again doing same as above
-498k unallocated SP and also curiously shows my char as having only 330k SP total despite the specific levels adding up to more than that.

Hope this helps

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Skytt Syysch Villore Sec Ops Gallente Federation 235	Posted - 2012.06.27 00:05:00 - [1] - Quote I had this happen too. I purchased turret operation L1 and vehicle command L3, played a game, and came out of it at -85k SP.
Skytt Syysch Villore Sec Ops Gallente Federation 235	Posted - 2012.06.27 02:01:00 - [2] - Quote Just Bad wrote: So did a bit of messing around to see if I could figure this out. I only happened to get a negative unallocated skill point count after logging out and back in. So I thought thatd be a decent place to start. I didn't have the presence of mind at the time to note the number I started with (it looked like sum of all SP I'd gained on this character but negative) but I did note what I made in SP over the next few matches- 90k award for first match 67k award for second match -198k unallocated SP at this point Quit game and relaunched and checked char sheet / skills 8.9k unallocated SP now Quit again and relaunched and checked char sheet / skills 166k unallocated SP which is as far as I understand what I'd gained but not spent should have added up to. So I invested some SP and was left with 23k SP unallocated Quit and relaunched again doing same as above -498k unallocated SP and also curiously shows my char as having only 330k SP total despite the specific levels adding up to more than that. Hope this helps Looks like a good starting point. I forgot to mention I had quit after purchasing the skills in my above post. Just tested some quitting, and here's what I came up with: 160 unallocated, 880 total (this 160 was after playing a bunch after going negative to -85 mentioned above, hadn't quit since then) quit game 260 unallocated, 880 total buy vehicle command L5 13 unallocated quit game 13 unallocated quit game from skill menu, PS3 crash on quit character select says 350 total, in-game says 880 total 13 unallocated play game, 32 award 45 unallocated quit game 45 unallocated (I don't have the merc pack) Seems like quitting "may" have something to do with it, as that seems to be the point where the discrepancies show up, but it doesn't look like it alone. It may just be when the values are recalculated. It looked like the negative is it thinking you have the default level of SP, whatever it was at character creation, and is subtracting whatever you have allocated into skills above the default. Restarting the game seems to fix it, at least so far.
Skytt Syysch Villore Sec Ops Gallente Federation 235	Posted - 2012.06.27 03:00:00 - [3] - Quote Mikel Dracionas wrote: i bought the merc pack and went negative on a gam as well is it cause the merc pack? im also not gaining passive atm I don't have the merc pack, so that isn't what's causing it.