[zenith]

Quote:Actual career point costs add the career's rank to the base cost. The higher the career rank, the more effective the bonus is.

Base cost is added to your rank to determine the actual cost for a given special ability. Character level has nothing to do with career rank.

The reason the costs of abilities rise as you gain rank is because the ability gets more powerful. Since you gain around 1 extra point per hour worked every rank you go up, this keeps the cost relatively the same between career ranks. However, the strength of an ability increases with rank.

For example, Peacetime Hideout Repair at rank 1 costs 3 points (2 + 1). It repairs around 1 - 10 plus a slight modifier to your hideout.

At rank 10 the cost for Peacetime Hideout Repair is 12 (2 + 10). It repairs around 10 - 100 plus a slight modifier to your hideout.