Roll for pilot skills, don't pay the 1k

Agreed. Even when rolling for a specific skill I've never spent more than 700.

Agreed.

I mean, you guys do what you want, but I'd rather drop 1000Au on a sure thing and then move on than spin & hope I hit before I don't have enough gold to try anymore.

Bury this thread before they start rigging it so people can start spending for 1k au

Depends, When I got Thomas Mindread for my Leech I had enough to promote him straight to major, But not enough to directly select each skill, and managed to get what I needed with a couple random rolls, but I've also had times where I wasted more gold than I would have otherwise.

Exactly

It's better spending 50au for random skills than spending 20 times more for a specific skill.

Except in cases where you have a lot of gold or if you're want to really acquire some specific skill.

Spend the 1000

Touch wood. I've been lucky, never been over 400 for a skill. Incidentally last skill I got for the Rayker (2500Au), it was the first one given to me. Winning.

See you three don't understand entirely. In the cases you talked about (or you just blatently disagreed lol) you said you spent over 1000 before that, but the thing is BEFORE that you spent less than 1000 getting other skills correct?

So lets say you spent 500 on the first, 750 on the second, 650 on the third and 1400 on the forth. You spent more than 1000 on the forth however you saved 500 on the first, 250 on the second and 350 on the third. In total you have saved 1100 but lost 400 correct?

So technically you saved 700 more gold than you would have if you spent the full 1000 per skill. The stuff you save will most often (if not then always) cover what you lost and more, so in short you are getting better pluses than you are minuses. You can do what you want but it is still better to do random.

come on dude listen to what is said. I put up an EXAMPLE, not able to know what actually happened. And by what I said even if you got to 2050 in rolls you STILL end up spending less than you would if you just did the 1000. What I am saying is the amount that you save on the skills you rolled before that (whether or not they are on the same pilot) should almost surely cover the expenses of one string of bad luck.

however, if you are rolling then that means you already have an undesired skill so you remove one undersired skill but put one back in which means you have the same amount of skills you don't want, meaning that is useless.

If you find a skill that you don't want but you can get some use out of (for example: you want roadhog, mechanic and damage skills but you end on armour master) then you should take that skill until you find one you want, this way you won't end with a useless skill if you run out of gold.

Of course, I roll with the intention that I might not get the skill I want but at least I get something good.

Some skills I did pay for like mechanic on Falcon and powerman on Butch.

i roll 3 times if a don't get try tomorrow and if you don't get it by the 11th roll then you weren't meant to have the skill you want.

i don't want to have the
-be faster if the red have 3 beacons
-or ability recharges if HP dips to certain point
-or Heaven forbid if they Make a Pilot that comes with Last Stan
if i have these abilities my Pilots are Dead to me......

That makes one of us.