Synergy Training questions

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Thanks for the replies.

It seems like very bad game design to have training decisions like these made permanent with no chance at altering them, especially on accounts that are meant to be played on for years and years, and certainly with options that require experimentation to judge their results and/or that are very subjective to begin with (especially when Synergy first debuted, as VoiceMemo said). I was never really into endgame back when I last played, so I don't know if there are other permanent decisions like this in the game. I'd definitely like for SE to add an option to redistribute, though I imagine their focus probably lies elsewhere these days.

Ayway, so if the cap is at 80, I'll have 16 points to distribute, I take it? Fewell Feeding and Safety Valve definitely seem like the most useful, so I'll start with those. What does Furnace Pressure actually do, btw, since it doesn't actually seem to affect the frequency of explosions? Power of explosions as far as player/furnace damage and maybe the potency of negative status effects/results? I guess that isn't a big concern if I simply avoid explosions altogether. I guess Furnace Repair would be the third thing to go for, to help with longer synths. Out of curiosity, I don't suppose if anyone knows if the Thwack training option works together with the Fishing Cuffs for a nearly-guaranteed Thwak option? I'd rather control explosions without damaging the furnace anyway, so I'd probably go with the other cuffs or safety valve. Atm I'm not really using Cinder at all; does the new end-game synergy stuff make use of that much?

I've PL'd up to 48 at this point, and I'll take a break here. I made a bunch of the cuffs and upgraded some aprons to smocks, which was my short-term goal. I think I finally understand most of the strats to successfully and efficiently make stuff, at this point, even without any training (though it's real tight without the training, so I'll definitely go ahead with some of those options). So anyway, thanks again for the help. ^_^