I ask because I had a (hiring level 3) Gran rifleman with 3 in PW, 2 in Percention and 6 free SPs (with no levelling up --- he was hired that way). He now has 36 free SP.
My other Gran have 2 in PW and 2 in Per, and would have had 2 or 4 free SP, but now have 38 free SP.
Were the free SP that the NPCs now have, adjusted in some way to take into account their current skills, to make them more equal?
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