You are all looking at this from the wrong angle. The way it is now is actually a benefit. Say you want to take up a 262. Your front end Cost says 164. You have 168 perk points. The actual server price upon launching is 175 points. You have effectively upped a 262 you could not afford.
At most, everyone is whining about a 20 to 50 point difference. If you had 300 perks to use would you not take a 175 perk point 262 vs. a 168 point one? I mean, do you want to fly it or not?
Land a couple of sorties in a 109 or 190 and you will make up the extra points quickly anyway. Don't die in your perk plane or tank and you won't notice the difference in points anyway.
Any complaints on how your dead perk ride cost less when you blew up if ENY goes down before you have launched?
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