Helpful advice.   The merits that people have brought.  Can be useful tools in the play of the game.  Such as for example,  Marcus getting into see the block of indentured servants before they went on the block for auction.  He used 1 status, then another to pre buy one before the public auction.  Thats 2 out of his 4 status pts.   He will get those back in a week.<br/><br/>Another example will be Sgt Banks, he has 4 status.  He is going to take and burn  1 to get his iindentured servant onto the va health insurance.  Which will use 1 of his four for a week.<br/><br/>Or if he has a need with setting up his underground railroad.  He may have to use all 4 status pts at once with the military to gain a use of a helicopter or perhaps get the military to turn a blind eye to the route he has set up.  An then 2 would always be in constant use.<br/><br/>However, with all things one side can counter measure another with influence,  status, allies and contacts.    Example Sgt Banks has used his two influence to help open up a border crossing.  That has the national police assigned looking the other way.  He maintains 2 military status in doing this.  But Marcus learns of this,  he may counter it with say 2 political status to have the officers that were brought out transfered and more party loyal ones put in place.  Thus shutting that point in the route down.<br/><br/>So don't just look at such things as just there.  Oh I have military status or political status.  They are useful tools to helping and going against another.<br/>