Thread:Zippy130/@comment-32899062-20180119060815/@comment-27914031-20180207134045

Hi Tootles! I searched for the tip of Hilo2 and I presume you are talking about this:

http://the-secret-society.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:586664

I have never heard of such a "double dip" penalty. I routinely do hiring in pictures that are already charged with professions of same-type. So I spent the last hour or so running a test as follows:

Trial #1. I took a picture (Ship's Deck, purple frame level) that was precharged with all four professions and carefully recorded the bonuses listed  on the picture's Research window. Then I hired one of each profession and rechecked the listed bonuses on the Research window. Then I recorded my current level of Energy, Experience, and Money. Then I played the picture, and recorded the actual changes to my Energy, Experience, and Money.

Trial #2. I replayed the picture as in Trial #1, but this time the picture had no precharges. I hired one of each profession. I played the picture and recorded the actual changes to my Energy, Experience, and Money.

The result? There was NO "loss of benefit" penalty in Trial #1 vs. Trial #2. The extra benefits for hiring in a picture that was already charged were exactly the same as the extra benefits for hiring in a picture that was not charged. If you want, I can post the exact results. (I did notice that in both trials, there was a slight extra amount of experience and money gained that I cannot explain.  But it was about the same with or without hiring.)