Learning goals
- Understand Focus pool/capacity.
- Understand node activation.
- Understand that unlocking a node and activating a node are different concepts.
- Learn why capacity planning matters.
- Avoid unlocking nodes you cannot support.
Explanation
Focus points can be spent to unlock and upgrade nodes, but unlocking a node does not always mean every node can be active at once. Focus pool or capacity limits how many nodes can be active. Powerful nodes may cost capacity, Way-Bounds may require capacity after being unbound, and you may need to increase capacity to support your desired setup.
What should I do?
When upgrading Focus, pick the node you want, check its capacity cost, check your current capacity, decide whether to increase capacity before upgrading more nodes, activate only nodes that help your current build, and review capacity after unbinding Way-Bounds.
Common mistakes
Avoid these Focus mistakes before spending Focus, placing lenses, unbinding Way-Bounds, or committing to one school.
- Unlocking many nodes without enough capacity.
- Forgetting to activate useful nodes.
- Not increasing Focus pool or capacity.
- Assuming unbound Way-Bounds are free.
- Leaving old nodes active that no longer help.
- Treating Focus as passive collection instead of a build.
Key Takeaways
- Focus is a build. Capacity decides how much of that build can be active.
Practical task
Focus behaves like a build: unlocked nodes still need active capacity.
- Open your active school.
- Count which nodes are active.
- Find your current pool/capacity display.
- Identify one node you want but cannot activate comfortably.
- Decide whether to upgrade capacity or change active nodes.
You can explain whether Focus capacity is limiting your setup.