I owned an adj resto and got my use out of it but sold because I wanted to get my PED before the drop (4.7k) and I wanted to skill up First Aid. I would never buy a Adj Resto for more than 4k and it will fall below 4k in some sales.
I don't think MA cares about the Resto 9 chip or it's influence on the Adj Resto, or at least I doubt they considered it.
Now obviously Adj Resto is good for some basic skilling and low hunting
but I would say the bigger concern would be that Imp and Mod Resto chips are pretty much worthless to buy now. They were a much steeper investment that took time to get your money worth out of them and now they are easily replaced by L versions when you actually want to hunt big. Then you can save your PED for other investments.
What I mean is if you got some skills why hire a fapper now? You can buy a Resto 10 (45 ped ish) use a leech set and skip the Fapper or buying an Imp Resto. Not only that you get more skills for bigger L chips. If you aren't gung ho on a leech set and are melee the amps are cheap and give you basically an Adj Resto chip in leech ontop of your L chip. They stack nicely.
I currently use the Resto 10 chip and enjoy it as I always wanted an Imp Resto but now I never have to buy one. This then goes back to my Mission Galactica Thread as I will never finish the mission because there is no point. The mission should just be removed and replaced with something exciting like an impressive new Armor.
If I ever want a Divine chip just buy one cheap. Then buy a cheap big L Resto Chip off auction, throw on some leech and skill. The Mission Galactica is a thing of the past.
There are enough UL Chips in game and removing the mission would be a good idea now.
Just my 2 cents and I do thank MA for releasing these chips, it was a brilliant idea and I think they realize the Mission Galactica is a dead mission now which is why they did it. Also it gives me a reason to skill Biogenesis and that was a reason why I also sold my Adj Resto. No point to have high lvl in that profession, which is why I switched to First Aid skillin.
So nods to MA on this move making this profession worthwhile and giving hunters options to invest PED in other things instead of pricey UL Resto Chips. ( Sorta feel bad for fappers though ) We will see how these chips effect migration for fappers.
In some ways fapping services are becoming obsolete, with high % leech gear and cheap big L Resto chips ontop of the pre existing armor efficiency changes. If we ever get armor requirements like they said. Are fapper services a thing of the past? Could be....