The greed is real! We picked the greedy option when we went to the temple, now we need to pick the power to make good on that decision and actually free the Moon Ring.
Do you know how much AGI we have? 23! That means boosting it by 50% is +++++++++++AGI. Speed is the godstat of combat, allowing you to hit and not be hit at the same time, encompassing defence and offense. Even esoteric attacks that cannot be blocked can often be dodged, not to mention simply speed blitzing an enemy before they can deploy them. On top of that we even get a modest rank boost that
doesn't shrink with growing rank! The value of +.1 Rank is only going to grow as our rank increases. And Quicksilver's +50% AGI makes any future AGI boosts even better, increasing the value of future stat boosts.
Inksky, on the other hand, doesn't spend our arete efficiently until we can afford to spend 20 more on getting Pillars, when pillars themselves don't give us an immediate power boost either. It is an ultra long-term option. Can we afford to pass a huge, immediate power boost and spend 7 arete on future potential? We're a progression type, we already have near-infinite potential to advance! Do you see us getting Pillars while still in the temple? We have to breach the inner temple, we have absolutely no idea what is there besides a very hard fight. Do you want to gamble everything on evening sky memes?
Ultimatley, the answer is in the update itself. Rihaku straight-up told us what we need, after all.
He requires immediate power and access to esoteric effects; this provides both.
Not "he would like some immediate power", not "some power would be neat now". He
requires power. Not taking power when we're told we need power is incredibly greedy. We have 7 days of curse mitigation left. In that time, we need to make progress against the Inner Temple and further outscale the threats the Curse can throw at us.
[X] The Streamline
[X] Quickwater
[X] 7 Arete Version