Well spoken words Hardship, and I agree with everything you said, but I believe Harlequinn, great name by the way, is asking when enough Infuence is enough.
I don't know if I actually have an answer for that one. Not sure what my liquid total is at now. Every 200ish millon I send out an email to be claimed by an alt most of which I don't look at anymore except for storing influence. (I finally hit the 2nd page of characters and of those 11 heroes 7 are destined to be stripped of IOS (seems I think everyone needs Glads and Steadfast +s by lvl 7 lol), creative costumes saved and fun names written down (I'm looking at you Hero Named Ted who began life as Hero Name TBD) and ultimately deleted.
Whatever it adds up to is a lot. Enough that I can now drop a billion if need be to simply try something out, 3 times if need be to compare the 3 builds on my blaster (which now that I have his first actual Respec done is what I am working towards) to see if some minor reworking make any real difference.
Is it enough? Sure, I would imagine it is but there is always room for more.
I don't actually market on whatever I am actively playing with the exception of collecting things for its build. For me the temptation is to great to click on WW right away and I would rather be dealing with Malta.
TLDR Lots but not all of it.
Happy hunting and Merry Christmas.