My payday is June 1st. As soon as the money is in my account I will get 6-month subscriptions for Modo&Mari Indie combo from Steam. And during the upcoming Steam sale around the end of June I plan to buy 3D Coat Educational. To me, using scripts is a bit unnecessary since I hardly touched it when I installed recommended…
As a regular modo user I use scripts all the time, but if you feel that you can live without them, why not? Also, what will you use Mari for? There's a free, non commercial, version of Mari that could suit you if you're only using it for sketching. https://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/non-commercial/mari-non-commercial/