Talk:Investments/@comment-29110655-20170816192304/@comment-27405625-20170910001318

When I first threw together the Secret Stats page, (or if my memory is failing me and I just made major edits to said page), I debated putting in a section at the bottom of each stat for when it was actually checked. I guess if people are using it more I could add in the checkpoints for each one that are currently there and the totals to beat. That's really the point of some of these investments. The war guides really detail this now, but it may be helpful to put in a secondary place so you can easily see how they work.

Like the Eustarin investments, you get about the same number in your economy stat for investing in the embassy at 100k that you do for investing in the Eustarin supplier for 25k. Same amount in your Eustarin total as well. 75k difference is important if you know when it's going to be checked so you can weigh the total before you spend the ProN. Embassy provides a different benefit, but some of the same stats.

Point being, check the Secret stats out on the guide page before you write off certain investments. You may also want to google "time value of money", it'll help explain why it's usually a good idea to not end a chapter with ProN in hand if you can help it and don't have an immediate need for it in the next chapter.

The whoring out Qum change was what made me put the walkthrough on indefinite hiatus. I got 28.3, made myself start over and it's literally taken a month just to start mapping out up to the reunion, (29.3 just came out). A walkthrough's no good if you can't start it where I did and end up in the same places. When I was a research assistant it used to drive me bonkers when a prof would change around the variables halfway into a study. Still does.