Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-29984007-20181106155918/@comment-36170150-20190211131606

Alright I spent the past night going over this and I couldn't find any cracks in it, the final balance changes made it so I need to sacrifice one of the three in my run: Annah's support, moderate reform, or the mercantile issue. I know at this point I'm one of the last believers in the [Annah Support] switch, but just the fact that the Synod would be so much easier if I was willing to sacrifice it makes me think it can't be a red herring, same goes for the moderate reform. Since I'm comfortable with my current ProN situation, sacrificing the mercantile issue in the hopes it will only affect my ProN income in a minor way is what I'm moving forward with. So here's my route:

Hidden variables, RP, miscellaneous: All are at their best thresholds except for the order of silence score, they are at (38), and Ignias, he is at (2).

Relevant investments: All done except for the Sanitation Mages guild.

Research order: Orc -> Purity -> Unpeople.

Helped the GoM with the disturbance, have Jhenno's support for the Synod, no Unpeople program, didn't support anyone in Zirantia.

Assume all optimizations are done during the Synod (talking with everyone, talking with people in the right order, etc)

Day 1: Hester - Shape the world. Make a deal with Esmera. Refuse a deal with Kerannii. Influence = 22. Annah Score = 4.

Day 2: Use Jhenno against unification.

Excommunication: Sarai holds back. Simon speaks - Convince Annah. Carina talks about slavery. Result = 12, extend an olive branch to Annah. Influence = 22. Annah Score = 5.

Unification: Sarai targets Nabith. Simon speaks - Alternate. Result = (-4). Influence = 19. Annah Score = 5.

Succubi: Tell Yelarel you were trying to convince Annah, disencourage Andra from speaking. Sarai goes all in. Iris speaks about slavery. Simon speaks - Appeal to Annah. Result = 24. Influence = 13. Annah Score = 6.

Tell Yelarel to go for the moderate reform.

Day 3:

Ivalan Succubi: Pay influence to let Orcent speak. Simon doesn't speak. Get everyone you can to vote for the Succubi, except Hester. Result = Succubi joined the church. Influence = 12. Annah Score = 6.

Acceptance: Sarai holds back. Riala talks about purity. Simon speaks - target Annah. Result = 23. Influence = 11. Annah Score = 8.

Day 4:

Unpeople: Yelarel goes for a light approach. Refuse Esmera. Sarai holds back. Simon doesn't speak. Robin doesn't show research. Result = (-6). Influence = 12. Annah Score = 8.

Tak'Kan: Sarai holds back. Simon speaks - target Annah. Result = 6 (I settle for minor, major is possible but would cost influence and would require major support for Ignias). Influence = 11. Annah Score = 10.

Purity: Tell Herin to change the standards. Simon doesn't speak. Andra speaks. Qum doesn't speak. Sarai supports Herin's proposal. Result = Kaskia's proposal wins. Influence = 12. Annah Score = 10.

Day 5: Elleani and Tyna both support the Fucklord vote, talk with the Zirantian representative.

Fucklord: Tell Herin to speak against the Fucklord. Sarai says nothing. Result = 16. Influence = 12. Annah Score = 10, [Annah Support] ON.

Promotion: Result = Herin gets an overwhelming victory.

Have 12 influence for the Minor Issues, spend influence on everything except the mercantile issue and the ardford ban, emphasize the Eustrin issue.

Sarai does not take up the extra restrictions.

Put Megail, Orilise, and Bertricia on the Eustrin issue. Put Lynine and Yelarel on the Mother's Guard issue. Put Wynn in the GoM issue. Put Herin in the Ardford Ban issue. Put Iris in the Mercantile Issue.

Results: best results on every minor issue except for the mercantile issue (gets neutral/blank result) and the ardford ban issue (gets second-best results).