Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-130.225.247.34-20191209223735/@comment-38478811-20191214215954

KinglyOne07 wrote: Lostone2 wrote: Another reason to whore Qum (The Scoutman has mentioned it briefly) is/was to get an Army Size > 200 at the start of the 3AW (see this thread for more details). With the chapter 4 behind us, it doesn't seem that relevant anymore. Huh... That's actually true. Hell, my scores were so high in that war, it's actually better to lower the army below 200 (Feroholm Deaths gives me +1 Ardoheim, Slime hunting gave me slime goo). Also means that the city mercenaries aren't that useful... So if I didn't whore Qum... hmmm...

(Spends all day calculating every goddamn variable in the game)

Huh... HUH! So, if I'm right, It's possible to not whore Qum, save Carina's men and still get the best results in essentially everything so far. The Ardford votes, synod votes, even the Tak'kan vote during the erosian crisis. You can end with the best evaluations in every war, trash every royal candidate's score, get the Givini dungeon and Stineford tower before chapter 5, etc. And I actually end up with more money than my current save.

So, yeah. As to whether it's useful to whore Qum ; unless having 7 more points in Yhilin Score later becomes all-important, my answer is a definitive NO. Would you mind sharing your calculations? Just curious as your previous optimal route was built around whoring out Qum in order to reach 201 army size before the start of the Third Arclent war as explained by Frostbringer79. Thank you.