Talk:Investments/@comment-31299066-20170311211139/@comment-31047653-20170313075802

As Decanter mentioned, best investment path is extremely subjective. There is no true optimal course because investments basically affect anything and everything in the game. If you're serious aboout minmaxing, all you can do is get heavily spoiled by the wiki, set your priorities straight and then ask for advice regarding investments. Otherwise, any advice (aside from basic stuff like not investing in flower speculation or shrine renovation) you get will set you on somebody else's charted optimal route which might end up with you making decisions you might consider neither palatable nor prudent.

As for mercs in Chapter 1... they are of absolutely no material use. You only get to feel good about having saved Carina's soldiers, as the event appears to be inconsequential and might not even be tracked. ...Hiring merc in Ch1 is only for suckers like me who would rather save a few pixels than gain significant advantages later in the game. :P