Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180615004848/@comment-36170150-20180828150745

I think I read in a blog reply that the next investment/research cycle would take place after the Stenai update, assuming that's next month's patch, I'm gonna take a shot at what's the best first round research for chapter 4:

Orc diversification seems to be the best for an optimized playthrough, if you don't get it, you will get 3 'nay' votes during the tak'kan vote no matter what, which forces you to aim for 12 votes to get that 80% approval, the cheapest way of doing that is to get the imp offices, the hall of mental strength and the orc pools upgrade. That's an 800k bill with very little financial return. If you do get the research, reaching 40 tak'kan score is easier and can be done mostly just with lucrative investments and if you manage to do that, you will only need 8 votes for the 80% approval, which can be gotten for free.

Purity research is a massive dark horse to me, Ginasta RP is one of the variables that has me psyched out the most, it 'only' gives 5 points, but it could very well be a difference maker whenever Ginasta RP starts having an effect.

Unpeople transformation seems to be a good research for a playthrough that is decent but isn't optimized, it can help secure the best result during the fucklord confrontation, although it is not necessary in an optimized run, and it can get you +2 Ginasta RP.

Base defence seems like it is the worst upgrade, it saves 325k ProN worth of HQ upgrades, which could be good in a playthrough that is going rather poorly and the player is willing to concede not getting the best result in the tak'kan votes, but otherwise I don't see it being good.