Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-184.147.63.23-20190822014333/@comment-29984007-20190822184133

talking about mechanical change saving carina's men is just a no-no. saving them don't have any rp gain, nor unique equipment (you can buy shining armor from premium steel) and the little bonus in the 3AW is ininfluent if you reinforce ardoheim border (and you want reinforce it). you only sink your money and nothing more.

in the detail of arigarda, hiring them in chapter 1 is detrimental, because in the BoY aftermath you must dispacth an orc force for protect house rose, you don't gain nothing sending them [the orcs] compared to bribe arigarda to work with house rose in the reunion, and the effect in the horde battle is gain a couple of armors (a steel armor and full plate) for a investment cost to par of mine, bank and special supplier is... huge underwhelming.

in the end you want hire/pay all of them in the reunion, but for a mechanical view not in the chapter 1.

whoring qum it's another question, because whoring her give you a bit of money, but not a huge amount, and the drawback for doing it are extensive and spread for half of the game.