Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-31763506-20171218040836/@comment-2606:A000:1019:80A9:80F8:5F48:11D7:D8DD-20171228004945

Lostone2 wrote: I'm fairly sure that it's deliberate in the case of New Givini Trade (I think that is another tradeoff). I feel confident that the +5 will be relevant later (also a 100% ROI doesn't sounds so bad to me personally). For other two, we already know, from the dialogue in-game and thanks to Leto7's spreadsheet (have I said how much I appreciate it?), that we are going to need a 100 combined score from Tak-Kan, Chalice States and New Givini to open the Ruin. Could we get it if we ignore the three? Probably. But it could easily imply that we can't do other investments... Since I have enough points right now to begin excavating after exploring the Tower, but the thing limiting me is ProN, investing in the three trades seems like a woefully inefficient choice.

1.5m Pron could have easily bought those points elsewhere, with better returns. Booze Shack, Hall of Mental Strength,  Teahouse, Succubus Armorer, Band Tour. 825 Pron Spent. 117 Pron Recieved. 5 Chalice, 8 Tak'Kan, 4 New Givinni. That other 675 could be spent a lot more efficiently and raise your returns and scores even higher, Stineford bank + Gasm Falls Shop + 125k Pron (You get returns from Gasm Falls Shop  at the start of the round - 60k returns you don't get for the trades ).

The only way I see it paying off is if there's a special reward just for investing in these things, synergies added in later updates, or in the form of passing reputation checks. Reputation checks would probably mean that New Givinni trade would be the most valuable, since Lady Elleani starts much lower than Iris, Balia, or Riala. Iris and Balia particularly are relatively cheap to max out.