Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-130.225.247.34-20191209223735/@comment-39403387-20191230192121

Fulminato, i respect that you know a lot about optimizing this game, but your knowledge on the matter isn't perfect.

For starters, yes it's very possible to come through Gawnfall with perfect results in all but one minor issue, without Sarai taking the old restrictions. I don't know why it's not the case for you. Perhaps you didn't ask Jhenno for religious help, perhaps you sabotaged Ignias, perhaps you didn't research Sexual and Purity Magic. We don't really know the down-the-road consequences for these choices, but so far they seem to be beneficial, and that's why i've made them. I stand by my statement that the combat is more than easy enough for me to skip the Cache. Especially since i need those 10.000, as they make a significant difference on which investments i can get in the first round in chapter 4. Simon aleady hits faster than 95% of enemies, especially with a Sylvan Blade and Assault Helmet like i give him. Defense is overrated. Hail Simon, Varia, Uyae and Robin.

The Reunion investments debate, i feel, is somewhat pointless for the two of us, since we are operating from two different standpoints, and enter the section with different opportunities and amounts of Sx. I ran the numbers, and the bank is more profitable for me at the end of Chapter 4.

As for the sanitation mages, i think we can roughly estimate how much of an impact it has compared to it's rival investments of similar value: The Ardan Dwarf embassy had an effect on the Summit, also provides Tyna support, and unlocked another investment down the line. Merchant Guild membership gave some powerful stats and some small bonuses to both the unpeople investigation and Ghanth investigation. Premium Steel gives you a somewhat profitable investment, which pays itself off in next round, and provides unique equipment which gives RP bonuses. Meanwhile, the Sanitation mages also gave some stats, a bit of profit, a boost to Gawnfall and an unknown bonus to the "Ardan Bachelorette". So far their rewards are very different, but no that dissimilar in terms of power. Some are arguably better, but their level of payoff is comparable, at least, and it seems like they have mostly served their purpose already. Which is why that hyping up the Sanitation Mage support to Tyna seems like a surefire way to dissapoint yourself. It's like when people were losing their minds over the Airship Counter, and investing as early as possible, only for it to be a negligible contribution to a small part of of the Erosian War. At the end of the day, we are both blind men, trying to calculate the best route through a game, which isn't finished yet, and for either of us to pretend that we know exactly how relavent any particular choice or investment will be down the line, is ridiculous. Only time, and Sierra, will tell.