Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-27104094-20171125215702/@comment-31763506-20200413211818

Yeah the Stineford bank "investment" in Ch 2 is an artifact of a much earlier design philosophy that no one ever got around to removing. The page in general has a lot of that, because since the game is released incrementally the priority isn't to maintain a consistent design philosophy, but just to update the page with the latest release's information.

Having thought more about your proposal, I disagree with its desirability in general, and I have a VERY specific objection to its practicality:

Not all Ch4+ investments become available at the same time for all players. For example, access to investing in Ardford post Ch4 and the existence of the Yhilin Final status are performance dependent, so they won't happen at the same time for everyone involved. So where are investments that are locked behind them going to be ordered in your paradigm? Likewise, some of the New Givini and Tak'Kan investments and HQ Upgrades are locked by country score thresholds. Where do they go? First time they can potentially be available? An average estimate of what investment iteration they appear in?

Further, is the objective you're advocating what is best for all users or just what you think is best? We're dealing with an inherently overwhelming amount of information here, so the expectation that players are going to skim through it piecemeal on a chapter by chapter basis may not be sound.

Honestly I'd be happier if we made some sort of user poll on how people interact with the damned thing and what they want from it.

I appreciate your enthusiasm and desire to help, but given how radical the change you're proposing is, I agree with Decanter that there needs to be a broader agreement on how to move forward before you implement it.