Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-31763506-20171218040836/@comment-31763506-20180128042611

We know the future investment returns because there's a common event in the game code called "Ch 4 iterate" in the game code which handles the disbursement of ProN and will be called multiple times. There are indications that the first payout will precede our trip to Ardford in 0.33. This event now also includes processing for the completion of Yhilin content (basically if you hit 50 Acceptance in Yhilin, you'll trigger "Yhilin Final" and unlock Janine's wedding the next time there's a Ch4 Iterate event).

The event also governs the selection and completion of research phases. The layout of the Ch4 research projection room indicates that there will be a minimum of 3 iterations in Ch4, but I suspect the number will be higher.

Right now there's no indication that investment returns for the 3 Ch3 trade network investments will scale up with future development, because there are already two investments where such enhanced returns are coded in, and neither of them are the trade networks. That doesn't preclude future rebalancing, but I wouldn't count on it.

Imma gonna go for a deep dive through the 0.32.1 code to look at what all has and has not been changed. If you don't hear back from me by Sunday, just remember me fondly...