Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-130.225.247.34-20191209223735/@comment-39403387-20191230154501

I honestly don't care too much about non-statistical bonuses like stat upgrades or unique equipment that doesn't give RP bonuses. Once you have a grip on the game, combat becomes somewhat trivial, even without small bonuses like the cache excavation. Sanitation Mages is very overrated IMO. You don't need it to get the max score for Tak'Kan during Gawnfall, as a whored Qum makes getting Givini Tunnels very achievable before Gawnfall. Nor has it proven to have any value for the Succesion Crisis yet. And if you try to use it's score to reduce the cost of the Ardan Bank to 300.000, thus eliminating it's cost, then you have to pick up other "just ok" investments that increase Ardoheim Score, while missing out on a third bank. It's just not worth it in most scenarios if you ask me. And it's actually 70K less after 3AW, because i was only counting the Pron you earn, not the leftovers from the previous round. That's almost an entire Mushroom Farm of value, right there. And more down the line, because you still get an additional round of Yhilin Bank, and various other small profits before they become available to you on an optimized unwhored Qum route. That's more than 3 rounds of Sanitation+Crystal Refinement+Ardan Supplier in itself, before the investments become available after Gawnfall. (55.000+5.000)x3= 195.000. Not enough to compete with the bank+ Restaurant. The Ardoheim Supplier isnt' worth it either if you ask me. It's returns don't refund it's cost before the end of Chapter 4. And since you are most likely aiming for an army size of +175 and quality of +25 after the 3AW, then you can allow the Trade Routes to screw up in Ardoheim with no consequences down the line. The Erosian War leaves that statistical variance obsolete.