Talk:Research

Thoughts on a Recommendations section on this page?
This is as of 0.55.4.

After doing a bunch of research on the research options for the second slate, I am debating on adding a recommendation section to the second slate for quick reference. Fulminato (via their optimized route document) and I are in agreement on the first three iterations:

1. Orc Diversification

2. Unpeople Transformation

3. Purity Research

After that Fulminato recommends:

4. Magical Constructs

5. Tower Delving

6. Demonic Research

Note: New research is added for iteration 7 so Base Defenses will likely be skipped entirely.

I would personally flip 5 and 6 to get Aka's weapon earlier since you only need +1 Anak's Gauntlet to get the best result in that section (if you also talk Esthera into not allowing slaves which is currently their recommendation in their document). Researching Tower Delving guarantees you can get the best result just by performing well enough during the gauntlet and removes the restriction on having to make a specific decision which may be ideal in the future and is also easier to explain. So with that said I am in agreement with Fulminato's recommended research order. The only thing this order specifically forces is during the Erosian War you cannot get the best results during the Ghenalon Assist sections. I think this is fine. Magical Constructs gives +2 Sabitha RP which is hard to come by at this point in time and while you lose some Erosian War stats and a chance at Fheliel RP by not getting the best results in the Ghenalon section, Fheliel is still easy to max by the time you have the opportunity to add her to the harem.

So, thoughts on adding a recommendations section?

Grim8P (talk) 07:00, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Thoughts on new formatting of second slate of research?
This is as of 0.55.4.

I took a crack at fleshing this section out with information we now have, since the newest build gives us our 7th iteration in the second slate. My intention would be to do one of the following:

1. Continue to list all of the benefits that have not currently been missed in each iteration. The list will get smaller each iteration something can no longer be gained. This does not match the first slate.

2. Only call out the player's last chance at obtaining specific bonuses, and otherwise refer people back to the first section.

I think the first one is more complete and looks better on its own. It will result in less scrolling up and down each time you want to look at your research options. The second option might be easier to parse quickly. Thoughts?

Grim8P (talk) 07:00, 20 March 2021 (UTC)