Greymist
Posts: 1
3/2/2015
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If I'm reading the description in-game correctly, it is going to take 5 "Leopards Concessions" to get the Nephrite Ring, that would allow me to trade at the Licensed Exchange in Khan. Each of those Concessions requires 5 bags of Darkdrop Coffee (@ $38 per bag), so it will cost about $950 to get the ability to trade there.
Other than "it would be nice to have a pit stop nearby", is there something there I buy or sell to make up for that kind of cash outlay?
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MisterGone
Posts: 139
3/3/2015
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Opening the Nephirite Quarter!
ADVANTAGES:
- Double price on Selling Blue Feathers
- Romantic Literature is readily available and you can enter a minor trade route with it, though the margins aren't exceptional. Good for a few stories that require them though.
- If you need emergency coffee for somewhere else/close by, or just don't want to head to the southern coast, you can get it here too!
- As long as you're willing to spend the money, you can swim in Favors of the leopard by donating the coffee from here do you can build up a safeguard against heightened Khanate Suspicion. However, you may not realize this at first (or don't want to invest the money early on), so this is really for some forward thinkers with some cash.
- If you're past day 200, this is the best port to sell Wine to, and you can make a solid leg on a trade route moving Wine to the Khanate, though supplementing it with another trade or two while in the area is highly recommended.
- You can sell one of the Study made items here, I think. So if you're grinding a stat past your normal limits it has some use for that purpose I suppose.
- Cheaper Foxfire Candles. Very useful if you're about to head to one of the many explorations that require them. Somewhat negated by the fact that you can also find them at the same price in the south, but more ports with 30e candles the better, I always say.
DISADVANTAGES:
- Khan's Shadow is nearby and sells three critical items the Nephirite Quarter does at the same costs - Fuel, Supplies (worse than London, but better than most "Emergency Supply shops" on most of the islands) and importantly, Empty Mirror-Catch Boxes. The short proximity and lack of any requirement to trade at Khan's Shadow severely devalues opening up the Nephirite Quarter. It's a tiny trip away, and you don't have to jump through any hoops? Way better deal.
- Can be locked out of the shop if you raise Khanate Suspicion too high (to 10), so you have to be cautious with your actions in Khan's Heart and the spy network game in general, or you end up having to obtain Drowning Pearls or Long-Hauling coffee to get re-open the shop. Considering opening the Nephirite Quarter makes you more wary of exploring stories in the rest of Khan's Heart or getting Port Reports, without providing that much benefit, I think this is a net loss for the Nephirite Quarter.
- Taimen's Favor can result in not Lowering Suspicion at all, and is entirely luck based. I've blown a lot of Drowning Pearls (and the time mining for Scintillack and exchanging it with the Fathomking) for absolutely no benefit in some really unlucky runs of RNG. Cue quite a lot of frustration.
- Buying Coffee here is not the best place to do it; that's the southern coast. So unless you're hard up for it, making a trade of Coffee here is inefficient and less than ideal.
CONCLUSION:
Currently, I don't think the Nephirite Quarter is really worth the hassle to open and maintain access to it. I'm in favor of them raising the prices on Fuel, Supplies, and Mirror-Catch Boxes at Khan's Shadow in order for the opening of Khan's Heart to have much greater value (or lowering the prices of these shared goods at Khan's Heart, alternatively).
That, or add a few more items that can only be gained in Khan's Heart, or are more convenient to obtain here than in say, the randomness of the Iron Republic.
In general, I'd like to see some more balancing toward making the Nephirite Quarter more valuable than Khan's Shadow considering their proximity. I can usually make a much better trade picking up Stygian Ivory at the Shadow and hauling it to Polythreme, then picking up some London Bound Passengers rather than picking up Romantic Literature and hauling it to Port Carnelian. Hell, for a while, my go-to route was - Wine to Godfall, With newly empty cargo space pick up Ivory at the Shadow (they're very close in my current game, and usually), head to Polythreme to drop off the Ivory and pick up Clay Men, back to London. It was a good little multi-goods trade. Opening up the N. Quarter didn't offer enough value for me to work it into that or any other multi-good route I've been able to see, unfortunately.
edited by MisterGone on 3/3/2015
edited by MisterGone on 3/3/2015
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