[stiger]

Originally posted by Jasper:

I think Pearl Clams are usefull enough that I build them when I have water gems sitting around, but I don't see it being worth the oppurtunity cost transmuting gems to water in order to forge them.

Second that.

Do alchemy on pearls (as suggested) - and the cost of each clam becomes too high. 20 pearls = 1 clam = 1 pearl a turn = 20 turns for a clam to pay back its initial price in pearls. Even less tempting with other gems as it's 4 to 1. That's just too long investment to try after turn 20 I think as not even underwater nations are that safe...

Still I understand const2 could be considered too low so no harm in making clam actually produce a pearl once per season, not once per turn - that's quite reasonable.