[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:
So why aren't the clam hoarders getting steamrolled when they dump half their total gem income into clams and then dump the clam income into more clams?

Fact is, in competitive games, these players usually are steamrolled. I've met this strategy since the early days of Dominions 1 (3 or 4 years ago?), and used it myself to a limited extent on a few occasions - although the main reason was to provide fuel for the then all-powerful Gateway when my astral income was subpar. But I never resorted to alchemizing astral to water to clams to do this, I merely used the surplus of water gems I had no immediate use for. The few players I've seen do extreme clamhoarding like described in this thread always lagged behind because of the sluggish ROI.