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Argitoth said:
really?... I think the whole concept of these gem generating items have been totally screwed up with the way they are. Gem generating was meant as a way to generate a few gems before a battle, not extra gem income.
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Were they? Are you sure that that was what they were meant to be? I have always seen them as primarily a way to generate extra gem income for certain nations, specifically Atlantis, Caelum, and Jotunheim.
I mean, take a look at which nations can actually make clams fairly painlessly (i.e. have 2W)... The nations that have easiest access to Clams are Atlantis (strong capital-only astral), Caelum (non-astral), Jotunheim (non-astral), T'ien Ch'i (weak capital-only astral), and Pytium (strong astral), while astral nations like Arcoscephale (strong astral), Ermor (default, strong astral), Marignon (strong astral), and C'this (weak astral) have trouble making them.
The evidence suggests that the primary use is not providing astral nations with a few astral gems before battle, since the main beneficiaries of Clams are non-astral nations that cannot use the gems in battle and weak astral nations. Only Pythium of the strong astral nations that are likely to field astral mages on the battlefield get to make their own clams easily.