Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44284270-20191031075958/@comment-30175469-20191101150601

So? Going by slime value tiers and where it is in progression, on top of its diet, its sitting on the higher end. Yes you can access crystals earlier, flip side is the diet. Crystal, to compete with the actual plort production, needs to largo with a non meat eater, while quantums can be used as that non meat eater for higher value plort production anyways, with an easily grown favourite.

Your argument builds upon 2 things, point of access (1 zone difference, still mid game in progression), and difficulty (which in of itself is blown way out of proportion.) As a basis for setting quantums as a much higher tier in progression.

Taken with max values and min values in mind, your saying make quantum as valuable as the glass desert slimes "because crystals are easier to care for". Yet the only thing making them easier is their behaviour not being as "devastating" if using a common terminology for quantums (in reality quantums aren't even that bad, booms have a more distuptive ability for 2 reasons. No agitation threshold and can cause tarr, compared to quantums getting out to explore if ignored for a bit.) On top of quantums having an easier to farm favourite, meaning quantums pair well with anything if going for profit...

also random side note, you can get the ruins without ever unlocking the quarry's slimepedia entry. Same deal for the moss blanket but the moss blanket does require at least a gate opened.