I LOVE the Balance (Economy)

[Paddy]

I can safely say after 20 hours that i feel the balance in this game primarily in relation to the economy is almost perfect., outside the obvious bugs of course. I see people complaining about planks and food but these things aren't difficult at all. Build another sawpit, Fill it up with families. As for food. The main issue is with farming in that it isn't easy, again if it were this game would present no challenge whatsoever. It means you can't just steamroll the game. In regards to Bread, just import wheat and you'll be fine. Have a good export supply. If food was too easily gained you could just load it onto generating you influence and the game would progress so quickly you could take region after region in quick succession without having to build a town in each region.

One more thing i love how influence is managed so that you can't just steamroll the map. It means you essentially have to start from scratch in each region and take some time to progress your town enough to generate more influence. I hope the developer doesn't listen to the few that don't take the time to learn this game and keeps it challenging. If it were any easier then replay-ability would be significantly reduced