Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Folkenlake View Post
It might be because the game developers want continuous game flow for players who have seemed to reach the peak of their playing status in age 1. This is good, in a way, though my concern now is that I already have a negative upkeep in age 2 and I can't log in to my account for the past 3 days! Now that's a downer for age2.
It's more likely that the devs simply realized that Age I punished players that were on the receiving end of the attacks way too much. How do players get punished? Poor heal rates, having to constantly rebuild their armies, wall fortifications and being forced to stay at one city for the majority of the time or get stuck in their worst city.