Stop whining about the NPC nerf. Anyone who didn't see this gross game imbalance being fixed a long way out is short-sighted, stupid, or both.

What, you can't handle playing a game where resources are finite? Maybe now people will have to build armies and pay attention to the cost of maintaining them. Maybe now (once food prices spike some more, I'm willing to bet theyll be in the .5 / gold range fairly soon) the days of 90k archer armies will be a thing of the past. Pikeman cost almost no food and have an upkeep of six compared to nine of the archer, and as it stands are completely worthless (as is every other unit).

From this point on, expect a lot more realism in the world of Evony. Countries don't go to war with one another in the real world because someone said something bad about your president. Wars are fought over resources and power. Now that unlimited resource and power no longer comes from throwing thousands of ballistae at computer controlled cities, maybe you'll actually see some real conflict. I look forward to forcing people to pay tribute to keep my war machine going.