Quote Originally Posted by Balaam View Post
still waiting to hear how a lot of food instead of a little gold has any impact on anything except a re-write
From a psychological standpoint, it's much more motivating to know that your opponent has to pay 1-10m food per hour compared to 22050 food/gold per hour.

It allows the medium player a chance to make an impact on the large player's bottom line via skillful play.