Evidently the STW people felt it prudent to reduce (by an average of 1/2) all building costs and build times. Forgive me if I dissent, but in all reality the build costs and times were PROBABLY too low in the FIRST version. Now it is rather insane.
Little thing about castles and irrigation systems etc.-- they are MAJOR public works, taking plenty of funds and plenty of time to complete. Most European castles took years (sometimes a couple or so decades) to complete. I dunno about Japanese castles, but it would seem that getting a goodsized castle (large castle) done in a single year is verrrrrry optimistic, especially when you take into account the infrastructure and logistics problems that any but a quite powerful and established clan would be working under. And don't get me started on the time it would take to work on farmland.
It would seem to me that this change is a very bad idea, and at the very least is wholly unrealistic.
Anyway, would be interested to hear a game designer's reasoning on this..
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