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Raiding and pillaging? Blood feuds? That doesn't sound like fun! It sounds like organized griefers. I am glad this is not a hack 'n slash game, and I would get frustrated if it went in that direction. "Too powerful families" what does that even mean? It is not a competition right? Players come to play a part in their village and build things and help each other, and that is what makes it charming.

War as a game element can have its place, but it would require the game to operate more on a 'civilizations' level, with empires (families) trading and waging war with each other, much like the Mediterranean civilizations at the late bronze age. But then still trade would be an important element to that, and you only have trade if you have biome restrictions (and a large number of players).

Also slower tech progression is a good thing.

First of all it is his game, and he is developing his ideas, so in principle he does not owe the community to do whatever they say. Actually it is really awesome that he makes the game open source so that everyone can make their own version, if they chose to do so, but for the moment I am quite happy with many of the ideas that are in the game as it is now.

Secondly, you say that the community says that "race restrictions are bad", and I hear this from several people, but there is no way of knowing how many people actually find this. For example, I don't think it is a bad idea at all! I like that there is a sense of adventure of trying to reach other tribes and trading with them. Especially for more experienced players it adds another level of game play. I can see that it is a difficult feature to really make it work correctly, because it requires families to be close, for them to depend on each other in a balanced way. Also to make sure that we are actually trading and not stealing is not fully developed I would say.

The one thing I don't like is the language barrier, because it just makes everything more difficult and does not really add much. But it is a personal opinion.

I am a little disappointed from the constant complaints from some people in the community. I think that every system has its drawbacks, and I think the current system of regularly moving to a new place has its advantages.

If you would stay in the same position for very long, it would make all towns very elaborate, where every improvement you could possibly think of has already been done. Being in one place for long necessitates that you arrive at some kind of steady state, which by definition is quite boring.

Since the game is by definition limited, of course there will be repetitions of experiences, it can't always be helped. The idea of moving to new places does have the advantage that you are always making a fresh start with new people, and nothing is preventing us from doing it differently every time. This is what I think the strong point of the game: that it generates stories. Some of us have so much experience by now that we tend to forget how dynamic the game is from the viewpoint of a less experienced player.

I don't mean to say that the current situation can't be improved. It can certainly be tweaked and even overturned. I hope Jason finds time to continue working on the game, and that we as players join him in experimenting further.