2022-01-13 FYI

[Celarious]

Same as with the pay-wall on account creation, a pay-wall on empire creation would discourage a ton of exploits in the game. Having the empire creation be a separate purchase also means that it might be reasonable to lower the account creation fee and/or the monthly subscription fee.

While in theory this might work, in reality it won't. New players will join an existing empire and then perform said exploits, or people will pay and exploit anyway, see Mortius of Weltreich. If a big salt-based war breaks out, you can bet both sides will heavily exploit, despite being paid empires