03-14-2022, 10:23 PM
(03-14-2022, 09:14 PM)QuakeIV Wrote: In the real world, the only reason people don’t show up with 50 aircraft carriers every time the police pull someone over is economic. I would suggest dealing with that problem is indeed for the most part fundamentally an economic one.
It’s not impossible to deal with the issue at hand by fiddling with combat mechanics but it’s not usually a simple answer there either.
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I postulate some ideas on how to overhaul the economic system so money maybe matters more and could be used as a way to limit expansion and shipbuilding. The TL;DR is by not being able to print infinite money and instead relying on taxes and other incomes, and by having upkeep for things, an empire can only field as large of a fleet as it can financially support. Larger empires -> larger economic base -> larger/more fleets and bases.