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You don't understand.
I gave you specific examples from in-game situations. The choice is between a town hall or developing a gold mine. Naturally, the town hall, because it's cheaper. The choice is between a warehouse or developing a resource mine for the same resource. Naturally, the warehouse, because it's cheaper. Do you understand what I'm getting at?

After the first week, an Elf can perfectly well manage with regular wood production, so there's no need to overpay for it.

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I calculated that an Elf needs only 12 more wood to fully build everything compared to, for example, a Human castle. And wood isn't exactly in short supply there. So, is it worth paying 7500 for those 12 wood?

The Town Hall - Capitol branch is unique in itself, just like the Capitol itself, because you can't build another branch like that, nor another Capitol ;)
And what you're saying is something else entirely.

I'll repeat myself, but try to put it in other words:
Upgrading mines shouldn't become the norm.

Have you even played on IRMG maps? For small maps, 5000 will be optimal, and even 10,000 will be too little for large maps.

Don't forget about conversion, which gives you a chance to build a second Castle ;)
The average will definitely not be around 5000, and this is also a plus to what I said.

For small maps, 5000 will be optimal.

Calculate how much will be missing with a normal Castle build, without comparing it to any race. That will be more accurate. Humans also sometimes lack stone, and less often wood.

How can you not build it, but build another town instead? Forget about the Capitol and its uniqueness; we're talking about the Town Hall now.

If you're balancing for a long game with a 7-day payback period, then you should also increase the prices for the Capitol and the Warehouse. Right now, it turns out that the Town Hall and even the Warehouse are more important than the mines.

What about small maps in G5 on IRMG? For example, in G3, I don't even bother with the Town Hall and the City Hall on small maps because they're not worth it.

Why without comparison? For humans, I almost never encounter a shortage; and the cases where there was a shortage are offset by cases where there was an excess of wood. Therefore, for elves, +12 to wood will be enough in most cases, and the rest can be exchanged.

It's up to you whether to leave it at 7500 or not. In my opinion, such prices are more exotic than the Warehouse.

Another question: how are mines upgraded? Does it require a visiting hero, or is it a global spell?

Want to have everything right away without any effort? For something to increase, something else must decrease! 5000 is too little. Even for a hero, it's not enough!

Indeed, it's a pittance. With these resources, you can buy a hundred or so level 1 units, but that's insignificant when we're offered only a couple of wood per day instead!

The problem here is the universality (I want to create something for Might and Magic, and you're suggesting something for the game you play). For Might and Magic, the price is quite reasonable (try playing with such maps; sometimes, there's a catastrophic shortage of one resource), because the maps start with Hugo, and they are rich in resources. But, in principle, the price for each map should be different. It's all relative. Maybe we should switch from gold and create a different price dependency? For example, use other resources or something else?

As I understand it, players should be "rolling in wealth" to afford mine upgrades costing 7500. My suggestion, specifically for the IRMG, is to either increase the cost of building a castle (including the Capitol branch) or reduce the reward from treasure chests (and lower the price of mine upgrades).

Normally, in a situation where I lack a couple of resources, at the right moment, I will exchange them on the market, and gold will be my last resort. Therefore, in my opinion, mine development is inferior to the market.

The high cost of selling resources on the market is intended to prevent resources from becoming equivalent to each other ;)
That's why I suggested shifting the upgrade to other resources, so it wouldn't affect the amount of meat available for purchase. Although, for a breakthrough, only 3-4 types of creatures are sometimes bought, which is enough.

That's why I suggested shifting the upgrade to other resources, so it wouldn't affect the amount of meat available for purchase. Although, for a breakthrough, only 3-4 types of creatures are sometimes bought, which is enough.

I can't download it, could you please upload it to the message?

I won't upload it in a message because it's too large. I'll upload a new version soon, maybe you'll be able to download it then.

It doesn't solve the problem of resource allocation efficiency, but it does allow you to reduce the gold expenditure and increase the surplus of other resources. Therefore, I support this idea. Another question is whether upgrading a mine for a specific resource will be worthwhile.

If the first player captures the second player's mines, the second player should still receive the resource, as intended by the game, because the increase applies to all players from the beginning of the first player's turn. I didn't even know that.

For now, the price of upgrading mines has been reduced to 5600. I'm considering adding an additional cost in the form of 5 or 3 rare resources for the race, so that players don't upgrade mines indiscriminately.

Each built warehouse reduces the cost of upgrading mines by half (rounded up).

Removed evasion from all dwarven priests (neutral creatures were annoying to use it when they shouldn't).

The warehouse now costs 1000 gold, 10 stone, and 5 wood.

When capturing dwellings on the map, you can now convert them for your race for only 500 gold.

Returned the old cost to the dwarven tower, as it is no longer banned in tournaments, as it was before.

And in the context of this particular game, the price for developing mines should definitely be increased, up to 10,000 gold. Although, personally, I'm against such a change (the role of warehouses changes, and potentially in an imbalanced way - it could really lead to mass upgrades).

So, you decided to move away from the market rate and make the core resource universally accessible (and the warehouse mandatory)?

I am strongly against such a simplification of the game in the style of Heroes 6, and even for a small price (i.e., without a choice). Is a small amount of uniform meat not enough? It completely kills the atmosphere.

Thank the Urgash, you came to your senses. But I would raise the price slightly, probably.