From my perspective, the current economic issues stem from two core problems:
There is an overwhelming imbalance between companies and available workers, creating constant and excessive competition for labor.
Players can switch between economic and military focus far too easily, which undermines long-term specialization and destabilizes the market.
Both of these factors contribute to an economy that feels volatile rather than strategic.
To address these issues, I suggest the following changes:
1. Tie workforce capacity to core stats
For every 2 points invested in Attack and Energy, players would gain 1 additional workplace slot.
(It may also be worth renaming “Attack” to “Strength” for better clarity and thematic consistency.)
2. Rework company scaling mechanics
Remove the Entrepreneurship mechanic entirely, and instead tie the number of workers a company can employ to company upgrades.
This creates a clearer progression path and ensures that scaling a business requires meaningful investment.
3. Increase the cost of respeccing
Respeccing should be a strategic decision, not a trivial one. Increasing its cost—and limiting or time-restricting free respecs after disruptive patches—would encourage players to commit to a role and reduce constant meta-switching.
4. Strengthen the value of skilled workers
The Production skill should provide a modest efficiency bonus. This would incentivize companies to prioritize higher-skilled workers, adding more depth to hiring decisions and making workforce quality matter, not just quantity.
All values can and should be adjusted based on balance outcomes. However, one further improvement worth considering is increasing the company skill cap. This would give players who want to fully specialize in entrepreneurship the ability to do so, creating a clearer distinction between generalists and dedicated economic players.
These changes aim to create a more stable, strategic, and rewarding economic system—one where player choices carry weight, specialization matters, and the market reflects deliberate decisions rather than constant short-term optimization.