I want to see all the people, who demand further workshop nerfs in the late-game with, say, at least 10 fiefs and each of them require a vast garrison in order not to be taken in a few months by some doomstack enemy army. Moreover, the garrison should consist of good soldiers, no less than tier 4, otherwise they will be as useless as simple militia. The cost of 10 garrisons +your party+ parties of your companions + caravans may result in a huge sum. This will be the point, when every 'Nerf this workshop' person will say 'Sh*t, I don't have much income from workshops, my caravans are getting constantly destroyed, the cities are all poor af (a town with more than 100k is a miracle for me right now) and my money is melting like Ice in the scorching weather.
In my late - game playthrough I have 4 castles and 1 town, all of them with full garrisons + and 3 parties of my children. And it costs me a lot, I lose about 4-5k a day, and a magical Tannery shop, which has been told to be unbalanced, gives me 200(!!!!!) denars a day which scarcely compensates any losses. Take into account that at any moment the city, in which your workshops are located, can be captured by enemy faction and your caravans are getting constantly destroyed, you will profit nothing from this.
But, I suppose most of these people are either play an end-game for a few days and create a new character or they are fine with the constant quest-grinding in order to compensate money losses somehow. Or they are satisfied with a 40-hour caravan grind while being neutral (it is quite rare occasion, when bandits are able to destroy your caravan), before becoming a vassal or creating their own kingdom.
So stop nerfing workshops, they are already almost useless. Pay your attention to real problems, like perks or beggar-lords please.
