I'm curious where people stand on this. I take the position that caravans and workshops should be sufficient to pay for passive expenses like troop wages and food. Passive income from fiefs should be sufficient to pay for a reasonable garrison for a castle. What I earn in battle should be what I use to splurge on one-time purchases like upgrades for my castles, troops, and equipment.
For the most part, the reason why people are walking around with millions of denars is because of battles, not because of passive income. There's also nothing to spend denars on in the very late game, so players will continue to accumulate money.
I think what we need is not more passive expenses or less passive income, because that will only make the early game more boring and grindy. It will also limit the playstyle of people.
What we need are more one-time expenses, such as the cost of upgrading troops to the next tier - which is basically the cost of you upgrading the equipment of your troops. If the one-time cost of upgrading troops to the next tier was higher, then it would provide a renewable money sink for late game players. It would also eliminate the absurdity of low level players in leather armor walking around with high-tier troops in plated mail.
For the most part, the reason why people are walking around with millions of denars is because of battles, not because of passive income. There's also nothing to spend denars on in the very late game, so players will continue to accumulate money.
I think what we need is not more passive expenses or less passive income, because that will only make the early game more boring and grindy. It will also limit the playstyle of people.
What we need are more one-time expenses, such as the cost of upgrading troops to the next tier - which is basically the cost of you upgrading the equipment of your troops. If the one-time cost of upgrading troops to the next tier was higher, then it would provide a renewable money sink for late game players. It would also eliminate the absurdity of low level players in leather armor walking around with high-tier troops in plated mail.