LO makes changes to every race's economy, and combined with higher unit upkeep, this creates a unique challenge, especially in the early & mid game.

Standardisations

The way to start any economic overhaul begins with a level base. I have changed all economies to offer the same base income for the various buildings (ports, main income, growth building etc). I also standised growth, public order and corruption reduction rates.

Once this was complete, I then began the process of giving each race unique economic traits. Some of these were pre-existing, such as the Dwarfs having access to tier 4 economic buildings. Others I created, such as the Empire gaining a 20% income bonus from all resource buildings. You can find individual details on the faction selection screen of each race.

Please note that Hordes, the Wood Elves and the Tomb Kings do not follow these rules as they have more unique economies that required specific changes to suit their playstyle.


Trade Resources

Trade resources were also standardised to start with. This involves any dedicated resource building providing the same base rate of acquisition, and income. This is:

Tier 1: 15 units, 50 income
Tier 2: 25 units, 100 income
Tier 3: 35 units, 150 income

There are exceptions to this, for example gold and gem mines. Once this was done I then standardised the rates at which resources can be traded. In vanilla the amount you can trade was extremely random, making it difficult to predict whether or not it was worth building a resource buildings. The new rates of trade are as follows:

Number of Regions owned by trade partner----- Amount of each resource that can be traded
1----- 5
2----- 10
3----- 15
4----- 20
5----- 25
6----- 30
7----- 35
8----- 40
9----- 45
10---- 50
11---- 55
12---- 60
13---- 65
14---- 70
15---- 75
16---- 80
17---- 85
18---- 90
19---- 95
20---- 100