Duffy Swiftshadow
That scales poorly. The same set of materials can have different rates of conversion to items. It's better to account for the time than to adjust based on the materials, that way you're not shorting yourself as you have limited "time" per day to spend on crafting items.

Bob

Flari-Merchant
Now can we talk about Lodestone and having a 100%, bottomless lodestone hex right near Ozem's Vigil? It seems that is not one of the things that you guys are not going to change without being asked.

Interesting, I hadn't noticed the number of T2 resources that had at least 1 super-abundant hex. Not the majority of them, but more than I would have thought. I was expecting to see some high percentages for the T1 resources, since they're super-abundant in the T1-only hexes, so the high numbers didn't stand out all on their own, only when you look at them in comparison to tier. I'll file a bug report to look at limiting that, or having it happen more often/evenly, or more likely some combination of both.

Flari-Merchant

Bob
In fact, many times things get changed when zero people make a request, which would be infinitely wrong if decisions should be made based purely on the amount of feedback we receive. However, it's not as much about the amount of feedback as it is about what we find when we look into that feedback.

In this particular case, the issue was pointed out to a compelling enough degree that I took a closer look at the demand curve for resources. It quickly became obvious that structures hadn't been added in yet, nor had enchanting. I figured out a way to add them in relatively easily, so I did and Pine was definitely underrepresented.

Another thing that had been mentioned was that Pine didn't seem to have any hexes where it was easily gathered, whereas most other resources tended to have at least some hexes where they were a good percentage of what could be gathered there from a particular node type. Since I was already adding more pine and a few other resources, I figured I'd tackle that distribution at the same time.

Also, all these fixes were purely content, making them safe and relatively easy to implement.

Thanks for looking into it, Bob.
Now can we talk about Lodestone and having a 100%, bottomless lodestone hex right near Ozem's Vigil? It seems that is one of the things that you guys are not going to change without being asked.

You are a Troll
Wait, let me make sure I understand this….2.5 people ask for more pine and VIOLA! more pine is added to the game???

Huh…

Bob

Bringslite
Will a settlement not be pretty much a level 9 or 10 (for counting building hps) by the time that all the Bulk cushioning is gone and the Structure Destruction phase is under way or does the settlement keep it's level as recorded when the siege started?

All the calculations that use Settlement Level will get recalculated if the Settlement Level drops, and there's a good chance it will start to drop once the bulk destruction phase is finished. However, while the rules for replenishing bulk limit the amount of bulk resources that can be used as part of the bulk destruction phase, there's nothing blocking the settlement from bringing in additional supplies to pay for upkeep. Also, once the bulk destruction phase starts destroying really large amounts each day, it may be in the settlement's interest to remove the last bits of bulk from the upkeep vault so that it doesn't all get destroyed, so that the structure destruction phase takes place with higher defenses.

To be honest, most settlements reaching this point should have seriously considered suing for peace at an earlier stage, or may have already abandoned the settlement and preferred to force the attackers to go through the motions before taking over. If the attackers managed to surround you, and can keep you surrounded long enough to deplete your initial bulk resources, it's going to be pretty hard to break the siege during the structure destruction phase. On the other hand, the defenders can make the attackers pay for their victory, in siege costs, destroyed buildings, and in the gold needed to keep the buildings they preserve, and this seemed like a reasonably balanced way to give the defenders some control over how much that will cost the attackers. In the end, pushing those costs on to the attackers may be worth giving up the potential advantages of a negotiated settlement.