I am glad you enjoy it. The mod is great in the areas I have perfected but some stuff needs more time. In general the whole city growth balance is not that good. I am working on some changes that address the rampant prestige levels. You just get too much of it, making total food the biggest concern for city leveling. I want growth to do that. This mod's games usually last about 1000+ turns for me. I would like level 5 cities to take much longer so that it means more. I may also add a 6th city level to achieve that, so don't worry about it taking forever to get low level cities.

As to research, I am aiming for players needing to go for tech strategies if they want the later techs. You'll also need allies to trade with. Just having 3 good Conclaves can net you around 50 research per turn. And that is only going to go up if you are prioritizing research techs. The techs need to double in cost every tech tier to prevent players from rushing all those economy techs. To me, each tech tier is a full chapter in the game. Once I have growth under control, this will feel much better. I am certainly aiming to force the player to fill their queues with troops. Trying to turtle your economy means a very difficult tech build. No fortresses, no towns. Just conclaves and meditation. It really pays off though if you are lucky enough to have a safe starting area. I don't allow players to take a balanced city strategy and still try to rush up the economy techs. That is designed to be inefficient.

I will take out the move penalty to Flurry. Heroes already have enough trouble getting to the front of a battle. But yes, it is designed to give you 3 turns now at a cost of your next 3 turns. I find that it is better to use it right away. You see, the game adds your extra turns from initiative in a way that lets most everyone get 2 turns before a large difference is noticed. After that, a hero might get 2 or 3 turns in a row. Using Flurry on your first turn is great if you are stopping a charging army. If you want all 3 attacks, the second turn is the best time to use it. It's a trade off, but killing glass cannons with Flurry can win a battle for your side.

You should get 2 sweeps. One for each unlock you have. If this is not the case, let me know and I will make Sweep I and Sweep II.

And holy cows, you made this cities hard to take, some i am experiencing some real epic fights (on expert, large, 8 opponents).

I have melee hero that is simply blast, but still i need lots of meat, smart moving troops around and he is usually half dead at the end

Each lair upgrades to a more powerful lair about every 100 turns. Increasing the world difficulty increases how fast lairs will upgrade. I make sure that wildlands do the same thing. I want to make sure any player that is weak by turn 100 or is trying to farm lairs, gets his just dessert.