more than item prices should be tuned down the quality drops

and monster difficulty in general should be tuned up (they are doing this btw so it will reflect in money gained from drops too)

anyway many low level lairs give too high loot, this both contributes to making champions snowball and like you said is often a better way to gain money

while for the first 50 100 turns you should about never drop anything better than normal leather and base weapons (and ofc all the cool new items, scroll etc)

some item need a price checkk too, for sure

It completely depends on the type of game you are playing.

If you're focusing on hero development, then rpg is going to be your income source.

If you've focused on city development, then you need economy to be your income source. I've had some games where I was pulling in 60gildar/season.

They both serve a purpose. Only thing is that in FE's current balance state, hero development is much easier. I think that will change more come next beta.

In addition, for early game, propaganda is increased to +2gildar/essence for the next beta. Will this make it a viable enchantment?

 @ddd888: I know what you're saying with wanting a turn limit, but doing so would just encourage players to wait the first 50-100 turns before questing in order to obtain better drops.

I don't think that propaganda becomes viable. +2 gildar/essence is +1 gildar/essence with 50% taxes. It is for 20 mana. It is not comparable with Inspiration +1 research/essence for 5 mana. Who says that 1 gildar = 1 research = 1 mana? Imho 1 research > 1 gildar. Research is very effective in early game by cost/return ratio. Also 1 research can be sold to AI for 3 gildar. Enchanted Hammers/Meditation are much better too. 1 mana > 1 gildar. Mana gives your more power than gildar. For 5 mana you can cast Haste/Slow. What can you do for 5 gildar?

You're right about inspiration.  It should probably only be +1 research, period.  Just like enchanted hammers is +1 hammer, period.  If you start with a 2-3 essence city, your research sky rockets out of control.

+1 reseach / essence or +1 reseach / city level - both are overpowered. Non-essence cities suck.

Essence for everyone!
my only concern about this is high-essence cities will grow even better.

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

I find I get quite many money from selling compared to what I think it should be anyways, then I use it all to buy 1 leather piece for my hero... So right now the sell prices are decent compared to hiiiigh equipment prices, but I don't think heroes should be the main income source either.

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

If you check this playthrough, you will notice that by turn 52, I have never collected any taxes, and my four heroes are doing quite well bailing the Empire out.  This way, I can research and develop much faster. I am rushing almost all the time, and when I go broke, I have one of the heroes sell her loot.

Yes, we are playing different games.  In that particular walkthrough, I'm playing an RPG.