Irenicus23

[quote who="Apheirox" reply="41" id="3409711"]There's a vast array of improvements, upgrades, spells and abilities in one's arsenal in the game that can all help reduce unrest and while I agree with you it's interesting figuring out how to best combine them I believe none of them, even combined, offer a genuine 'solution'.[/quote] [quote who="Apheirox" reply="41" id="3409711"]Outposts can indeed help you keep the number of cities down and can help yo

Personally I like the "cities penalty system" just the way it is. I like how Fallen Enchantress gives you more than one solution to a potential problem which shows how well thought out the game design is in my opinion. Along with the solutions other posters have pointed out by working with options given to you in the game my favorite is using outposts which are pretty useful to help manage expansion without having to build a bunch of cities to micromanage.