Right now, a major core problem for CK3 game design from stats to development to size of empire is all down to how everything just increased in benefits to the player on a linear exponential graph.
But in reality, we know that things don't really work in terms of exponential growth for many aspects of life. Just investing more into things doesn't result in you getting exponential benefits. Even empire building don't expand in an eternal exponential curve as your big empire just keep growing and growing until you painted the entire map. Instead, what you get instead is the cost of maintaining a large empire can go up to the point where you might find it not worthwhile to just keep expanding.
The same applies to stats. You can invest more in your heirs and dynastic benefits but at some point the actual stat bonus would start to decrease as humans won't become genetic superhumans because of your breeding programs. Investing more into training don't necessarily keep improving your prowess but merely act as a way to ensure your prowess don't decline as your character age or a lack of practice.
The same as building up development in your counties. At some point you're just building white elephants instead of making the county more productive.
But in reality, we know that things don't really work in terms of exponential growth for many aspects of life. Just investing more into things doesn't result in you getting exponential benefits. Even empire building don't expand in an eternal exponential curve as your big empire just keep growing and growing until you painted the entire map. Instead, what you get instead is the cost of maintaining a large empire can go up to the point where you might find it not worthwhile to just keep expanding.
The same applies to stats. You can invest more in your heirs and dynastic benefits but at some point the actual stat bonus would start to decrease as humans won't become genetic superhumans because of your breeding programs. Investing more into training don't necessarily keep improving your prowess but merely act as a way to ensure your prowess don't decline as your character age or a lack of practice.
The same as building up development in your counties. At some point you're just building white elephants instead of making the county more productive.
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