I just completed a redesign of higher difficulties, which should now move some difficulty from early to mid-end game, affecting Experimental. Hemp also received a big rebalance. Let me know what you think! - Michele V 1.0.1.003 EXPERIMENTAL Balance: Buildings

• Great Barbecue cooked Meat output from 10 to 12 (Fish unaltered)
• Large Campfire cooked Fish output from 10 to 12 (Meat unaltered)
• Reverted Plums to work on Spring and Summer
• Plums depletion rate from 10 to 8
• Strawberries depletion rate from 10 to 8
• Apples depletion rate from 20 to 12
• Onion output reduced from 7 to 4
• Papyrus Cutter water input reduced from 2 to 1
• Papyrus Cutter output increased from 3 to 4
• Scrub Pyre's Hemp cost reduced from 4 to 3
• Hemp Wood Maker max output increased from 8 to 10 Wood
• Hemp Wood Maker building cost increased by 4 Hemps
• Hemp Wood Maker trait bonus increased from 2 to 4
• Reduced Buoy's road distance from 3 to 2 (the new Large Buoy is unaltered)

• Increased Danger generation at Threat 7 from 45 to 50

• Mastery level now goes from 250% to 500%
• Maximum mastery level reduced from 10 to 6
• Difficulty scaling for Danger now affects only Threat generation
• Difficulty scaling for Danger tied to Threat is now intrinsic into the Threat generation value
• Difficulty scaling is now exponential based on the threat level and the current difficulty
• Research scaling is now exponential based on research tier and the current difficulty
• Easy and Relax mode are unaffected