food hoarding just mean you lose more to rot. the more you have, the more you lose.
raising cap doesn't cause any exploits. it just make the exploits (shifting funds between realms via bonds, etc) easier... not that i'm for or against any cap.
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how much food does a "normal" rural produce nowadays anyway? i'm thinking a rural will be most profitable if they shift the rot to the consumers.. you can have 0 rot with low inventory
