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[Cainehill]

Y'know, given the potential impact of the patch (on fever fetish more than clams), I really don't think the patch ought to be slapped onto games without a few turns notice, to allow fetish holders to recruit more scouts or undead to hold them.

Otherwise, let's say someone has invested into 40 fever fetishes, on 20 revenants, and she only has one mage capable of casting black servant / revenant. Now she's screwed - only getting half the income from the fetishes, and not able to remedy the situation for 20 turns, summoning a new undead each turn.

Seems like something that wasn't considered a bug has been nerfed. It's not that this isn't possibly a good thing - a minor tweak in favor of those who felt that clams and fetishes were overpowered - but it's slapping a penalty on players within a currently running game, for a behavior/tactic that was officially sanctioned in the game.

Optimally, this change shouldn't have affected previously running games. (Hey, I've got two carrion woods games that weren't affected by the gem income increase for CW Pan's capital!) But at a minimum, some turns ought to take place before the change / patch is applied, imo.