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the 3d pic looks very good. I for one don't mind it being 3d. especially if it is cheaper for you and thus makes you able to get more stuff done (I seem to recall an old post by you guys explaining that the 2d route ended up costing more money than if you had gone 3d, as the assets were created in 3d and then transformed to 2d by hand or something). There are games already showing that you can do 3d in different artistic styles, so I don't see it as a limiter in which style can be used.

I think it's more showing the limits of keeping 'big' blocks of foundings, rather than pslit them up in proper blocks. To take the example of greenland, the funding level wouldn't drop much from anyone (save those actually residing in greenland) if aliens were allowed to 'terrorize' that area. Other nations would be far more concerned with their populated areas than if some ufos were allowed to pick up stray polar bears. Not saying that polar bears are the only thing in greenland, but compare population density of the entire of greenland with, say, denmark, and you should see why panic would quickly erupt among the danish government if denmark was attacked compared to if its 'sister-nation' greenland was attacked. On the same account I can't see canada or the states giving much care about the population of greenland either, given that they would be more concerned with their own populations.