I'm sorry, but Ill have to partially agree with the original comment. It takes far too long to gain tech points to improve the life of your villagers. Meanwhile, what are you to do when your villagers are starving and you can't fish yet because you can't get rid of the sharks because you are 30,000 points short of upgrading your faction? I haven't finished the game and I still love it but that issue makes it very frustrating to play.