Ricki, it all depends on how you "attack" the game. My focus from the beginning was to breed elders. So as soon as a villager mastered one skill, I moved him to something else. This will cause your game to suffer on other areas. One area that suffers is your population. I only used one female breeder, thus I was maximizing the elder count, but my village size suffered. This is just one example. Does that make sense?
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