Have you thought of maybe making it so that the breadmen rafts can temporarily sink if they take too much damage? That way you still get punished by losing a way to get bread and the protection, but they'll come back eventually, so it's not all bad.
huh, yeah that sounds pretty good. Not sure how a raft would 'temporarily' sink, but we're talking about a goose collecting a baguette here so i dont think realism's a problem haha. i might try something like that, if i return to this project eventually. Thanks for the suggestion!