please tell me what your thought process was behind having upgrades locked behind a series of buildings and upgrades whos only purpose is to unlock the REAL upgrades? i.e. the forge and smelter unlocking FUCKING NOTHING and just being a pointless time sink to stretch this shit out. if im SPENDING CURRENCY i expect a RETURN ON INVESTMENT not "unlock these 2 buildsings, buy an upgrade to make them actually do something, then wait for them to produce what you need to actually upgrade your shit"