Just want to throw out that there's 15 total votes. Some have voted more than once. Getting more input would be great.
Overall though I think 10% land loss is a great thing. We just have to figure out how castles are handled, which Thane introduced a big brain idea here. It introduces a new unique way to adjust Crime Rate and make Castles very impactful to it. Another way castles are already impactful is they're free ATC and TC because of the increase train rate you get from them. As someone who is down 12 castles from my peak, let me tell ya I'd rather have those castles and not need 72 more ATC to maintain train rate of my Knights.
Flat 10% land losses HELP the little guys and HURTS the big guys. It is a major discouragement to bottomfeeding.
A very real example of this, let's say John Goblikon Of Nekrogoblikon with his 598 land wants to hit someone that's 70% his current size, at 170384 KS he can hit down to 119279.8 KS. This makes Muh Dude Of The Prius Backseat at 120607 KS the smallest target he could hit and get CLI. Goblin (ON DEEZ NUTS) hits Muh Dude and takes 35 land/1 castle and now has 633 land. Muh Dude takes the retal and wins because he's a damn stallion, +63 land/1 castle. BRUTAL for the bottomfeeder, was it really worth it Goblin? Was it?