Like I said 96 is a bit long long you get past mid age, allowing for such overpumping. If you reduce it shafts the loser side, more so the mystics that get massed/aw/propped into obvilion during the war, unless they give a bonus for EOWCF like double WPA training etc.

That being said,"War: Will no longer have draft speed bonus, training time reduction and build time reduction (This includes End of War Ceasefire)" so that should help with the over pump problem.