Oh yes, I remember old Libs being unaffected by BE and always found it funny because there's no need to have the loop - you could have the BE value only based on the BE value before the Lib boost.

Anyways, thanks for the response. It seems to me like there isn't a really good reason for Labs to have this BE evasion, and since Mystics got +150% to Guild effectiveness it sure picks up the pace for them. Nothing's stopping anyone from running some 60% Guilds during a CF either. If anything were to be changed, I would think that the 100% BE cap should be a bit easier to acquire when the appropriate number of peasants exist. Anyways, I'm Mystic myself - and I just don't see the boost for as necessary, either for Wizard production or for self-spell duration.