[raynor]

You build intel facilities. They generate intel the entire game. The only time that intel points aren't useful is when everyone is dead and the game is over.

You build research facilities. You resesarch everything. You run out of stuff to research. Those buildings are now useless to you.

The only way you can argue that those buildings aren't useless once you've researched everything is if you think that maybe you have to spend research points to maintain your current tech level. I suppose that might be an interesting idea. But it isn't currently the way the game works.

Once you've researched everything, those buildings are wasted space. I'm not saying they were wasted space the turn before you finished researching everything. I'm saying they are wasted space now that there is nothing more for you to research.

To put it another way, once there are no more research projects for you to create, those buildings are useless to you. If there is nothing to spend research points on, there is no reason to build, upgrade or keep existing research facilities.

I'm gonna keep going until you agree with me on this extremely simple point.