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Originally posted by Drake:
I have to agree, it doesn't make sense. I usually never bother researching any of the individual resource branches. I get the impression that some stuff is just thrown into the tech tree to fill it out, without balancing. Weapons are another problem area.
Maybe they just figured it's close enough and someone else would mod it to balance things better, who knows...
*grumble*
Stupid AI is researching the heck out of Organics right now INSTEAD of Stellar Manipulation.
Somewhere down the line, with Zeno's help, we are going to have a full suite of programs for editing the AI files and will be able to (more) easily edit the tech research files to cutout all the dead end research that the AI currently does.
Since the AI isn't adaptive, the best way to get a challenging game seems to be to re-design their research and ship-desigs to counter the stuff you are going to research and put on your ships.
Someday...