[rdouglass]

Or the other solution would be to embrace Intel as part of the game and learn to work with it.

I hear so many people say that Intel is broke 'cause it doesn't work like real life. Well not all that much really works like real life in this game but we either adapt, accept, or go somewhere else.

My solution to this problem would be to research to Intel level III then all your CI points are 3 times as effective. That'll stop a lot of Intel if you have dedicated an appropriate amount of facilities.

Personally, I'd rather see these discussions talk about the ratio of facilities. IOW what should be the appropriate ratio of Intel fac's to others. I know personally in the beginning of games my non-resource facilities are about 80% research, 10% Intel, and 10% other but by the time I max out any important research tree, I've just about inverted the reatio to around 70% Intel, 20% Research and 10% other.