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Originally posted by [K126]Mephisto:
As usual there are two sides of the medal. 
If you increase the number of simultaneous projects in a low research point environment (maybe even high tech costs) the AI will not really press an early advantage in an research field. It is just hard to balance but in the end the AI will only lose research points in the beginning and not that many point (usually). We all have to make some compromises.
I agree with you and I am not saying that lower numbers should be used in general. However, certain tech levels (e.g low level armor and weapons , Adv. Mil. Sci., and other 5000 point stuff) could use lower numbers to prevent research loss. Just MHO.
I'll post more of my test game later.
Rollo