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Meglobob, you don't need to overstate your disagreement with me, since we don't really disagree. As I later wrote, "There are many things at the top research levels that tend to overpower things at lower research levels, which is clearly intended as a way to have the game change and move towards a conclusion. So I wouldn't say it's necessarily a problem the way they are."

However, not to make any other point, wouldn't you agree that once the research is done, if you go with 12D Bane Lords when your opponent can go for 10D Tartarians, even without any healing abilities, the Tartarians will handily out-match your Bane Lords for the same investment in death gems?

Yes, Very Hard reasearch is an easy (if temporary) solution to keep the army game going longer. Mods work even better.