well, the indy 9 was not the problem, it was the hard research. also while this guide is written for CBM, it refers to CBM 1.4 or 1.5, not the current 1 which finally removed gem gens, and changed a few other things. so yeah, the guide itself is pretty outdated on itself, but it was specifically made for regular research so the Great Enchantress can get you those very crucial research goals early enough for the expansion to really work... not sure if taking the Great Sage instead of the Great Enchantress would have been enough of a research boost to make it work on hard research, probably not, but well, different settings requires adjustments... trying it as is was pretty much knocking your head against a brick wall, which never ends up well
