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I'm inclined to agree with Squirrelloid, tho I myself prefer hard research settings.
It's hard for me to explain why without pointing fingers at certain nations here so I'll refrain from it till the games end.
But I'll say this, hard research tends to favor certain nations a hell of a lot more than others.

BTW, I wouldn't say EA TC needs much research and indeed falls into a bless nation category. Psycho played TC and had a rather good with warriors of the five elements if I remember.