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		 I agree about handdrawn maps. 
 
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		I'll take any LA nation still left (preference towards Atlantis if it's still open). 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		Slow research would make endgame more interesting, but would make magic boring in the early game. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		... I'm thinking about Then Chi or Caelum. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		Folket - shard is already T'ien Ch'i. 
 
I'll pencil you in as Caelum, though of course you are free to change. 
 
SqueekyDragon, I'll put you down as Atlantis. 
 
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		If Pangea is still free, i'll take it. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		Cool, just Agartha to go then. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		 Since research output grows steadily as the game goes on, hard research doesn't do much to constrain the wildness of the late game. It just delays it a bit. 
 In the early game, though, slow research is a major drawback, especially for a nation with strong mages fighting a bless rusher like I'm doing in Evermore   .  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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