An idea to balance out tech

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by DavidG:
Hmm I wonder if you could mod this idea by making Intell really easy to get. Make it much more effective and remove all projects but the tech Espionage?

That might be a worthwhile mod to make. It could be fun to play on an occasionally leveling field. Then winning would be based on tactics rather than who researched what first. I dunno though, that sounds similar to high tech start, which doesn't guarantee a fun game.

Anyway, some of the current intelligence projects really seem uninteresting to me. Late in the game, cargo destruction really doesn't make much of a dent in the massed weapon platforms, for instance.

And what's with poisoning the population? Maybe this seems horrific to a human player -- but does it really dent production? Ditto for destroying one facility or damageing conditions or planet value.

Some people want more complicated intelligence, then a wise person pointed out -- if you want that, take out the ships and planets and call the game Intelligence Wars