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murielwasser,
Are you sure you want 'stovepipe' the tech trees? That is what other (rather boring, in my opinion) games do (read that Civ 3, and to some extent Civ4), and for me it sucks the fun out of it. Already SMAC has well established B-lines, and stovepipes would only emphasize that even more.
Instead I like what Maniac did with his Mod, where the tech tree lines have an 'ethos' along the lines of Explore, Conquer, Discover, Build, but the goodies are spread out. There are no useless techs, and very few dead end techs. Since the goodies are spread out that means that you can, for instance, choose mainly Explore techs and not be totally hosed when a Conquer tech faction shows up (with impact rovers, most likely).
Hydro
Are you sure you want 'stovepipe' the tech trees? That is what other (rather boring, in my opinion) games do (read that Civ 3, and to some extent Civ4), and for me it sucks the fun out of it. Already SMAC has well established B-lines, and stovepipes would only emphasize that even more.
Instead I like what Maniac did with his Mod, where the tech tree lines have an 'ethos' along the lines of Explore, Conquer, Discover, Build, but the goodies are spread out. There are no useless techs, and very few dead end techs. Since the goodies are spread out that means that you can, for instance, choose mainly Explore techs and not be totally hosed when a Conquer tech faction shows up (with impact rovers, most likely).
Hydro
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