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quote:Originally posted by col
The main difference in taking radio out of the tank route is that you now have to make a genuine choice. It used to be a no brainer. Everyone went ToE / Hoover because you needed electronics (PP edit) for tanks. Now you have a real chance to go the high route instead. Forget ToE / Hoover and beeline for tanks is now an option that simply didnt exist before.
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I'm not convinced that beelining for tanks is a real choice in this matter. I'm not known for my techmongering skills, but if I haven't managed to get back to par at the end of the middle age, I usually by going SciMed->atomic theory-> electronics. When you snatch up the ToE you'll get At. Theory and Electronics for free. Which will give you (with the proper Hoover dam prebuild)
- increased production for those tanks
- 2 techs to trade around and at least get you back to par on the tech front. I usually don't bother for communism or fascism unless it is thrown in for 'free' as I never use to governments anyway
This will not change now electronics is out of the tank path and the tech trading will easily make up for the techs you missed out on in the tank path. So imho it won't make that big a difference unless they change the AI to skip those gov techs and go the ToE route too for a change.