I did the same and I also increased the research cost even further. That makes the early game way too slow. So I altered the starting items and started the game with a few more crystalizer and filtration units. That way I was either limited by power or by ressources for crystalizer but I did not have to wait for literally hours to finish my research for steel and circuits because you need that tech to build new crystalizer and filtration units.FreibierFred wrote: Hello there
3) I started the game on marathon and honestly it seems a bit boring at the start. steel is very expensive and ressources are very limited. if I would not x10 the gamespeed permanently I would still sit there without a real base^^
Maybe balance this a bit?
I would recommend in general for balancing reasons to start with a few more crystalizer and filtration units. For a normal game it won't make much of a difference since you are normally limited by power at the very early game. And for expensive mode it gives you different ways to progress in your game, you don't have to wait for hours to get the research done so that you can progress.