(May 4th, 2013, 20:02)Bigger Wrote: play a single player game w/ espionage off, it won't take you long to realize why its broken.
This.
I've done it before, it isn't something I want to play with. I think the fact that the majority seems to agree with this sentiment means putting it in is no issue. It's standard for multiplayer games to have "No Spies/GSpy only tech/GA/settle/etc" IIRC.
(Plus, EPs are not totally useless if Spies are off: A high EP amount can make it hard for opponents to see your Demos and the like, which is an advantage)