This is one of the reasons No Tech Trading is an iffy option. It doesn't exactly lead to better balanced gameplay, does it? There isn't a way for any alliance to really want to work together, except to kill Spulla, and that is too big a problem to overcome IMO.
I would like to point out that RPBP1 and 2 aren't really comparable from a growth perspective; the starts are much better on this map, and the techs are the same cost, combined with no tech trading...it's much better to compare starts on this map to each other.
I would like to point out that RPBP1 and 2 aren't really comparable from a growth perspective; the starts are much better on this map, and the techs are the same cost, combined with no tech trading...it's much better to compare starts on this map to each other.