darrelljs Wrote:Imagine how different this game would be with tech brokering. A runaway tech leader could be tolerated, AND could offer legitimate incentives to potential allies. I very much doubt the CoW would have formed, at the very least the composition would have been different.
Darrell
I imagine that something like CoW would form, but it would be restricted to a trading ban with the leader + joint teching plans to catch up. Others have noted this, with NTT it's hard to slow down or catch up to leader w/o overt military action.