Hi Taslios,

I'm confused by this response because when (in Crusades) I promote a scientist and pay 20 promethion and 2 arnor spice I automatically get an "Epiphany", a whole  tech even if it would otherwise have taken very many turns of research (eg: Massive Scale Construction). 

Previously, this was restricted to Benevolent empires and there's an alternative less good one for Malevolent which I've just checked: "Coerced Invention" costing one scientist + 10 promethion +1 helios ore and yielding " a massive one time research boost - scientist retires" - but not the whole tech.

In this iteration the Epiphany has become available to all which I imagine is just a slip. but I wanted to check that Stardock haven't rebalanced (which I think would be a misstep).

Cheers,

Jon

Hi again Taslios,

I didn't know about the creative trait which sounds v useful in some circumstances. But Epiphany can be a life saver in the opening if you're a bit weak and the (space) jackals are circling since just a little improvement in your power rating can head off nasty war(s).

Cheers,

Jon