I have played through many games of Gal Civ 3 and have never been able to pull out of last place in the tech race,
When going to the diplomacy screen and looking at Faction Power I am always in last place in the research category,
I always choose a research heavy and production heavy race so I can mass produce research centers on planets.
I make planetary colonization choices that favor research bonuses.
I choose the right ideology path,
I choose research paths that enhance research rates and upgrade planetary research tech.
With the new patch I have even disabled tech trading to rule that out as well,
But in all of my games I am always pulling out last.
This is not my first 4x title and I have played the vast majority of 4x titles out there.
What is going on with my empires and their lack of research power in Gal Civ 3?