There has always been a way to increase the speed that research is done, but why is that the only thing we can manipulate. Why not industry or military construction or even tax revenue? Its not like it would break the game to the players advantage because the Ai would have the same advantage. The research speed is there for players that like blazing through research. What about us players who hate constructing buildings and waiting for them to finish? What if you just want to have tons and tons of ships and battles blazzing everywhere with the military settings turned way up! Some of these setting sound very exciting to me.