I have been skipping the fire by rank tech and moving on to the others because, if you have not noticed, it carries a penalty of a 6% increase in infantry upkeep.

Call me cheap, but I can live without it.

The money for troops is more important than the quality most of the time…

Is anyone else picking and choosing techs based on costs to you? Some can not be avoided and I get them all in the end. I just put them off as long as possible.