Quote Originally Posted by frogbeastegg View Post
Speaking as a complete research nut and tech freak in strategy games, I like Shogun 2's current speed. It forces me to pick and choose; it's one of those rare games where I don't get everything.

I don't give any of my people the skills which boost research, although I do use buildings which give a passive bonus. I decide what I want out of my campaign and go from there. I research deep and narrow, not wide and shallow. I research to support my clan bonuses, then to support my own aims, and all the techs which don't fit into those categories in that campaign are left. I research them if I can slot them in quickly at a time when there's nothing more interesting available.
FYI, the tech tree speed is/was intended to keep you from "seeing everything" on one pass through the game. If you can't research everything, you have to prioritize, and that means there's a lot of meaningful strategic choice in the tech tree.

And being able to do everything, everywhere with everybody is actually rather boring and samey. Constraints and opportunity costs add to the fun of the game in terms of making good decisions!