yes, and we still make laptops AND pc's because they have different uses. |
Well, I didn't compare laptop and PC: I did compare today laptop and 10 years ago laptop.
your arguement would make more sense if the older techs were made obsolete after a new tech is developped. but they are still available. |
Well, they are available but this doesn't mean that new researches are made to improve them
and once again, NEWER TECH SHOULD ALWAYS BE LARGER AND TOUGHER TO BUILD. wow, we move from a crt screen to a plasma, but the plasma is easier to build and is cheaper. wait, that's not how it is. |
I guess the problem is the definition of "newer tech". If you are meaning something based on a new concept, than it is the case in Galciv II. For example, Warp Drive take more space than impulse drive mark III. But the various Mark techs correspond to refinement of existing technology to make it smaller.
if you want new tech to be easier to build and cheaper and always smaller, then we need different classes of lasers. i go to make a very fast very long range scout, but i want just a small laser on it in case it has to fight a fighter, but i load it up on shields and life support and go to put a small crappy laser on it, and wow, my great civilization can make a death ray, but can't make a laser pointer any smaller than a house. |
After having completed tech "laser V", your scientists have decided that no further improvements could be made on the laser technology. If that annoys you, you should give them new way of research (ie mod the game an create XML files with the weapon characteristics you want).
BTW, when you have researched death ray, I am pretty that the whole galaxy have some nice defense for their ships, meaning that a single laser won't be able to scratch your foes. So I don't really see the point. And it is perharps the reason why the laser tech was abandonned: it isn't enough powerful to enter the defenses you will be facing.