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Bleu's Research Rebalance

Vanilla shogun 2 has technology problem where in most, typical long/domination games no clan reaches the later tiers of development unless the player specifically stalls for it, since research bonuses are meagre (unless you capture philosophical tradition provinces) or go Christian. On top of that, the final tier of technologies takes a significant amount of time to research.

This mod seeks to address that by giving increased research bonuses to bushido (from the castle chain) and to way of chi (from the monastery/church chain). Research bonuses from the philosophical provincial chain are unchanged so that their relative importance is diminished (but the bonus is still very sizeable!)

On top of this, the research bonus from christian buildings is also increased so that they don't lose to the buddhists in relative terms.

Finally, the last tiers of technologies had their research times slightly reduced (between 7% and 14% to make them more attractive in relative terms)

Changes are as follows:

Buddhist Buildings:
Level 1: 5% way of chi research (from 3%)
Level 2: 10% way of chi research (from 5%)
Level 3: 15% way of chi research (from 10%)
Famous Temple: 25% way of chi research (from 15%)

Christian Buildings - Church Chain:
Level 1: 10% way of chi research (from 5%)
Level 2: 15% way of chi research (from 10%)
Level 3: 20% way of chi research (from 15%)
Cathedral: 33% way of chi research (from 25%)

Christian Buildings - Seminar Chain:
Level 2: 10% way of chi research (from 5%)
Level 3: 10% way of chi research (from 5%)
Level 4: 10% way of chi research (from 5%)

Ikko Buildings:
Level 1: 3% way of chi research (from 2%)
Level 2: 6% way of chi research (from 4%)
Level 3: 9% way of chi research (from 6%)
Shinshu Hoganji: 15% way of chi research (from 10%)

Castle Chain:
Level 1: 1% bushido research (from 0%)
Level 2: 2% bushido research (from 1%)
Level 3: 4% bushido research (from 2%)
Level 4: 6% bushido research (from 4%)
Level 5: 12% bushido research (from 10%)

Changes to Base Research Time:
Bushido:
Tier 3 Bow, Spear, Katana, Shih & Gunpowder: 19 (from 22)
5 Elements: 14 (from 15)

Way of Chi:
Traditional Building & Calligraphy: 14 (from 15)
Chorindo & Sumo Tournament: 16 (from 18)
Epic Architecture: 20 (from 22)
Neo Confucianism & Kinza Mint: 21 (from 24)

PS:
If you liked this mod, please feel free to rate it and fav it, and check out my other mods which offer very small and reasonable vanilla flavored tweaks that keep in mind developer intent and proper balance.