Answered Research chapter 2

[Tregor]

i have just researched the silk production boost and the next item is city expansion 5 but it will not let me add knowledge points here. Instead it looks like i have to go back to Training grounds and Cerberus and complete that section. I dont want to do the army research, but concentrate on goods, so i researched the bottom strand of items as in my screenshot. Going back to the start of chapter 2, i researched squad size upgrade 4 and advanced barracks before i realised there were two strands to the chapter. Is there a way round this?

 

[Deleted User - 106219]

There isn't. You have to complete the other branch of research too, whether you want to, or not. Sorry.

 

[cwgiii]

However, later on, there are some military research items that are optional (not connected to anything else going forward).

 

[Tregor]

thanks for clarifying

 

[Lelanya]

Hahaha from someone's who's been around a while: do ALL the research! If you don't like it don't pay for it but never just skip it

 

[cwgiii]

As has been pointed out in a different thread, there are valid reasons not to complete some of the voluntary tech. Squad size is an example for those that choose not to fight encounters. If you choose to cater all encounters, there is no need for upgraded military units. And each increase in squad size increases your item cost to cater. In that case, it really is best to minimize the number of squad upgrades to research.

On the flip side, Inno has decided on a few occasions to add to the tech tree and/or rearrange it after the fact (poor planning, IMHO). So, it is always a possibility that we will have to go back and do research regardless, even if we complete everything as we go.