Note: these are merely my opinions, if i offended anyone i apologise.
If anyone feels offended, they should apologize, not you.
I don't have extensive experience with 4x games, and the only ones I've seen/played didn't include RTS battles. At all.
I do agree that one research (or one research per type/ one dragon, one unit) per turn added some good weight to choosing what to research and when.
So far, I've spent just some 3 hours with the single-player and I've enjoyed it. But it'll take a few more hours before I start getting critical of it :p
