I really don't know why they implemented this into the mod. If you play as countries such as China, you could focus on infantry and air the entire game and still not be up to date. I get that they wanted to make the research bonuses more impactful but why is the research slower than in vanilla? Either way, there is no reason why the first refinery tech should have a base research time of 660 DAYS!!!

One of the best parts about this mod was that any nation (with a focus tree) could be viable. Whether you wanted to make sick infantry or tanks, large airforces or navies, the mod allowed you to at least do 3 of these and be up to date. It was what made this mod stick out and feel fun and enjoyable. Now it feels like you can barely do 1 of these 4 and its a struggle.

I already raised this issue on reddit and I will raise it again, please return the old research times, or at least make it faster. Why not just set the research times to vanilla? After all, the research bonuses (100x, 50x etc..) where originally designed with vanilla research times in mind, why not take advantage of that?