Hi,

I can consider myself a somewhat experienced Bob's mods player, so I would like to leave a suggestion... it is about the extra Solar Panel and extra Accumulator research in order to enable Bob's Solar Panels and Bob's Accumulators. These items are really nice and cool, but I wonder if the extra research is really so necessary...

The double-researching feels quite redundant, especially when research difficulty is increased by settings during the map generation (e.g. low resources map, or very strong enemies, or both). Currently the extra research doesn't add anything special to the game besides unlocking the new items, which are already very well balanced / in line in with the original solar panel / accumulators.

The extra research also makes me sometimes avoid it - especially when resources are scarce - and so I end up not using your new solar panels / new accumulators in the game, which is a pity because they are so cool.

Is there any blocking technical reason for not using the original Solar Panel / Accumulator research in order to unlock these items? Could this alternatively be an option in settings?