Empire: Total War - Game Mechanics - Technological Progress - Research centers - game guide, walkthrough, secrets, game tips & strategies

As you may know from the chapter called “Region Management”, research centers can be build in new cities (in Poland it may be Cracow or Lublin, in Great Britain – Cambridge, etc.).

You will start with one research center. This is not too much. I advise you to create at least 3 or 4. Each of them will be able to work on another branch of development. The first one will take improvements of your land troops, the second one – navy, third one – agriculture and industry and the last one – ideology achievements.

Each center can work on another branch of development.

Research centers cannot work effectively without gentlemen. Check your scholars and learn in which branch of science they are good at. If you have many researchers with an ability called Armchair General, order them to work on military technologies. The same with the other branches. With this strategy you will be able to create research centers that are good in one special thing (they will be working much faster).

Armchair General will help you to develop military technologies much faster