Quote Originally Posted by Madchess View Post
My answer is if it is random that some ends up with 45 and others with 80 professors then it takes skill to adapt so the 45 scientist province can make up for the diffrence and still beat the 80 scientist province either by getting more via abducts or beeing better at distribution and building their province.
No you can't. I'm t/m with 50 scientists 0 lost from abducts I can't abduct and nothing can change that. I will always be behind in def, BE and income. I either have to play a/t/m which is forcing me to play a different type than intended or stay where I am. No skills are involved in both cases.

It used to take skills to build UB t/m. What you are saying is either attack or you can't adapt which means you don't have skills...