A lot of fantastic games from that age have these kinds of problems - the competitive balancing of modern online gaming didnt' exist back then, only the Rule of

A lot of fantastic games from that age have these kinds of problems - the competitive balancing of modern online gaming didnt' exist back then, only the Rule of Cool. Master of Magic is a similarly awesome oldschool 4X game, and it, too, suffers from boneheaded balance problems.