@Cmdr:
I think super submarines is the most stupid technology, not the most useless. I mean common, 5 IPC units that attack as good as a 12 IPC cruiser? (Imp Ships + Super Subs.) If that wasn’t good enough for you, they also get to sneak shot! No, that’s a bit too powerful.
I usually recommend swapping Super Submarines out for Super Destroyers. Your destroyers may now attack at 3 and may shore bombard (if you have the technology) at 3. That’s a bit more realistic. Now you have an 8 IPC unit attacking like a 12 IPC unit, not a 5/6 IPC unit attacking as well as a 12 IPC unit and sinking the enemy before they can return fire.
I don’t see how that’s stupid. In a way that is one of the few techs that may really end up paying off. Even so, they are submarines, which means they are not really acting like a better cruiser. They have no bombard, defend at 1, and can’t hit airplanes. I don’t know if I would value a super sub at 12IPC’s. Or at the very least, they are still a gimmicky unit that can’t be built as arbitrarily as a cruiser.
Rockets/heavy bombers/paratroopers/increased factory production all yield a better IPC output than supersubs ever will. Add to the fact that they aren’t as gimmicky makes their value to tech ratio far superior to the super sub. If you are saying the super sub is stupid because it is underpriced, I don’t think the math adds up vs the techs I mentioned, even assuming super subs are worth 12.