Remove pathology until it's balanced.

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In comparison to genetics - pathology takes an awful long time to get anything done.

You can drop in mid-round as a genetecist and still have some jolly good fun - but the long time and tedious mechanics to create a fun pathogen really take away from the experience.

Embracing a more random approach even more could help aliviate the current problems. Why not find basic pathogens in some rotten or stale foods? Perhaps taking blood from a cropse might even yield the chance of a cool pathogen and then you can expand on pathogens like science is expanding and approaching every departement for their work. Pathology is just too isolated.