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Speculation time. I seem to recall that the invention system was supposed to be launched with an event featuring some new enemy faction that you would need the inventions to fight. This sounds to me like an oppertunity for Hero/Villain teaming.
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I seem to remember one of the devs posting a while ago, (Issue Five-ish I think) That with the inventions system would come an enemy group called The Batallion, which would be so difficult that the temp powers from inventing would be neccessary to defeat them. Maybe that group is coming with the universities being made useful.
Edit: sorry for double post