Hi all,



I am new to the game and I have a few opinions to share but for now I would like to talk about ruins and what a let down this aspect is.



First and foremost they are harmless, there are no monsters or any danger etc and as such I do not need a capable army to investigate and can simply split my initial force and I can clear them 3x as fast. Yes I am aware that only my hero gets an experience bonus from searching a ruin.



The AI is not interested in ruins so they will always be there for me.





Unless I am missing something this is a surprising oversight and a lost opportunity.





Cheers,



Capt. Teddy Bear

Play a few more turns.



BTW, ruins aren't a get-there-first thing like they are in Civ. Every empire can search every ruin once, regardless of whether another empire has searched that ruin.

There quests (starting ?) in ruins, that get you immediately in fight with quest armies... so it's not always as harmless you describe lol



But you told you are new to the game, so you didn't find out yet. I'm nearly always surprised and can't kill the "monsters" immediately when they appear. But this kind of quests doesn't happen often.

natev wrote:
Play a few more turns.



BTW, ruins aren't a get-there-first thing like they are in Civ. Every empire can search every ruin once, regardless of whether another empire has searched that ruin.

Interesting to know. Prefer the Civ way but fair enough.