Iamaita
Well-Known Member
I’m a new player, currently approaching the end of chapter IV. I have been reading forum posts about over scouting, and I am hoping someone can clarify a couple things. Before I started googling, my understanding was that you should try to limit scouting to the number of provinces needed to complete each chapter
1) avoid overpaying in either goods or troops to complete each province and
2) to avoid running into the orc wall ahead of schedule.
Then I found this:
It’s a lively discussion between advanced players about the advantages and disadvantages of a never stop scouting strategy. The basic argument for is that
1) the expansions make it worth it,
2) the orc ring isn’t that big of a deal if you know it’s coming,
3) having more trading partners is incredibly beneficial,
4) and scouting time increases so significantly that if you don’t do it early it takes much longer to progress later in the game.
The part that I am the most confused by is they seemed to equate scouting provinces with earning expansions without factoring in the costs of completing each province. Is there actually any advantage to scouting provinces that you have no way to clear? Is aggressively clearing provinces a viable strategy for progressing faster?
I would love to hear different perspectives, especially from late chapter or multi-city players.
thanks!
1) avoid overpaying in either goods or troops to complete each province and
2) to avoid running into the orc wall ahead of schedule.
Then I found this:
It’s a lively discussion between advanced players about the advantages and disadvantages of a never stop scouting strategy. The basic argument for is that
1) the expansions make it worth it,
2) the orc ring isn’t that big of a deal if you know it’s coming,
3) having more trading partners is incredibly beneficial,
4) and scouting time increases so significantly that if you don’t do it early it takes much longer to progress later in the game.
The part that I am the most confused by is they seemed to equate scouting provinces with earning expansions without factoring in the costs of completing each province. Is there actually any advantage to scouting provinces that you have no way to clear? Is aggressively clearing provinces a viable strategy for progressing faster?
I would love to hear different perspectives, especially from late chapter or multi-city players.
thanks!