Squirrelloid wrote:Site Searching:
We seriously aren't doing enough. Yes, I know we have many more gems than the vets. But how complete would you rate the site searching of your territory?
I'm guessing I'm about 70-75% done, and mostly switching over to manual site searching (F4W4E4D4 after boosters) to finish things off with some Haruspex/ArcaneProbe/Auspex for the full sweep. Given my gem advantage over everyone, often quite large, i'm guessing most of you are at less than 50% (although Machaka seems to be doing ok).
As we've noticed, gems are at a premium right now, so completing site searching of your entire territory is vital. And since we're basically down to taking land back from the vets, whose land has probably been searched already, at least to some extent, the task isn't really getting any bigger so its time to put some extra effort into searching.
Those unfound gem sites are rather valuable, as the shortness of gem supply demonstrates. And you may just find some amazing sites.
Pythium has done well site searching also. Actually he is getting more gems per province than you right now. Still, there are definitely some who are lagging behind. Though it is possible that this is an issue with available paths and site distribution more than lack of effort.