Explorer upgrades

[johnmcd]

They become useless as we all know, I can only remember ever building one and I think that was because it was the best unit I could rush build that turn and I had to have someone in a city.

Anyway, I reckon they should upgrade to either some sort of ambassador that can move freely in any nation you aren't at war with or into some kind of special forces unit. As it is, they are pretty pointless, but maybe if they had a future they'd be more useful.

[rah]

The only use is if you get a scout some medic promotions against the animals then them to an explorer. Then the can move with your stacks with little risk of being attacked. But yes it would be nice if there was something else you could do with them later in the game.

[Snotty]

Stick them in a stack so you can have an expendable guy to scout forward and back when you advance? Ive never tried it but cant see why it wouldnt work.

I know explorers can be a PITA when you get them free on later starts and they end up fortified in your wooded hills.

[dregor]

Hmm. I hadn't thought of using an Explorer as a medic with stacks. Maybe they'd be a great unit to stick a Great General on for those of us that use them for Medic 3 promotions. Would leave them until last so they don't accidently defend and die ><

[johnmcd]

I do use them as medics, but really, I'd rather have a unit which is a medic first and a figher second, one of the cavalry units or something.

[Blake]

Originally posted by rah
The only use is if you get a scout some medic promotions against the animals then them to an explorer. Then the can move with your stacks with little risk of being attacked.

If you have a medic scout why upgrade it to an explorer?


Explorers are niche units, restricted to weird settings where unexplored space remains later in the game - terra is the best example altough I've had a few games with large unexplored and uncolonized jungles.

[rah]

Because i had the money to spare. It did help me once when I extended an injured stack a bit far out against quite inferior oppentents. It was on good defensive terrain and the last unit the AI had to attack with ended up attacking the explorerer since he was still fresh. The explorer won where another unit in the stack might have been destroyed. Granted it's a rare occasion, but what the heck.

In hind sight, it's probably best not to do that.

[Dis]

I have yet to build an explorer. What's the point of them again?

[Snotty]

to provide a upgraded scout unit for uncovering the map. Theres no way in hell Im trading my map with most players, so that means I have to get my own map the hard way

[Prussia]

What I find funny is how the game automatically gives you an explorer to start with when you begin a "future" game.

Maybe for reasons stated above.

[johnmcd]

A field hospital unit upgrade would be pretty nifty to get though, could be military tradition or medicine or something.

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by dregor
Hmm. I hadn't thought of using an Explorer as a medic with stacks. Maybe they'd be a great unit to stick a Great General on for those of us that use them for Medic 3 promotions. Would leave them until last so they don't accidently defend and die ><

I have a funny feeling scouts and explorers cannot receive GG.