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Has anyone else found the ruins trick to get elite units? I found this years ago and I have never seen it mentioned in any forums. I am curious how many people have found it -- and if anyone has found any other easter-eggs in the game.
The trick is to set a unit on a corner outside the ruins, then setting up a patrol, setting waypoints at each other corner. The unit will immediately become elite and will be sent of in a strange direction -- make sure to clear the orders, especially on jets. This works for both SMAC and SMAX.
This trick works great if you are Gaian and are fortunate enough to find the ruins early on in the game. Capture the mind worms (lots of fungus near the ruins), do the trick - instant demon boils, send them to strike terror in the hearts of your foes.
The trick is to set a unit on a corner outside the ruins, then setting up a patrol, setting waypoints at each other corner. The unit will immediately become elite and will be sent of in a strange direction -- make sure to clear the orders, especially on jets. This works for both SMAC and SMAX.
This trick works great if you are Gaian and are fortunate enough to find the ruins early on in the game. Capture the mind worms (lots of fungus near the ruins), do the trick - instant demon boils, send them to strike terror in the hearts of your foes.