Best method of hunting magical sites?

quantum_mechani · #8 April 25th, 2007, 10:45 AM

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Meglobob said:

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quantum_mechani said:
The core of almost any search strategy is the 2-3 gem search spells. Manual searching and acashic record can supplement this, especially to get the initial gems flowing, but single search spells should always be the first choice if avialable.

This is 100% correct but if you have a powerful recruitable mage with 2 or more lvl 4 paths (with path boosting items) then it can be worth having him wonder around site searching.

Nations like EA Atlantis, Marverni etc...can do this. You effectively save 4/gems+ per province then, as opposed to site search spells. More if a path is death.

Some mages certianly do make great manual searchers, but I don't think I'd ever use boosters for the purpose of manual searching. It completely eats up any profit margin by not doing remote spells. I mean, you do get the booster back when you are done, but if it was a booster you needed you probably had to forge an extra one, and if it wasn't one you otherwise needed it was an extra expense as well.