Snarko
Active Member
Those who DO like to complete everything (as much as possible), ARE, however, concerned about completing each upcoming Event. Therefore, they are equally concerned about “getting ahead” of an upcoming Event, which – as we all know – will inevitably ask you to infiltrate, conquer, (etc.) Sectors and Provinces.
Thus, these folks who DO care? They recognize the practicality and sometimes necessity of scouting a Province in advance of an impending Event so as to not have to needlessly “waste” one or two days within that Event scouting something that already should have been scouted BEFORE the Event Clock is ticking.
You scout so that it finishes in the exact moment you want it to finish. You don't scout two weeks ahead of an event, nor do you start scouting the moment a quest to take sectors appears. You scout so that it is finished on the day you want to take sectors and preferably the whole province.
I don't think daily challenges should ask you to take sectors but I don't care enough to make a proposal and don't have any good alternatives. So instead I adapt.
Here's another tip. After sending your scout, if it turns out you did so too soon, DO NOT OPEN THE CONTINENTS MAP. If your scout arrived two days ago but you have not checked your continents map then the game will treat it as not having arrived. It's the same thing as constructing a building, it won't finish unless you're online to see it. So you can actually have the cake and eat it. You can scout weeks ahead of an event as long as you remember to never open the continents map until you need that province scouted.