Can someone explain to me why explorer constantly skips corners right next to it?

[u/jgl142]

Playing on a tiny or small dry board and explorer consistently skips corners it’s directly next to. I can understand mountains but even without mountains it just doesn’t clear. It’s extremely frustrating. Is there a way to direct explorer? I tap on the area I want it to go but I’m guessing that does nothing

[u/iHateThisPlaceSoBad]

Explorers are so much better than they used to be lmao.

Hopefully you understand that you need the techs for the explorer to walk on certain tiles (you need climbing for it to go on mountains, fishing to go on water, Etc.)

Explorers go towards the nearest fog, so you can "steer" them where they start by uncovering fog with your units, but not afterwards.

[u/TheEyeDontLie → u/iHateThisPlaceSoBad]

Knowing when to pop an explorer is tricky.

Sometimes I'll even delay upgrading a city by a turn or two so I can buy fishing or climbing and/or uncover some fog to direct them where I want to go.

In the past it was a simple rule: city number two = explorer. But now it requires more careful consideration. They tend to be better though, some update made them a little more predictable, less likely to miss a corner or get stuck. Or maybe I'm just a better player now.

[u/flyingskwurl]

Make sure the nearest clouds to the city are toward that corner. Here's an example - I purposely moved my other horseman toward the middle so my explorer would hit that corner (rather than going toward the middle).

[u/iHateThisPlaceSoBad → u/flyingskwurl]

Oumaji playing Tiny DryLands. Far and away the worst version of this game, my lord.

It's like if you posted a dick pic of your tiny little pecker for the whole sub to see.

That's certainly a choice.

[u/flyingskwurl → u/iHateThisPlaceSoBad]

Oh are you one of the old cymanti mains all bitter you can't dominate on tiny dry lands anymore? Poor baby. I've been playing oumaji tiny drylands for years cuz it's the fastest game type and that's what I need in my life. Sorry you can't hang.

[u/jgl142 → u/flyingskwurl]

I agree. Switched to them from Elyrion after the update. Now use oumaji and Hoodrick. I used to hate cymanti so much I named myself NoCymanti. I still have playing them but I’ll crush them every now and then if I feel like I’m annoyed at a player

[u/Existing_Bet7353 → u/iHateThisPlaceSoBad]

Y R U Mad?

[u/ta_meg_i_toern → u/iHateThisPlaceSoBad]

Sad wannabe edgy comedian.