Foundation scouting should not be a thing

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Agreed. I had posted about this a few months back-

Option to disable score/enemy age up notifications, enemy civ reveal, and foundation scouting in game?

Yes we need to give some incentive for Random players. If all one sees is “Random” as the civ- I can think of a few ways to go about it: Use visual cues to determine what civ (i.e. architecture sets, units, attributes) Reveal civ once one has scouted enemy buildings or units First option would be quite strong for Random players for architecture sets that are common across multiple civs- second one gives a much smaller bonus.

On top of an option to remove foundation scouting, we should have something to remove score/age-up notifications and enemy civ reveal when a player goes Random. Think of it as a harder mode for AoE2: DE. This “artificial” intelligence gained from foundation scouting, watching score drops, being informed when enemies age up reduced strategic viability.