I enjoy the whole game and like that there are, essentially, seasons… figuratively speaking. The first season being slow and arduous because you are starting your empire from absolute scratch from three villagers.
Why shouldn’t it be a little slow, painstaking, and harrowing in the stsrt? Well, I know from your post people just want to get to point B; as if Point A is almost some boring waste of time they wish they could skip over.
It’s interesting since you were in favor of auto scout.