Small mechanic idea for dogs

Age of Empires III: DE III - Discussion
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I had an idea to make dogs a little bit more useful and interesting: Tracking. Instead of having the same generic auto-scout feature that Explorers have, they could have a tracking feature. With the click of a button, the chosen dog will automatically run to the nearest treasure and/or food source not yet discovered by the player.

This would make dogs a somewhat useful tool for scouting in the early game, where hunting treasures and animals is most important, while the Explorer can be busy doing something else. Not a game changer, but I thought it would be neat.

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It would be neat. But likely underused unless they change access to dogs somewhat. Not many send the explorer upgrade to get a dog. And getting a treasure dog is not always an option. Spain would benefit

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They could also have an enemy reveal ability like Salteadores. It would need to be longer duration since they are melee.

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