Why do so many youtubers recommend not taking treasures?

Age of Empires III: DE III - Discussion
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In the early game? SO. MANY.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen ‘ok, we’re creating our 10th villager but we’re not looking for treasures now’.

WHY NOT? I do the early game just like in these video’s only with one difference - my Explorer gets every single treasure he can. And the difference? I get experience so I can get critical early game home city shipments of food, wood, etc.

So what’s the deal here? Why do so many of these players recommend not grabbing all the treasure you can?

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at the higher level they usually prioritise scouting and or hunting down the oppoinent scout. U usually try to take treayres that you are sure you can take and the opponent cannot just swoop in and take it or snare you to death

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If it’s videos about build orders or tutorials they often leave them to demonstrate that it can be done without needing specific treasures.

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Never known any to not recommend getting treasures.

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