City state wants help, why not give me a map?

[vmxa]

You keep getting these request to help this city state or that one to fight. Often they are far off, but even fairly close ones I do not know where the camp is located.

It seems like at least they should give you a highlighted tile of the camp. In some cases I see a small yellow dot and can zoom to it and it is a camp, but it may not exist any longer.

 

[ZimbuTheMonkey]

Agreed.

Makes a lot of sense. They should only give you a map if they like you though.

 

[Malkaviel]

If it's "not there any longer" you would have gotten a message, "so-and-so no longer needs your help because the (this task) was done by someone else".

Also, if you're really interested in doing these missions, romp around with a couple spearmen, getting them experience some 10-20 hexes from your home. Make yourself a couple medics and spawn some great generals for extra golden ages. Stop turtling. Get out more. See the world.

 

[Schuesseled]

If you have problems finding encampments, put on strategic view, toglle to view improvements, and zoom out. Should be fairly obvious.

 

[warpstorm]

In addition, the notification icon centers the map over the camp and pings it with a highlight on the turn this quest is given out.

 

[vmxa]

In addition, the notification icon centers the map over the camp and pings it with a highlight on the turn this quest is given out.

That is great, if you act immediately. If however you have a few things to do, you may forget where it was.

Not sure why they need to like me to give a map that shows the tile of the camp they want me to attack. The icon should act like the notification, so I can find it when I get around to it.

That may be a couple of turns later. I do not have troops to spare to wander around, after I have already found the ends of the continent.

The zoom may work, but I suspect not. Will try it, but the grey fog probably covers the area. These are not going to be right next to me or I would have taken them out already.

 

[mattigus]

I was in the Classical age when a city state asked me to destroy another city state I hadn't encountered yet, that existed on another continent, when I still only had triremes. A map might have been useful for that one.