I might've been a bit brusque, but I certainly wasn't trolling.
The little empire rank thingy that everyone keeps telling him about is
far from what he's asking for.
He's asking for an up-to-the-minute report on fleet strengths and technological advancement, so he can plan surgical strikes against weakened opponents. Something like the end-game screens, no doubt.
That is NOT the sort of thing that needs to be in an automated report during the game. It's what God made scouting for.
I know, because I'm not terribly good at scouting, personally, and it makes life very hard for me. Scouts are, however, the way you find out about the other guy's strengths and weaknesses, and that's as it should be. (And to make up for my shortcomings, I play Advent and just use
psychic powers to see what I want.
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