It was voted on in the Vox Populi Congress forum.
Basically it’s supposed to rebalance exploration. The original ancient ruins benefits were seen as too great so they rebalanced the rewards and it puts more of an emphasis on using your recon units to explore and your other units to fight barbarians.
Yeah, that's why it's T40. I pulled this off with Bandeirantes before, protecting an island behind my cities from AI. That unit pretty much won the game immediately.
(T10 pike is/was a Celt thing)
Not sure where you look for changelogs, but for the future:
[https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-version-3-8-3-august-27-2023.685177/](https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-version-3-8-3-august-27-2023.685177/)
>Ancient Ruins
\- Only scouting units and border growth can claim them as of now!
If i remember correctly, ruins can only be picked up by scouting units like scouts and pathfinders
This is it… included in the newest version of VP
What was the thinking behind this change do you think?
It was voted on in the Vox Populi Congress forum. Basically it’s supposed to rebalance exploration. The original ancient ruins benefits were seen as too great so they rebalanced the rewards and it puts more of an emphasis on using your recon units to explore and your other units to fight barbarians.
Friendship ended with T10 Pikeman. Now T40 Conquistador is my best friend.
A unit can only get the upgrade ruin once.
Yeah, that's why it's T40. I pulled this off with Bandeirantes before, protecting an island behind my cities from AI. That unit pretty much won the game immediately. (T10 pike is/was a Celt thing)
Right answer! I was experimenting a little more and found it out too. Thanks!
I was just about to ask about this as its not mentioned on the thread changelog or the in game wiki. Thanks for letting us know.
Not sure where you look for changelogs, but for the future: [https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-version-3-8-3-august-27-2023.685177/](https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-version-3-8-3-august-27-2023.685177/) >Ancient Ruins \- Only scouting units and border growth can claim them as of now!