the only time i ever do it is when i've found myself in a situation where money is no object and acquisition of military power is the only thing left with any relevance on the game state. this usually means endgame situation when i've got all my colonizing and infrastructure already done and i'm just trying to figure out how to destroy my enemies. usually its best to just research more military tech and/or buy more ships but sometimes there's even cash left over after that so you may as well go digging for buried treasure hoping to find an artifact.

I agree. I once found an artifact that was something like +15% or so anti-matter regeneration, which was quite nice.

Today in a Random medium multyplayer map i owned half the planets explored them all and all i found was a penal colony and expert metal miners. Their should probably change the mechanic that the sooner you start searching the more likely it is to find bonuses. Maybe not artifacts those should still be fixed but at least bonus like habitable caverns ect should be more commons when few explorations have been conducted and more rare as more explorations take place. So their would be a tactical advantage to exploring worlds early on to gain an edge on your opponent.

i really enjoy the increase phase jump speed, it makes using a defensive fleet much much easier. not to mention u can kill siege frig spams much quicker if u got the damage bonus

I will agree, increasing the number of planet "bonuses" found would be nice.

I,m with transitive on this one, that you find most artifacts late game, as that time you have more resources to waste. So like the research cost reduing artifact, are nice to find early, both the other that work for your fleet are best for late game.

But to me the real problem with artifact is that they are much like culture bonues in the game, and only so up in big battles are in the long run.

It one of the three thinks that needs be fixed.

I think that they put artifacts into the game, to forces you to stop and fight for some of the worlds under your control. A weak boarder world being attack, becomes more important, when a 15% increase in hitpoints is comeing from it.

That's why i created this random map pack with 52 maps

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/178375

All maps have tripled artifact chance(3 per player instead of 1) and +10% more planet bonus chance.

I like the Vasari feedback voice where your "personal assistant" sounds annoyed. "Searrrching the planet has not found anything!" (Why did you waste our forces' precious time, dumbarse?)