Remove "Archaeological site" icons from the Galaxy Map that have been completed. Or add a Building to your starbase to mine small artifacts.

[FREEfoodFORkid]

A) Remove "Archaeological site" icons from the Galaxy Map that have been completed. (In the star systems themselves, the completed "Archaeological site" should remain with dim icons, that is, as in the current version of the game)
And then in the current version on the Galaxy Map there are many useless icons of the completed "Archaeological site". They're just cluttering up the interface!
OR
B) Add to space stations the ability to build a special building producing minor artifacts in excavation systems. Then it will make sense to display these icons on the galaxy map - a war for small artifacts!

 

[exi123]

Not 100% sure, but when remember right @grekulf mentioned that it is intentional that they stay on the galaxy map. I am not friend of it, its a pretty useless information later on.

 

[Critical Ethics]

Maybe remove them when you uncheck the detailed view (or whatever it's called) box?

 

[InvisibleBison]

I disagree with this idea. I like seeing reminders of past events when I'm looking at the map.

 

[Mcgan]

Or just give it its own "toggle map mode" option.

 

[Rodmar18]

Or disable them on the galaxy view, and always show them on the system view?
Or only change current display for sites you didn't dig yourself?

What's odd anyways, is that you can click on those icons even if you are not the empire that conducted the digging, and the planet is not within your borders. I figure that you can always tell that the archaeologic findings were disclosed for everyone to know the full epic story, at some point after the search was over, after all, notwithstanding the mechanic of ciphering/decoding sensible data of the newly added intelligence module, that is.

 

[klopkr]

It would be fine if they had any meaningful reason to be there. Like can archeological sites give a science bonus or something in the system? Idk anything to make them worth knowing about.

 

[Tamwin5]

It would be fine if they had any meaningful reason to be there. Like can archeological sites give a science bonus or something in the system? Idk anything to make them worth knowing about.

A very small trickle of minor artifacts. Like 0.01 per month. Considering you can sell a minor artifact for 500 energy, that'd be equivalent to a 5 energy deposit. Plus this would make the rubricator not the only infinite source of artifacts.

 

[SirBlackAxe]

I wouldn't mind them as much if they didn't block more relevant icons from appearing in systems that also have other stuff.

 

[FREEfoodFORkid]

I wouldn't mind them as much if they didn't block more relevant icons from appearing in systems that also have other stuff.

So, after the end of the chain of events, this icon has no meaning. Even on a star base, you cannot build a slot for the production of minor artifacts. This is literally visual rubbish.

 

[Rodmar18]

They are not totally useless, as they allow you to read (again or for first time) about the digging story.

 

[Tamwin5]

They are not totally useless, as they allow you to read (again or for first time) about the digging story.

I mean, considering the number of times I've fished packaging out of the trash to re-read cooking instructions, I'd say "rubbish" is an apt description