I wondered how many other people used the "ramp up the buyout" strategy haha. Overall I concluded it is just too much of a pain as well as obviously evading the intended game mechanic, so I usually don't do it anymore.
Oh yeah, I keep forgetting to ask - when you research a new spell, it's showing the UI for "you found X spells in the ruins" instead of the usual research complete animation! Is this just some bug, or is it a setting or a patch you can switch on? I didn't think it was this way from the start...
