Editing Pathfinding

{{Secondary skills}}
{{Secondary skill
 | B_effect = reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 25%.
 | A_effect = reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 50%.
 | E_effect = reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 75%.
}}

'''Pathfinding''' is a [[secondary skill]], that reduces the [[movement penalty]] for rough [[terrain]]s. A hero with expert pathfinding secondary skills treats all terrains as [[grass]], which means that the hero suffers no penalty for crossing [[rough]], [[sand]], [[snow]], [[swamp]], or [[wasteland]]{{-wh}} terrain types. Penalty reductions from the skill level are tabulated below. Please note that Pathfinding doesn't give any additional movement points, just allows heroes to save them.
{{TerrainPenTable|float=none}}

'''Heroes with Pathfinding as a starting skill:'''
* {{H2|Clancy|Ranger}}
* {{H2|Gretchin|Barbarian}}
* {{H2|Korbac|Beastmaster}}
* {{H2|Andal|Navigator}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Corkes|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Leena|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Celestine|Artificer}}{{-wh}}

==Chance to get==
{{Secondary skill chance explanation}}
{{ZET SEC SKILL CHANCE TABLE| 4| 2 (lowest)| 7| 5| 4| 2 (lowest)| 4| 4| 4| 6| 5| 2 (lowest)| 8 (highest)| 4| 8 (highest)| 2 (lowest)| 6| 2 (lowest)| 8 (highest)| 6| 7| 3}}

{{user commentary|
The usefulness of the Pathfinding skill depends on the terrain of the map. If you walk primarily on your home soil, [[Logistics]] is sufficient. However, if a map has vast territories very hard to pass (e.g. [[swamp]]), Pathfinding works decently, potentially even better than [[Logistics]]. Playing against [[Tower]] or [[Fortress]] is a reason to use Logistics and Pathfinding.

Pathfinding can always be recommended as a secondary skill for scout type secondary heroes, but it may also be valuable for the main hero(es). It should be noted that some factions' [[native terrain]]s slow the enemy down very much, which gives the player a big advantage and therefore may affect the necessity of pathfinding.

=== Things that ruin Pathfinding ===
* Roads
* An army on native terrain
* [[Nomad]]'s on sand terrain
* [[Dimension Door]]
* [[Fly]]
* [[Angel Wings]]
* [[Trailblazer]] {{withhota}}
* [[Wayfarer's Boots]] {{withhota}}
* [[Lodestar]] makes all terrains native to Cove armies {{withhota}}
}}{{end of user commentary}}

{{secondary skill 'see also'}}

{{Movement navigational box}}

== Discussion ==
The feasibility of pathfinding rests heavily on the characteristics of the map. On a map with very few areas of rough terrain, pathfinding is useless, but on maps containing a lot of rough terrains it becomes extremely valuable - potentially even more so than [[Logistics]]. Pathfinding can always be recommended as a secondary skill for scout type secondary heroes, but it may also be valuable for the main hero(es). It should be noted that some factions' [[native terrain]]s include rough terrains, which may affect the necessity of pathfinding.

[[Category: Secondary skills]]
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