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Should I describe every building on the map?

Nov 5, 2026
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No. Choose three areas, describe each in two or three comparative sentences, and leave the rest out. Task Achievement rewards coverage of the key changes and a clear overview, not an exhaustive inventory, and an inventory usually costs you the word count you needed for comparison language.

No. Choose three areas, describe each in two or three comparative sentences, and leave the rest out. Task Achievement rewards coverage of the key changes and a clear overview, not an exhaustive inventory, and an inventory usually costs you the word count you needed for comparison language.

No. Pick three areas, compare each across the two maps in two or three sentences, and ignore the rest. An inventory of every structure costs the words you needed for comparison language and reads as a list rather than a description.

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