Eyes of the Desert

"From each grain of sand the eyes of Set can see. There is nowhere to hide from Me."

- Set upon casting Eyes of the Desert

Eyes of the Desert is an Egyptian god power in Age of Empires: Mythologies available to worshipers of Set. It grants the player sight of an area of the map of their choice and increases the range of their archers. It lasts six turns.

Strategy
Akin to the Vision god power from Age of Mythology, Eyes of the Desert enables the player to select a tile of their choice on the map and reveal the surrounding area. The fog of war in that area becomes fully visible to the player, enabling them to see the terrain and any object located within. The area revealed is larger than that of a similar god power, Spy, but only lasts six turns. Eyes of the Desert is also more flexible in its use as it can be cast anywhere. Players have the option of simply use it in a random area in order to detect resources, settlements or the enemy town sooner.

Alternatively, it can be saved for later in the game when enemies have constructed more buildings around their town center. Casting it directly over unit production buildings allows the player to see what their enemy is training and in turn train an army that can counter attack better. Eyes of the Desert can also be used in combination with Horus, granting the player sight of the enemy town and follow up on the next turn with the Tornado god power.

More impressive yet, Eyes of the Desert temporarily grants the player's archer type units +1 range. If the player saves this god power for when battles have begun, it will give their slingers and chariot archers the advantage of outranging other archer units and striking melee units from further away.

Trivia

 * Ironically, the area revealed by Eyes of the Desert is marked by an animated Eye of Horus symbol. In Egyptian mythology, Horus kills Set as revenge for his assassination of Osiris.