Remember the Utopia in a Month strategy article? There is a similar post on the official forum, this time about the usefulness of the artificer skill. Some players complain that unlike gating or necromancy, mini-artifacts will not help you with creeping and is of little use until the final battle. The biggest fan of the Academy, Sir Charles, shows us that artificer can be used in the first month of a game. His day-by-day report is based on the Heritage map, playing at Hard. As of today, the debate still goes on with posts by Jolly Joker and Elodin.

How do you feel about Artificer and the Academy as a whole?