Does taking abandoned and free regions affect XP/shards ?

[kukabura]

Some players, just before final blow to win the game, are obssesed with taking all abandoned (by surrenders) or even free regions. "To increase XP and shards" - they say. Does it really affect final XP/shard count?

If yes ,maybe it should be something like that: at the end of game all ownerless regions are automatically counted like they were conquered by the winner ,to avoid waste of time.

[Lopdo]

You don't have to take them manually. If they give you something, they will give it to you even if you don't conquer them, but I am not sure if they give you something or not.

[highlander]

Some players, just before final blow to win the game, are obssesed with taking all abandoned (by surrenders) or even free regions. "To increase XP and shards" - they say. Does it really affect final XP/shard count?

If yes ,maybe it should be something like that: at the end of game all ownerless regions are automatically counted like they were conquered by the winner ,to avoid waste of time.

To those like me who have been playing for a while , i've always believed that capturing abandoned\free units helps the xp's not shards, but if your concerned its wasting time then surrender.But i will not change my play , i will still capture all units.

[calleharnemark]

Meh if you wanna get a job done , do it properly. Feels better when taking it all.