I found that using a few soldiers to explore the map instead of a villager is an excellent use of them, especially when you’re dealing with Wolf dens, bears, and boars. Also, use them to protect builders building on the outskirts of town.
I’ve found that using the FF forum instead of GD forums yields considerably better discussions about FF!
What does that mean, |Marcus|? Is there a list of rules that explains what forum is meant for what discussions? What is the FF forum and how do we find that?
I’m new here as well and want to learn these “rules” as well. I know how to use the filters feature at the top.
Welcome to the forum. 
It’s pretty simple. Anything to do with Farthest Frontier is posted in the Farthest Frontier sections of the forum; anything to do with Grim Dawn goes in the Grim Dawn sections. The section headings tell you what sort of things should be posted in them.
You’re already in the Farthest Frontier section of the forum.