It appears that the Sophisticated Pillager skill on explorers that perform Very Long Adventure Searches does not work on Ali-Baba discovered Adventures.
My explorers have discovered many adventures while executing the Very Long Adventure Search and on occasion activate the Sophisticated Pillager skill on the Epic adventures, but not once has this skill been activated for the Ali-Baba adventures discovered (Woodcutter) and they have discovered enough that at a 30% rate, one should have been activated by now.
Does Sophisticated Pillager work on Ali-Baba adventures, or is this skill a waste now on explorers used on VL Adv. Searches?
Come to think of it, I do not recall any FT adv (Only VLT to date) activating Sophisticated Pillager in any adv. search... and I have discovered MANY VLT in my various searches. Hope that this is not a top-end skill that only applies to low-end searches.