Hints & Tips

  

Here are a few hints and tips.

Note these are my ideas and I won’t accept responsibility if they don’t work

• Scouts: I suggest that, if you have your gates open, then you have at least 1k scouts in each city. If someone scouts you but are just nosing around they will only send a few scouts. Your scouts will outnumber them so will eliminate them easily. Your opponent will only get a report back that they lost their scouts and no other info. Unless they are after trouble they will not scout again.  However if they really want to scout you prior to an attack they will send more scouts and you can judge by the battle reports how serious they are and whether to prepare for attack. Do not ask for re-enforcements just because you have been scouted,  don't forget your relief station comes into play between alliance members. e.g. I can get archers to any of your cities inside 5 minutes (Providing I’m on-line) and our closest enemy is approx 50min march away. SO DON’T PANIC
• Relief Station: As mentioned above your Relief Station effects the transport of troops and resources not only to your towns but to the alliance also, so when you have time remember to upgrade to a reasonable level. Make sure you can get troops to our alliance members in time.
• Walls & Defences: The general consensus on wall defences is 100-1k traps, 200-1k Abatis and the rest Archer Towers. Just put enough rolling logs and stone throwers (easier 2 spell) for Quest. Obviously get your walls as high as possible.
• Michelangelo Script: I would suggest if you only have one M.A. Script you use it on your walls. Do not use to upgrade your town hall (city) to lvl10 as you will stand out on the map and attract attention.
• Archers and Archery Level: These are the 2 most important troops and research. However Archery level 10 research time is measured in weeks. These times are effected by your hero.
• Hero: Don’t forget to put in as mayor a high intel hero just before research to reduce research times, likewise high attack just before training troops. You can put back your high politic hero as mayor once troop building or research is started. You don’t have to wait for completion.
• Academy: For those with more than 1 town don't forget to put an academy into both towns so that you can have simultaneous research. Also try to keep your academies at equal level so that both towns can share the technology researched. 
• Building and research: Always keep your builders and academics busy. Plan so that the short time things complete whilst on line and the longer things during the night. I know this is almost impossible later on because of the very long building/research times. Don't forget to keep adding fortifications to the wall/s. (Archer Towers )

That's it for now come back often.

“All warfare is based on deception”.
Sun Tzu
The Art of War