Elf Female

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A guideline for starting players 

By all means, take from this guide whatever you want and leave the rest.  

Early Development, Goals for your first town.

1) Go to the ‘castle page’ and turn your tax level to 0% to improve production of basic resources. In case you want to move your city, don’t use your ‘Tenaril Spell’! You will want to use ‘Exodus’ first so your city will be on a 7-food plot (‘Tenaril’ takes the plot underneath the city to the new location). 

2) Next, you will need to secure a way to gain resources. There are three main ways of gaining resources.

1. First is upgrading resource plots, this takes longest to achieve, and you might have to wait a lot before you have the resources you need for your next building. This will eventually be the way for your cities to gain their resources, but you might want to prioritize constructing other buildings first.
2. Second is by buying them on the market. As a starting player you can earn money by using cotters to gather herbs, minerals, hides etc. on the map and sell them on the market. This money can then be used to buy the resources you need. Another way of earning money at this stage is ‘terraforming’ (this is also the best way for new players to earn prestige). In case you are interested in ‘terraforming’, I will add a good guide below. This option is mostly used in combination with option 1.
3. The third and fastest way of gaining resources is to ask other players to send them to you. There are many players willing to help out new players and they usually don’t ask anything in return (these basic resources mean very little for veteran players).

3) Assuming you chose resource option three, you want to prioritize storage. Research ‘timekeeping’ and ‘pioneering’ while you are building your ‘storehouse’ up to level 15. When the research is complete build a ‘warehouse’. Try to keep research going as much as you can while waiting for other research options to open up.

4) Ask for resources in ‘Global Chat’ (GC), or if you have already joined an alliance, in ‘Alliance Chat’ (AC). When asking for resources, be sure to be polite and mention how much you can currently hold in your city. You can also ask specific people for resources, but be sure to ask people close by, as caravans might take days to arrive if they are sent from too far.

5) Upgrade resource plots with at least one of each up to level 7 to access further research.

6) Build your ‘library’ and ‘market’ to a minimum of level 4 (or a little higher) but don't bother with a ‘vault’ (the use of a ‘vault’ has been debated for a long time with people still disagreeing on the matter, but at least at this point you do not need it).

7) Build a few ‘cottages’ and then some ‘cotters’ and ‘caravans’ in the ‘market’. At this point (if you have done the appropriate research), you can start gathering and trading.

8) Start building your ‘library’ & ‘mage tower’ to unlock more research. Do research on your ‘runes’ and ‘geomancy’ spells. You can have one of each activated when your ‘mage tower’ is high enough to use them. The usual choices are a geomancy spell to boost food and a destruction rune to ward of attackers (although it is very doubtful anyone will attack you at this early stage).

9) As you approach 450 population (about 300+) build your first ‘settler’. If you are short on money or supplies, ask for what you need. ‘Settlers’ take a long time to build (4 days each) so if you are growing fast (when you use ‘prestige’ to rush construction (our alliance offers daily alliance prestige for starting players)) you should build it a little earlier. As you need an increasing number of ‘settlers’ for a higher number of cities, try to build several ‘settlers’ in your first few cities.

10) Build other buildings as you see fit but don't bother with troops at this point. They cost gold every hour and you do not need them yet.

11) You can build a ‘tavern’ and do some basic quests, but don't bother with the ones that need ‘scouts’ yet, as they cost gold every hour just like troops.

12) Avoid upgrading buildings past 12 at this point (except for storage). It is very likely you will move your first city at your earliest convenience and when you ‘exodus’ the city to a 7-food tile, all buildings are set back to 12 if they were higher. As such, try to level as many buildings to 12 as possible. If you want to hurry the settling of your second city, you can always make an exception and level a high population building (such as the ‘spearmaker’) to a higher level so you reach population 450 quicker. This way, you would lose a few levels on this building, but it could speed up your game a lot (especially if you use ‘prestige’ to rush construction).

Goals for 450-1000 Population 

1) After reaching 450 population, you are ready for your second city. Send your ‘settler’ to a 7-food tile with other high food tiles close by. This will make it easier to grow big in the future when you start claiming ‘sovereignty’. If you are part of an alliance, you might want to settle the city close to the alliance so you can enjoy the full benefits of their help and protection. If you are not part of an alliance, look for a nice spot where you might want to settle your cities (for instance a spot where there is good hunting). Although you can always choose to move your cities in the future, this is a lot of work and will set you back significantly. So try to pick a good spot for your second city, as it is likely this will also be the general area where the rest of your future cities will be placed. Before settling the city, check if this is a good site and if there are no ‘land claims’ by alliances that might want to chase you away if you move there. The best way to check this is by asking someone in your alliance or someone else you trust. Be careful not to settle within 10 tiles of another player’s cities, as they might take offense to that. If you do want to move within 10 squares, always ask permission.

2) Build your ‘storehouse’ in your second city and make sure you find a steady source for resources. If you moved close to your alliance, it should be very easy for them to send you resources to your second city.

3) While following the same steps in your second city as you took for your first (buildings and research), your first city should focus on building your ‘warehouse’ up to level 20 so you can research ‘exodus’.

4) When the ‘exodus’ research is done, you can move your first city to a good location. You can do this through the ‘castle page’ of your second city and following all the rules that are set there (such as making sure all your units are back in your town). Be sure to use ‘exodus’ and not the ‘Tenaril spell’. You probably want your first city in the same area as your second city. There are two ways of doing this.

1. You can ‘exodus’ your city to 7-food tile close to the current location. When it has reached the 7-food tile, you can use your ‘Tenaril spell’ to instantly teleport close to your second city (be sure to type the coordinates correctly as there are no do-overs). The advantage of this method is that it is very fast and you can start building up the first city quickly.
2. You can ‘exodus’ your city to a 7-food tile in the area of your second city. This method may take a long time, as an ‘exodus’ moves slowly, but you will save the ‘Tenaril’ spell for a later moment. ‘Tenaril’ is a once/account ability, so most players would advise you save it for later.

Whatever option you choose, ask someone to look at the location you want to move to so they can confirm it is a good one.

5) After ‘exodus’ rebuild your storage back up, as it will have deleveled to 12.

6) At this point start building your two cities. Construct the buildings you want (including your resource buildings); do the research you find interesting; and explore the game. Ask as many questions as you need to and have fun. The ‘exodus’ part is rough, but once it is done, the game quickly gets more interesting, and you can start developing your own playstyle.

Goals for 1001-???? Population 

1) At this point, you have some idea about the workings of the game, so explore the options as much as you want. Below are some things you might want to consider while exploring the game.

2) You should always keep an eye on growing your population so you may settle additional cities (3rd city at population 2000). To avoid needless waiting, always make sure you have ‘settlers’ standing at the ready to place the next city. If you want to grow your population, focus on constructing buildings that yield high population such as the buildings for ‘advanced resource’ production (‘common grounds’, ‘paddock’, ‘spearmaker’ etc. Not ‘brewery’ though), buildings that add a percentage to resource production (‘carpentry’, ‘kiln’ etc.) and the ‘tavern’/’consulate’.

3) As soon as you have a decent resource production, raise the tax rate so you have gold income (gold income is derived from the population your city has). This gold can be used for trade or to serve as upkeep for military and diplomatic units.

4) Do the appropriate research and build a small army (keep an eye on your gold income/upkeep). Promote a unit to commander and train your commander by attacking NPC’s. Ask questions in AC on the best way to approach this.

5) Do the appropriate research and build a number of ‘diplomatic units’. Use these units to do quests (‘scouts’), uncover discoveries (mostly ‘spies’) or to steal from your neighbors (‘thieves’).

6) Very important to remember is that using your armies or diplomatic units against other players will most likely elicit a response and they might attack you for it. Before using your units in this way, be very sure you are okay with the possible consequences. In addition, many alliances (including ours) do not permit these kinds of actions against others and the alliance might not help you out if you were the one to start hostilities without provocation.   

 

Population

	Population
Town	Total	Avg	Additional
2	450	450
3	2,000	1,000	1,550
4	5,000	1,667	3,000
5	10,000	2,500	5,000
6	20,000	4,000	10,000
7	40,000	6,667	20,000
8	75,000	10,715	35,000
9	130,000	16,250	55,000
10	233,550	25,950	103,550
11	263,550	26,355	30,000
12	294,550	26,778	31,000
13	326,550	27,213	32,000
14	359,550	27,658	33,000
15	393,550	28,111	34,000
16	428,550	28,570	35,000
17	464,550	29,035	36,000
18	501,550	29,503	37,000
19	539,550	29,975	38,000
20	578,550	30,450	39,000
21	618,550	30,928	40,000
22	659,550	31,408	41,000
23	701,550	31,889	42,000
24	744,550	32,372	43,000
25	788,550	32,857	44,000
26	833,550	33,342	45,000
27	879,550	33,829	46,000
28	926,550	34,317	47,000
29	974,550	34,806	48,000
30	1,023,550	35,295	49,000
31	1,073,550	35,785	50,000
32	1,124,550	36,276	51,000
33	1,176,550	36,767	52,000
34	1,229,550	37,259	53,000
35	1,283,550	37,751	54,000
36	1,338,550	38,244	55,000
37	1,394,550	38,738	56,000
38	1,451,550	39,231	57,000
39	1,509,550	39,725	58,000
40	1,568,550	40,219	59,000
41	1,628,550	40,713	60,000
42	1,689,550	41,208	61,000
43	1,747,550	41,608	58,000
44	1,803,550	41,943	56,000
45	1,857,550	42,217	54,000
46	1,909,550	42,434	52,000
47	1,959,550	42,599	50,000
48	2,012,550	42,820	53,000
49	2,068,550	43,094	56,000
50	2,127,550	43,419	59,000
51	2,189,550	43,791	62,000
52	2,254,550	44,206	65,000
53	2,322,550	44,664	68,000
54	2,393,550	45,161	71,000
55	2,467,550	45,695	74,000
56	2,542,550	46,264	75,000
57	2,618,550	46,760	76,000
58	2,695,550	47,290	77,000
59	2,773,550	47,820	78,000
60	2,849,000	48,288	75,450
61	3,000,000	50,000	151,000

Maximum population: 48289 (22 Trade Offices + Warehouse + Common Ground + Paddock + 25 Resource plots)

 

 

Combat information

NPC Sizes

• Few: 4 or less
• Handful: 5 to 8
• Several: 9 to 21
• Pack: 22 to 81
• Many: 82 to 128
• Gathering: 129 to 227
• Horde: 228 to 462
• Throng: 463 to 815
• Host: 816 to 2,500
• Legion: 2,501 to 9,999
• Myriad: 10,000 to 25,000
• Sea: 25,001 to 49,999
• Cornucopia: 50,000+

 

ATTACKING %
Terrain Type	Cavalry	Spears	Infantry	Ranged
Buildings	-50	20	40	5
Large Forest	-15	5	30	-20
Large Hill	-15	0	10	10
Large Mountain	-30	0	15	15
Plains	30	-15	0	0
Small Forest	-10	10	30	-10
Small Hill	0	0	0	0
Small Mountain	-20	0	5	10

DEFENDING %
Terrain Type	Cavalry	Spears	Infantry	Ranged
Buildings	-45	25	30	15
Large Forest	-15	5	25	-20
Large Hill	-10	10	5	15
Large Mountain	-30	20	5	30
Plains	25	-15	0	0
Small Forest	-10	10	30	-10
Small Hill	0	5	5	5
Small Mountain	-15	15	5	15

 

Race	Troop	Cost	Time	Atck	Defense
					Spear	Bow	Sword	Cav
Elves	Protectors	1	5.17	6	11	4	10	13
	Phalanxes	2	7.67	15	15	10	15	30
	Wardens	2	6.58	21	14	12	14	14
	Wardancers	3	7.50	33	19	19	20	20
	Sentinels	2	6.25	20	23	24	23	16
	Trueshots	3	10.00	32	36	36	34	25
	Swiftsteeds	3	11.67	36	13	13	20	21
	Marshals	4	13.33	59	19	18	27	28
Humans	Militiaman	1	5.00	7	11	4	11	13
	Pikeman	2	7.50	16	17	11	17	29
	Swordsman	2	6.42	22	13	10	15	14
	Man-at-Arms	3	7.50	35	20	18	21	19
	Archer	2	6.25	16	21	22	20	13
	Longbowman	3	10.00	24	33	32	32	20
	Charioteer	3	11.67	37	15	16	20	21
	Knight	4	13.33	65	20	19	28	28
Dwarves	Yeoman	1	5.67	7	12	4	13	13
	Halbardier	2	7.33	16	17	13	17	29
	Axman	2	6.50	27	14	11	17	14
	Stalwart	3	8.00	42	20	18	21	17
	Slinger	2	6.50	15	21	22	20	13
	Crossbowman	3	10.00	26	32	31	30	21
	Packsman	3	11.67	32	15	15	10	23
	Runerider	4	13.33	57	21	20	26	29
Orcs	Kobold Cohort	1	3.08	9	12	6	12	13
	Clan Guardsman	2	7.42	19	18	11	18	33
	Fang	2	4.25	22	14	11	15	14
	Fist	3	7.00	36	18	17	18	19
	Clanguard	2	6.33	17	19	21	20	12
	Death Dealer	3	10.00	26	31	30	30	20
	Wolfrider	3	11.67	34	14	14	20	24
	Death Pack	4	13.33	59	21	19	28	29