Utopia

[Makeo]

you defected again?

[Zopperoni]

We have war with two Kd's...waaaahhh

[Eli]

Of course. When I decide to stop playing lots of Apolytoners start playing again. Bah.

Can someone please let me know when the next Era begins? Were there any substansial changes in the last 2-3 eras(after personalities were added)?

Oh, 4000 honor points memories...

[Zopperoni]

Eli,

Next age starts probably in February. But feel free to join now, if you like
My honor is not so high now, 1380 or something, but I'm just experimenting a bit
I think I've figured out a good tactic for the next Age now

[War4ever]

yeah....i defected again....what a mess....almost every province in my KD is under protection we have war for monarch ....lol its a nightmare

[Eli]

Dont bother going for honor unless you have a strong kingdom backing you up. I was a Halfer Mystic stuck (as usual) in a newbie kingdom. I was very close to 4000 honor points, and then a kingdom full with big badass dwarves decided that they like me and arranged a small honor rape. I ended with 1000 points and quit.
The age before that I was an exploring Elf. That was absolutely boring but I learned a lot about maximising everything and being as effecient as possible. I quit during year 8 after getting 500kNW and deciding that the game is boring.
The two ages before my elf age were great newbie ages.

Conclusion :
A) When you're starting to devote too much time to the game it gets boring.
B) Being King sucks. Trust me, I've tried it for 3 times and it takes all the fun out of the game.

But I'll join now again. Maybe till the end of the age.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Eli
But I'll join now again. Maybe till the end of the age.

Great, where are you now?

And I've changed my tactic completely now, I'm going to go "All-in-One" (Attacker/Wizard/Thief), just as an experiment.

[Eli]

I didnt join yet. It'll take me at least two days to find the time to number crunch my strategy.

Btw, "All-in-one" is a very difficult strategy. Because then every good thief can steal from you and you cant steal from him, every good wizard can do whatever he wants to you and you wont be able to retaliate and every attacker will be able to attack you without being attacked in retaliation.

[Eli]

Ok.............

I'll probably be a Mystic Elf. I'll try to grow extremely fast until 2500 acres(hopefully it will take me 3-5 weeks) and then switch to either super thief or super mage. Depends on what kingdom I fall in.

200-500 Acres
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25% Homes
10% Hospitals
10% Towers
10% Guilds
15% Libraries
23% Armories
7% Farms

This is a very preliminary strat though. I just looked on the changes made and wrote these percentages. It seems that I'll have some money problems, so everything is subject to change.

[Zopperoni]

If you're going to have money problems, why not do this?:

205-500 acres

10% Mills
20% Homes
07% Farms
30% Armories
10% Guilds
10% Towers
13% Banks

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Eli
Btw, "All-in-one" is a very difficult strategy. Because then every good thief can steal from you and you cant steal from him, every good wizard can do whatever he wants to you and you wont be able to retaliate and every attacker will be able to attack you without being attacked in retaliation.

I disagree, with 6 tpa and 2-3 wpa, you'll stand very strong against enemy thievery/magic ops.
With 40 dpa all def. specs, you'll always have sufficient dpa standing @ home. (Especially with MP on.)
And I'm training towards 10,000 Half-Giant, which would give me lots of firepower

Of course, my utilization is absolutely horrible

[Eli]

Originally posted by Zopperoni
If you're going to have money problems, why not do this?:

205-500 acres

10% Mills
20% Homes
07% Farms
30% Armories
10% Guilds
10% Towers
13% Banks

A) I hate mills.
B) It looks like money overkill.
C) I want the library and hospital bonuses for fast early growth.
D) Again, everything is subject to change.

I disagree, with 6 tpa and 2-3 wpa, you'll stand very strong against enemy thievery/magic ops.
With 40 dpa all def. specs, you'll always have sufficient dpa standing @ home. (Especially with MP on.)
And I'm training towards 10,000 Half-Giant, which would give me lots of firepower

Of course, my utilization is absolutely horrible

Maybe you are right. I noticed some really big changes in the military part of the game so maybe my thinking is old.

[Eli]

Here's my beginning strat.
I'm Bla Bla Bla(40:46).

200-500 Acres
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25% Homes
11% Hospitals
10% Towers
10% Guilds
16% Libraries
20% Armories
8% Farms

People -
0.25*25+0.75*20 = 21.25PPA
Money made-
15*3 = 45GPA
People left = 21.5-15 = 6.25PPA

Food eaten -
21.25*0.25 = 5.3125BPA
Food produced -
0.08*70 = 5.6BPA
Food stocked -
5.6-5.3125 = 0.2875BPA

Spec unit cost -
250*0.8*(1-0.2*2) = 120gc
Elite unit cost -
1500*0.8*(1-0.2*2) = 720gc

Since I have a bit less than 48 hours before I need to start training my military I didnt calculate my O&D numbers yet.
As usual I ordered to accelerate Towers, Guilds, Homes and Hospitals to start fast population growth earlier and cast L&P earlier.

[Zopperoni]

Great

Keep us posted

We're still in war with one Kd, but we want it to stop, but the Monarch isn't replying
Well, guess I'll just wake him up...by destroying him

[Zopperoni]

Early indications show that our operation was a stunning success.
Our thieves kidnapped many people, but only were able to return with 487.

Early indications show that our operation was a stunning success.
Our thieves kidnapped many people, but only were able to return with 468.

Early indications show that our operation was a stunning success.
Our thieves kidnapped many people, but only were able to return with 450.

Early indications show that our operation was a stunning success.
Our thieves kidnapped many people, but only were able to return with 433.

Early indications show that our operation was a stunning success.
Our thieves kidnapped many people, but only were able to return with 416.

We lost 41 thieves in the operation, but ... Early indications show that our operation was a stunning success.
Our thieves kidnapped many people, but only were able to return with 400.

Early indications show that our operation was a stunning success.
Our thieves kidnapped many people, but only were able to return with 385.

Early indications show that our operation was a stunning success.
Our thieves kidnapped many people, but only were able to return with 371.

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