Elf/Sage - Help Me Improve

I'm pretty happy with the way this province turned out. My only complaint is being able to keep my wpa high enough to fill A/M role, it's been more A/m...

Any constructive criticism as to what I can do or could have done differently/better? (btw, recently OOW, build is still set for more of a rebuild right now)


The Province of # (##:##)
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Server: Genesis #18
Utopian Date: March 19th, YR9 (27% in the day)
RL Date: September 14th, 2008 (23:46 GMT)

Ruler Name: The Wise Baron Jaxian
Personality & Race: The Sage, Elf
Land: 3,664 Acres
Money: 3,667,633gc (82,163gc daily income)
Food: 457,510 bushels
Runes: 392,277 runes
Population: 101,975 citizens (27.83 per Acre)
Peasants: 28,090 (84% Building Efficiency)
Trade Balance: -1,216,447gc (0% tax rate)
Total Networth: 646,092gc (176.34 per Acre)

Military Eff. with Stance: 137.79% off. / 119.79% def.
Soldiers: 743 (65.7% estimated draft rate)
Rangers: 0
Archers: 26,496 (158,700 defense)
Elf Lords: 35,381 (292,509 offense / 211,918 defense)
War-Horses: 10,200 (up to 14,055 additional offense)
Prisoners: 0

Total Modified Offense: 307,587 (83.95 per Acre)
Practical (75% elites): 234,462 (63.99 per Acre)
Total Modified Defense: 371,508 (101.39 per Acre)
Practical (25% elites): 212,568 (58.02 per Acre)

Thieves: 4,355 (1.19 per Acre / 100% Stealth)
Wizards: 6,910 (1.89 per Acre / 57% Mana)

Crystal-Ball on your province will show:
Max. Possible Thieves/Wizards: 21,079 (5.75 / Acre)
Estimated Thieves Number: 8,432 (2.30 per Acre)
Estimated Wizards Number: 3,162 (0.86 per Acre)

Buildings: 1,694gc to build, 1,266gc to raze
Away bonus: 140,450gc (12h) / 421,350gc (20h)



Buildings Report of # (##:##)
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Server: Genesis #18
Ruler Name: Baron Jaxian
Personality: The Sage
Race: Elf
Building Efficiency: 84.2%
Kingdom Stance: Normal

1. Farms: 247 (6.7%)
2. Banks: 813 (22.2%)
3. Training Grounds: 283 (7.7%)
4. Barracks: 247 (6.7%)
5. Forts: 247 (6.7%)
6. Guilds: 636 (17.4%)
7. Towers: 537 (14.7%)
8. Watchtowers: 353 (9.6%)
9. Stables: 170 (4.6%)

Total Land: 3,664 Acres (96.4% built)

** Effects Summary (Available Buildings Only) **
1. Produce 18,525 bushels (23,157 with FL)
2. 17,114gc, +18.17% income
3. +9% offense bonus
4. -7.94% attack time
5. +7.94% defense bonus
6. Training about 10.71 wizards per hour
7. Produce 5,652 runes per hour
8. Thieves: 14.66% catch, -21.99% damage
9. Produce 143 horses/hour, hold 10,200 horses



Science Intelligence on # (##:##)
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Server: Genesis #18
Books to Allocate: 0 books

** Effects Summary (Known Science Only) **
18.2% Income (618,713 points)
12.9% Building Effectiveness (611,704 points)
8.6% Population Limits (641,089 points)
38% Food Production (125,358 points)
11.1% Gains in Combat (289,180 points)
33% Thievery Effectiveness (110,607 points)
48.8% Magic Effectiveness & Rune Production (348,922 points)

** Science Points in Progress **
Channeling: 65,833 points in progress



Military Intelligence on # (##:##)
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Server: Genesis #18
Ruler & Race: Baron Jaxian, Elf.

** Summary **
Non-Peasants: 72%
Efficiency (SoM): 137.8% off, 119.8% def, 105.7% raw
Net Offense at Home (from Utopia): 307,587
Net Defense at Home (from Utopia): 371,508
Modified Attack points (calculated): 307,610
Modified Defense points (calculated): 371,533

** Standing Army (At Home) **
Soldiers: 743 (1,024 offense / 890 defense)
Archers: 26,496 (158,711 defense)
Elf Lords: 35,381 (292,530 offense / 211,932 defense)
War Horses: 10,200 (up to 14,056 additional offense)
Total Attack points: 307,610
Total Defense points: 371,533

im not sure why u have so much towers and so few TG. im assuming u r the biggest (or one of the biggest) in ur kingdom? at that size i dont recommend u trying a/m. u'll have to dedicate way too much land and the power is really not that high. maybe lower it down to 7~8%?

what i would do is lower ur banks a little and get more TG. ur military is very good, but i would lower it slightly and get 3 raw tpa and convert ur WT into thief dens. that way u dont have to fear being NSed down, and u can also do resource ops to help ur kd mate or even NS if theres someone close to ur size

overall a pretty nice province

We're recently OOW, looking to go into another war. The banks were built to re-pump elites. Within a day or 2 they'll be torn down and all that will be split between TG/Rax/Forts. So it'll be something like:
8% Banks
15% TG
11% Rax
11% Forts
And sometimes i pull the guilds down to 15% depending on my wpa...

Towers are there because I'm trying to fill mage role in a warring kd. I burn through runes like no tomorrow. I usually end up with under 50k runes by the end of every war, and that's going in with a stockpile of 400k+.

I'm actually the 3rd largest in my kd. Hu/Sage and Gn/Ro bigger than me. My goal was A/m so I'm trying as hard as I can to not become a full hybrid, which is what your thief suggestion would be.

Thanks for the advice, I'm definitely considering re-trying this as A/T instead of A/M, makes more sense I think.

Ditch your banks, and stop pretending that elf works as A/M, because it doesn't.
Go A/T instead. It helps out the weak elvish economy, and actually hurts people - unlike magic.

Saves land, too. A lot of land.

theres no such thing as shortage of a/m, especially at ur size. u dont have meteorshower and u dont have anyone near ur networth to do damage effectively. however u CAN consider teaming up with a smaller kd mate and feed him runes and let him do the damage

the main reason to convert to a/t is because u CAN be NSed down by dedicated gnome kingdoms even with WT and clear sight. switching u to a/t will not only give u thief damage thats equal or greater than ur magic damage, but also almost guarentee that u wont get NSed down. as for nightmaring, i dont think any DE will be foolish enough to waste mana to nightmare u especially if u have enough tpa to stop any AW attempts

as i said earlier ur province is pretty nice. but whats left is how u use the province

and btw, 3 raw tpa and 10% thief den is not full hybrid, its just barely enough to protect u from NS plus some minor ops. a full hybrid will need at least 4 raw tpa to compensate with land gains and thief losses, but its not recommended at ur size, as an unbreakable big province (both to attacks and t/m) is far more worthwhile than a hybrid

Too much Defense, not enough offense.

he has 84 opa without generals, its perfectly fine

if hes a big province in his kd hes much more useful to stay unbreakable and aid team mates than to go nuts on someone with his 100opa, leave 35dpa and get chained down

Firebrigade looks pretty solid, only thing i'd do is boost tpa and then swap out GS for your WT. Holding that amount of resources is risky too, spread it out in the kd if you can. Also, if you end war with 40k runes, thats probly 80k too much. You dont need that many towers to cast pitfalls and self-spells.