Originally Posted by
swanorcolt1
1. Sustained UNTIL your lands are built so you have the additional income to cover active sci.
2. This is optional. Alot of ppl dont like arms, i do:D
3. In terms of the defence coming oop it really depends on your kingdom and what you plan on doing. Best defence = good offence. You could come out with 20k MO and 2k def and go untouched because ppl are afraid of retals, if your kd is hitting also it helps to cover yourself if you wanna come out firing. Set yourself some goals. e.g. 2tpa raw OOP and then go for army after that or 3k O specs~. Coming out with offence allows you to plunder inactives or hit others for land(but remember you can be hit back)
If you want to play it safe like REAL safe just train pure defence. But there will always be suiciders who can break you. Most will leave you alone thought particularly as there are always low def provs OOP that can be hit up easier.