Elf Mystic A\M strat

[jimmy1234]

I was wondering what everyone thought of this


10% homes
7% farms
13%banks
25%tower
20%guild
10%hosp
15% tg

40 dpa in d specs
30 dpa in leets
rest as o specs

70% draft rate


running with food alch magic and pop science
3wpa raw and 1.5 tpa raw.

any suggestions (ill be testing on gen next time around)

[dan2k]

Lose the hospitals. You shouldn't be running hospitals as an elf. Probably better to trade up for Rax or GS.

Think 25% towers is too much, even if you were only going to be casting MS with all your mana.

[Avenger]

As dan2k said, cut the hospitals and some of the towers (I guess you'll be playing mystic too) and get rax ... maybe even WTs.
Raise tpa.
Why use off specs? You can afford to train elites non-stop. Plus they give you turtle power in some situations.
70%draft + 3 raw wpa would be like... 5 peasants/acre ... on Lord and 150 bpa in pop - that's kinda bad.

[Hyon]

If you cast MS all the time, with the proper science, you will surely not need more than 15% towers.

No Hsp. 5-10% Stables. 8% Rax.

Your draft rate should be lower than 64, especially with elves (they tend to have low BE). I would recommend 60% if you want Higher BE than 80...

Mystics double guild power. 10% guild gives you the maximum spell duration (20% for non-mystic). If you fail most of your spells, and want stable Wizard flow, 15% is fine, but usually you can do it with 10% in a regular time war. Outside of war, keep 20% or more guilds to pump those wizzies.

Watchtowers should be added for thief protection. 10-15% Watchtowers + Clearsight should give you some good anti theft insurance.

Depending on your intentions of play style, you might want to put more than 3 raw WPA. The higher WPA you have, the less draft rate you should put (to keep your BE). It's up to you to find the proper balance. And remember, attacking is always the key to your kingdom's victory :)

I recommend:

In war

10% homes
7% farms
13%banks
15%tower
13%guild
10%WT
15% tg
8% RAX
9% Stables

OOW: remove the Rax and put them into Guilds

10% homes
7% farms
13%banks
15%tower
21%guild
10%WT
15% tg
9% Stables

Good Luck :)

[Turtle Man]

NO NO NO, too many banks! drop them down to 5% and allocate 5% and 3% of the freed up space to WT and TG, respectively.

And oow, why do u want tg? are u planning on being active attacker oow? it would be better to just dice and increase banks to 20%+ along with a few more guilds for a solid wiz pump

[Brendo]

just get rid of banks all together. Elfs dont need banks cause we got tog to maintain income. plus if you run 70 - 80 BE your banks are useless.

[raiman]

lol

Banks are good. Helps keep up with buildings and training in war.
If your gonna run 70% draft(which I have at times) you'll need 20% homes at least.
I run my homes to a % where I can maintain 90% BE.
Figure the exact % percentage for your self.
As your exact strat differs slightly from mine.

homes 20%
banks 15%
farms 8%
tg 5%
forts5%
brx 10%
guilds 15%
towers 10%
wt 12%

4 wpa
1.5 tpa
67% draft
60% elites
40% def specs

[Brendo]

im 70% drafted also and i still get a decent income with no banks

[jimmy1234]

i gusse this was a waste of time my king is making everyone play orc warrior >:(

[dpdlc]

I am interesting in playing, Elf next age. I'm currently focusing on playing Attacker/Mage, with more focus on Attacking, Elf has lots of great buff spells.

Is the synergy between pitfalls + warhero that good?

I'm currently looking at:
1] War Hero: 25% more casualties is good
2] Merchant: without Tree of Gold you will need money
3] Mystic: Maybe casting meteors is better.

[VT2]

It's not that good.

[Turtle Man]

WH bad choice, extra creds for def specs? useful? no!
Merch, if your going attacker/thief sure, A/M? nuh huh
Mystic, good for attacker/mage

another choice is sage, invest heavy in population/BE/channeling, that way you can run a heavy offense too

[_greenie]

WH bad choice, extra creds for def specs? useful? no!

elf/wh + PF is a nasty combo, needs to be kd wide tho =)

Merch, if your going attacker/thief sure, A/M? nuh huh

wouldnt even consider it...

Mystic, good for attacker/mage

another choice is sage, invest heavy in population/BE/channeling, that way you can run a heavy offense too

elf/warrior is also a VERY nice choice, moreso if we are going back to the ages when they have QF

[hahaha]

This is what i use:
1. Homes: (22.3%)
2. Farms: (7.1%)
3. Banks: (15.3%)
4. Training Grounds: (14.9%)
5. Forts: (14.9%)
6. Guilds: (9.2%)
7. Towers: (4%)
8. Stables: (12%)

This is how it will looks like:
Land: 1,8xx Acres
Money: 204,087gc (30,333gc daily income)
Food: 152,647 bushels
Runes: 66,534 runes
Population: 58,xxx citizens (31.75 per Acre)
Peasants: 12,xxx (89% Building Efficiency)
Trade Balance: 1,581,986gc (0% tax rate)

Military Eff. with Stance: 111.27% off. / 138.45% def.
Soldiers: 0 (64.8% estimated draft rate)
Rangers: 0
Archers: 15,xxx (104,xxx defense)
Elf Lords: 19,xxx (128,xxx offense / 106,xxx defense)
War-Horses: 13,xxx (up to 14,xxx additional offense)
Prisoners: 0

Total Modified Offense: 142,xxx (77.31 per Acre)
Practical (100% elites): 142,xxx (77.31 per Acre)
Total Modified Defense: 210,xxx (114.09 per Acre)
Practical (0% elites): 104,xxx (56.58 per Acre)

Thieves: 3,xxx (2.02 per Acre / 100% Stealth) + CS
Wizards: 7,xxx (4.15 per Acre / 25% Mana) + 92% Magic Effectiveness

[Bishop]

hahaha - no barracks, no thief defense