First time TM

[azdw]

I've been playing this game on and off for like forever, I know most the stuff I need to.

I've always played attacker, never TM. I'm hyper active and we need some help in the TM department in our kingdom, so I offered my services.

I've got a few questions though;

• What is the recommended military pay rate for Faery? Since you only get bonus to your defense and not offense, is it worth going 200% for the 7.5% extra def?
• When doing NS, how do I determine optimum thieves to send against a target?

[Bishop]

1) Always 200%
2)Take the biggest stack of troops of troops and divide that by 6 - thats the thieves you send or max damage, adjust up if they have WTs.

[azdw]

Nice and exact :)
Thanx

[Persain]

1) Always 200%

not true, IF in war AND unbreakable you can drop to 50% wages to aid out gold in SOME cases

[Bishop]

A new TM doesnt need that level of detail, KISS ftw. There are a few times you can drop wages - but in general a TM will run 200% wages, just like an attacker.

[I_am_Spartacus]

Stop making your KD worse and don't go TM. They're only justified when being used to 95% efficiency in proper coordination.

[lastunicorn]

You have to start somewhere.

[nooblet]

Yes, it is worth every penny to run 200% wages if you are open to any kind of attack.

Basic stuff - coordinate with your kingdom as much as possible, and make sure your ops are both useful and connect often. If your kingdom can afford to assign chain targets, you will need to be online before the chain begins to cast MV, put up pitfalls, and do whatever one-shot ops are useful to soften the target, before they start losing land. Out of war you need to be on the ball with finding good gc theft targets.

Don't go pure-elite - you'll need some defensive specialists for dragon slaying.