Hi, I'm pretty raw at this, as I played years ago and forgot most of what I should be doing. I made the mistake of going Halfling/Rogue this age, which seems great for the thievery bonus until you realize literally anyone can hit you unless you go pure Thief. Needless to say, I am A/T, running 5.5rtpa with maxed sci 165%, and I run 10% WT and TD oow.
My main issue is that even when I hit 75% draft rate my NWPA is only 190, and everyone else is rockin more than 220. I started in year 4 and already have 38 scientists, I have about 10dspa and 7elites per acre. This gives me the ability to ambush attacks and be a useful attacker in war, once the main attackers bring down the fools who suicide. I also have a hard time choosing how many thieves to send on OPS, I can find a sweet spot on Robbery OPS, but are the rules the same for other ops?
I got sidetracked a bit, but how do I increase NWPA so I'm not an easy target OOW. I was instructed to grow to 1600 acres, but whenever I hit 1300 someone nails me for 150 acres, and its scary.
Oh, and how do I calculate my mod tpa. is everything stacked or is there a limit to how far the bonuses push my modtpa up?