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[br3nt00]

make a run for ww crown?

[Realest]

So, hope this isn't an annoying question:
Most people tend to take offense offense offense as the way to go, and clearly attacking is the only way to war; however, i know a lot of the peeps in your KD(and other past successful war kd's) like using more defensive race/pers (/6 dspec, semi-turtle capability, cs or reflect magic) who work better in a max gain situation(have inherent ambush defense and can be aided into ub easier). Obviously it's all situational, but I was wondering if you thought there was an inherent mechanical preference within the game given to offensive attackers(few losses, high gains, high offensive leet ect.) v. semi-defensive attackers. Not really looking for a yes or no as much as the types of things you would look at to compare them, and to see if i'm missing things in thinking about their utilities in war and oow. Also wanted to see how you would compare the different strats in light of which race/pers will likely be selected at start of age due to changes.

Thanks.

you win war with unbreakables. offense doesn't protect acres in war, defense does. oow, offense is a better deterence to protect your land.

[Realest]

make a run for ww crown?

busy, and will be so for the next month and maybe beyond that. Might have to take a break, so I'll see what the acting monarch wants to do.

[dsfb78]

Is this a reasonable way to look at the personalities for next age? IE looking at how much land I can free up for other buildings?

assuming 80% BE
cleric= permanent 20% hospitals + animate dead
tactician- permanent 12.5% rax + the extra specialist credits
warrior- 8% TG for offense in war only + 1 extra general
sage- 15% libraries + cheaper research/defense against learns.

[Realest]

yes, it's viable, and that's how the logic basically works. Now the next step is to see what the opened space can be used to improve your province vs another personality

[tola]

What is the amount of thieves ou use for duration ops and prop?
I've always just been messing around with the numbers, and the results I have are not very satifactory...
What I use for prop is the numbers for NS, but I'm sure it can go higher.
For riots I'm sending as much as possible, but thwn I'm risking high thief losses.
For BG I usually send like 1/3 or 1/4 of my thieves. But I dont know if it's food enough. Is BG duration affected by amount of thieves sent?

Thanks for the help

[maccar86]

i read this

[snizzel]

If you will answer any question, answer this. Give us the OOP strat of say..the top nw/land kds . What are their building/military strats? Do they give attention to science,wpa and tpa? How much land do they explore. Also, how much bigger does a bank grow in relation to other kd mates.

[Rode Rotzak]

If you will answer any question, answer this. Give us the OOP strat of say..the top nw/land kds . What are their building/military strats? Do they give attention to science,wpa and tpa? How much land do they explore. Also, how much bigger does a bank grow in relation to other kd mates.

And what do you want to do with this information? There is no use in having this information if you don?t know the race/pers. Set up, activity level etc. There are no dumb questions but this is an exception.

[snizzel]

@Rode Rotzak

Just wanting to learn how big kds run . I do know the race and set-up. I'm looking at their kd pages right now. Activity level is assumed to be high, as expected of the top land/nw kds.
I am looking for a rationale for such a set-up and how it works. Anyone keen to share from experience?

[dsfb78]

Realest what are your criteria for selecting a chain target?

[Wiliest]

Realest, I am an old, casual player of the game that has just returned recently. I never was apart of a kd that could be considered anything but a ghetto and when I learned, I apparently learned the game from idiots.

I have not played in for so long that I forgot everything I once thought I knew so I decided to go hunting for information before creating and then ruining a province again. 44 pages later here I am, with a much better grasp of the mindset I should be in to succeed. I just wanted to thank you for all the helpful info this thread; I have learned more about the game from this thread than from all my previous experience combined.

I also have one question for you after all that reading. You continually preach efficiency, sustainability, and flexibility; however those are rather broad topics that I having trouble wrapping my mind around. I was hoping you could give some concrete examples of what you you mean here. Classic mistakes made in previous ages vs. the correct solution, etc.

[khronosschoty]

I also have one question for you after all that reading. You continually preach efficiency, sustainability, and flexibility; however those are rather broad topics that I having trouble wrapping my mind around. I was hoping you could give some concrete examples of what you you mean here. Classic mistakes made in previous ages vs. the correct solution, etc.

Please give us some examples!!

[dream2]

what is your recommend science ratio for dwarf/sage atker?

[jenian]

Bump..B cuz realest is also
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