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    Okay so I have a general discussion question, and I'm pretty sure this goes in General Discussion (not help and questions) so forgive me if I'm wrong.

    But I'm curious, and would love feedback:

    In one week, two weeks, three weeks, one month, 6 months, a year.

    How many troops should a person have in your opinion? What would be a decent amount and what would be an excellent amount?

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    Also what would be a good hero? I'm not talking top of the server hero, but just a good troop making hero?

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    Also in your opinions if you do get several good heros, would it be beneficial to use holy water to convert an attack hero to a mayor? (Resources are always needed).

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    Last question. Is it better to have around 2 to 3 cities - or 8 to 9? With more cities you get more resources and can build troops faster. But with 8 to 9 cities you also have to make it so that there are a certain amount of troops in each city; whereas with 2 to 3 cities you could have quite a bit in each city without scattering them between the 9. I realize that either way if you want a lot of troops that you'll have to farm and attack a lot for resources but I'm just curious on others opinions
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    Quote Originally Posted by ardee View Post
    troops - as many as you can make as the other
    hero - as high as you can get it as the other
    politics hero - as high as you can make it as the other
    cities - you have to have 9 of em.
    ^^ This.

    Here is the same advice.... kinda.
    troops - As many as you can feed with your available time to farm.
    hero - As high as you can get it.
    politics hero - As high as you can make it.
    cities - As many as you want to take the time to manage.
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    Okay either you guys missed the point - or i didn't explain myself clearly enough, most likely the later as you both answered the same way....

    I wanted to more or less know the norms...

    What would be normal troop amount in:
    a week,
    a month,
    6 months
    a year

    same with heros and mayors -

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    essentially what would u consider to be average or good in those time spans.
    I know that you want to make as much as you can, but I would like to know in generality's what others might have in those time frames as well.

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    With the mayor - I was asking do you think it's a good idea to covert a ATTACK hero - to a POLITICS hero - in order to get a higher mayor.

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    with the cities - i know that with 9 you can get more troops made and more resources. But i meant is it better to have 8-9 cities with troops that would be average amounts

    Or two to three cities that would have a bigger number of troops and thus would be harder to defeat...
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    When you ask only for amount of troops, level of heroes or number of cities, the higher is always better, so the maximum is the best.

    You have to bring some additional parameters like
    1) Max daily playing time: 2 hours. Then I would recommend a max. of 3 cities.
    2) Only farming and defending: Hero attack value of 200 is enough for most farmings up to level 5
    3) You are not playing at work/school? Good! So you play and farm a bit in the morning and maybe twice in the evening. You will probably be able to feed no more than 1 M troops per city.

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    The answers are still the same. Make some troops, and feed them, and use them to attack with to gain XP for your hero.

    If you can hit more NPC's to farm, then hit them.
    If you can make more troops, then train more troops.
    If you can handle more cities, then build them.

    Evony is a game of large numbers when it comes to combat. Just get as much as you can handle. There is no number that is "good enough." Keep adding more as long as you can. No matter what answer someone gives, another player will just one up them and say you need double that number. There is no right answer to this question. No matter how many troops, or hero levels, or whatever you have, it will never be enough.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lazzzzzzzzalicious! View Post
    i started to read this and agree with everything rota says. if people just listened to him the forums would be a better place.
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    Rota is correct.

    I don't even understand the question.

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    Okay I'm adding parameters ----

    My highest attack hero is in the 400s
    My other hero's are all in the 200s

    Right now I went down to 2 cities but before I had 5 - I can have up to 9. With the two cities i can get lumber and iron just fine.

    I make troops as often as i can and for each city, the upkeep is about 10 million --- i hit a plenty of 10's to feed them....

    I'm trying to figure out what to aim for, I don't want to be one the absolute best (because everyone tries to kill them), but likewise I also don't want to be beaten by them.

    Also right now my politics mayor is only about 215, I was wondering if it would be wise to start working another attack hero hard and get him up to the 400's or so, and then convert him to a politics hero...

    There's more parameters... I just wanted more of #'s - because all anyone ever says is "more" or "as much as you can handle" --- I'm a facts and figures type of person...
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    i'd say work on your first hero first get it to atleast instant scouts.

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    Well these arent questions that can easily be answered.

    For example troops. this depends on what type of defense you have and also how much time you have to farm. No pint having a lot of layers if you have a 5k defense and no point having a lot of troops if you dont have time to feed them.


    Just make sure you have at least 400k archers, 400k scouts 1mil warriors and some layering maybe about 75k o each.


    For the hero, try to get to at least instant scouts which is 709 attack. Or at the very least instant warrior which is 432.


    Yes resources are always needed, so if you have plenty of holy water, take an attack hero and take it to lvl 300 then use holy water to make him a politics hero. Or use holy water on you politics hero and take him to lvl 300 then use holy water once more to convert him back.


    As for the cities. Its good to have 1 lumber city and 1 iron city in addition to your main. Having 2 war cities will help. And as always the more you have the faster you can build. But no pint having 9 cities of you can't defend them all. And also keep 1 slot open so you can make NPCs as its always good to be able to make them in case the npcs get whipped.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prodigy the 5 View Post
    Well these arent questions that can easily be answered.
    Pretty much what we'll all tell you. We can give you guidelines, but there are no exact numbers...

    Btw ... I quit 139 when 147 open up. To compete with the heavy alliances there: WarGods , SOWHAT, BLAKBLU, SBHC, IRONFIST you'll need to bulk up. The less troops you carry, the more you will have to understand defensive strategy.

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    how many troops? hmm, im not really sure. i had a rough start, and i only play on the server i started on, so i didnt build too many troops in the beginning. after a year though, i would have to say you should be ashamed if you can not support 1.5-2mill archers.

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    a good hero is 432. after that you start to be 'wow' to alot of people.

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    att to pol? hmm..... i have to say no, not for a long time at least. use the hero to farm more. send more farmers per city. if you want more resources, i go with making cities to just produce resources and do nothing else. no need for troops or heros (cept a semi-decent mayor) just ship resources out from it. (this also applies to the city question.... if you can, make a city to just produce res)

    you can also upgrade your fields to 10. sounds crazy, but after you farm so much every day, you end up stockpiling michys. i got 60 michys stored that i have no plan for. i already have every cottage i have as lv10, so a good plan would be to make lv10 resource fields. (i have a 1/2 lv10 lumber city and a 3/4 lv10 iron city )

    soo.. yeah.... hope i helped.
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