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    Default Managing food for mega armies

    Heya,

    I recently learnt that v large armies (negative 100 mil food per hour) are kept by having zero food in all cities. (Since troops don't die off when food runs out).

    The challenge is to make food available some how when you want to train troops, build, attack etc.

    Are there any comprehensive guides focusing on this specific subject? If not, can someone help fill in my gaps?

    Ways of getting food to get the cogs turning:
    - Transport a bit of food from an alliance member (or alt) then farm.
    - Use up a facebook food pack, then farm
    - Store food in transports in a valley, recall when needed.
    - Store large amounts of gold and buy food on the market

    Have I missed anything? Which is the best? Or different ones at different times?

    Other questions: what resource fields should be built and why? Does it make a difference if it's for a war city, HC or another type?

    So many questions!! I don't know where to begin. Help!
    Ty!!

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    Store some in a valley or open royal food pack(1,180,00)from facebook so you can get farming waves out

    Res fields don't matter if your running- 100m as you will be farming your resources

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    Quote Originally Posted by jmf View Post
    Ways of getting food to get the cogs turning:
    - Transport a bit of food from an alliance member (or alt) then farm.
    - Use up a facebook food pack, then farm
    - Store food in transports in a valley, recall when needed.
    - Store large amounts of gold and buy food on the market

    Have I missed anything? Which is the best? Or different ones at different times?
    Quote Originally Posted by mattyts View Post
    Store some in a valley or open royal food pack(1,180,00)from facebook so you can get farming waves out

    Res fields don't matter if your running- 100m as you will be farming your resources
    Helps to read the OP

    Getting all your buddies to send you merchant packs on facebook really helps to make your routine faster when using the market, and having them handy is good when you need to do anything fast. You have pretty much covered the options available to you though. selling off your excess wood/iron will help to keep up your gold levels. you may want to judge on whether you keep food/trans in valleys by how active your server is....meaning that people are very familiar with this tactic now and while it's accepted that we don't attack peoples valleys if there is trans holding food in a valley it's fair game to hit.

    YNWA

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    You can also store food in your market. Post it at a high price so no one will buy it. when you need the food delete the post and the food will be back in your city. You can do that with all supplies really but it has worked for me.

    Lord Deimos
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    Quote Originally Posted by badronald View Post
    You can also store food in your market. Post it at a high price so no one will buy it. when you need the food delete the post and the food will be back in your city. You can do that with all supplies really but it has worked for me.

    Lord Deimos
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    if you do that, when food reaches zero in all cities the food on the market cancels itself and gets put back in the cities. that's what i have witnessed anyway. or have i missed something.....?

    YNWA

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gamble View Post
    if you do that, when food reaches zero in all cities the food on the market cancels itself and gets put back in the cities. that's what i have witnessed anyway. or have i missed something.....?
    You are correct.

    Another method is to levy food using a HC and farm.

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    tyvm everyone!

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    Wow thanks for the market tip I would have never thought of that trick on my own. Being a noob I need all the help I can get, lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrcheerful View Post
    Wow thanks for the market tip I would have never thought of that trick on my own. Being a noob I need all the help I can get, lol.
    the market trick dosent work.once food hits 0.all food market offers are withdrawn

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