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    Dunno...feels SO much better never having to log back in again. Takes away all the anxiety and frustration: "Was I attacked overnight? Did my armies starve to death? What did they nerf this time??"
    FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOM!

    Signed, Evony ex-addict

    ETA: To add a semblance of on-topic-ness, I've only attacked a Lvl 10 barbie once. Lost 97k archers, 3k transports. All research fully maxed out, 142 Atk hero.
    Science never sleeps...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DLSH View Post
    Memo what's your hero attack?
    look below the picture

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    So only a war ensign and 100k archers with a high attack hero can really take out a level 10 with only 10k loss?! WOW THAT'S GREAT THEN! BTW it's before or after the trebuchet patch when they get 5k range?

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    Ok, well despite the extra server downtime in the middle, I took my lvl 10 barb. I used a war ensign, penicillin, war horn and corselet. My starting wave was 105k archers, 15k ballista, 1500 rams and other troops for layering. It was 2.8 miles away and it took me about 50 minutes to complete (about 15 minutes in the middle there unable to log on and frantically refreshing my screen trying to will it to come back on).

    My follow-up waves were 20k archers and 20k warriors with layers in each. I timed it so that they were all hitting about 1 1/2 minutes apart. In total (it seemed like a lot more) I lost about 45k of each, archers and warriors.

    To be on topic, it's my understanding that ballistae are basically the equivalent of several archers. So when you're limited on how much you can send out, it helps with the power of the first attack. I'll have to try just archers next time and compare the results, but I'd like to think my ballistae played a role... at least I hope, lol. They've always been more effective than archers only on lower lvls... I can't imagine they really wouldn't participate at all due to the range.
    Last edited by dolphinaca; 06-26-2009 at 07:45 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruyan View Post
    Dunno...feels SO much better never having to log back in again. Takes away all the anxiety and frustration: "Was I attacked overnight? Did my armies starve to death? What did they nerf this time??"
    FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOM!

    Signed, Evony ex-addict

    ETA: To add a semblance of on-topic-ness, I've only attacked a Lvl 10 barbie once. Lost 97k archers, 3k transports. All research fully maxed out, 142 Atk hero.
    Teach me your ways my master... lol.

    I'm slowly coming out of my addiction, taking a lvl 10 was kind of a last accomplishment before I disconnect the Evony drip IV from my veins.
    ^_^ LadyAngela of Valens-Server 2 ^_^

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    Quote Originally Posted by dolphinaca View Post
    Teach me your ways my master... lol.

    I'm slowly coming out of my addiction, taking a lvl 10 was kind of a last accomplishment before I disconnect the Evony drip IV from my veins.
    Easy: I've played on S2 since its dawn (and also joined S1 a tenday later), and with the recent snowballing changes to game there simply isn't anything left for me to do. So I just went away for a weekend to watch a high-school friend of mine get married, and I never logged back. I still keep in touch with a few old clan mates on MSN or Facebook...that's the ONLY good thing I got out of Evony. And I still frequent this here forum
    Science never sleeps...

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    battle5.evony.com/default.html?logfile/16/4a/e2/4e/164ae24eb05e5871f88a24e5d25d75ff.xml

    so far my best combo

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    Yeah, archer only is a good method only if you have the war ensigns to burn or a monstrous atack hero that basically makes your archers ballistas lol. For those of you without these luxuries, you will need a large ballista and archer force. And warriors will make you take horrendous losses, it's better if the archers are at full strength to shoot the warriors until they reach them.
    Swords are better but still the best is massive ranged power.
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