Newbie Guide for NPC

[sharmane]

traps will not hurt ballistas and transports.

[licker]

I'd just like to add the combination (which isnt listed)

Archery 6 - HBR 4

for npc lvl 1 and 2 work

done this with 30 ballistas on lvl 1 npc and 50 ballistas on lvl 2 nps many times, 0 losses. (do not take other troops such as archers, warriors, workers) use transports instead to carry the plunder as workers have losses in these cases.

just adding this info for those lower level guys like myself who want to plunder while awaiting for archery upgrades 7 and 8 (which takes some time and a lot of gold)

so to confirm wat im saying
Archery lvl 6 - HBR lvl 4
30 ballistas for npc's lvl 1 - 0 losses
50 ballistas for npc lvl 2 - 0 losses

(use transports to carry goods back, not workers)

lol...

dude, lvl1 and 2 don't have ATs anyway, so your tech levels really do not make any difference whatsoever.

[danwithabeer]

lol...

dude, lvl1 and 2 don't have ATs anyway, so your tech levels really do not make any difference whatsoever.

lol true, the techs dont matter, my bad. shoulda just said attack with ballista's if u dont want to lose anymen. (still learnin this ****, forgot about AT not even being in 1-2's)

[cloudie0976]

Archery 08 / HBR 07 (0 Losses confirmed by akeness)
*NOTE
If you have these tech levels and you are incurring losses, it's because your hero attacks are too low, or you aren't sending in enough ballistas.

Archery 08/ Hbr 07 - Hero att 129 with 550 ballista, 49 loss
no losses for me at Archery 08 / Hbr 06 combination - 500 ballista, 0 losses

[LordMac123]

I usually send 590 bal and 600+ trans. Attack hero with 90+ stat should do this ok. I have archery lv10 and hbr lv7 i think. This shouldn't give any losses. If you want proof:
battle118.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100418/69/ad/69ad8ca28a44c781a6d6ef96987aec4b.xml


This always works for me. Hope it works for you too. Also, send like 100 workers for the ride and your hero should get more XP. Go to rally spot med camp afterwards to recover 10% or 40% (depends if you have honor, I have over 200k off of defense one time).
Thanks
LM123
Thanks to Ravensigs for the cool sig!

[Lux]

What about with Arch 9 and HBR 3?

[Fletcher1]

Archery 08 / HBR 05 (0 Losses confirmed by me, shoko-koko, Cudaman73)


Archery 09 / HBR 05 (Small losses from units but @ tower safe range, confirmed by me)

How come archery lvl 8 is better than archery lvl 9?

[cbsurfrat]

Now my question is does anyone know the techs, troops, et cetera needed to prevent losses and/or ambush during transports?

[drenaiman]

just to point out half of these guides need updating.
with full tech i can hit the following with a hero over 100 attack

L1 npc 20 balista no loss
L2 npc 50 balista no loss
L3 npc 130 balista no loss
L4 npc 200 balista no loss
L5 npc 320 balista no loss

the L3 & L4's can be done with less & the L5 I have done with 300 balista but lost 3

[pynut]

just to point out half of these guides need updating.
with full tech i can hit the following with a hero over 100 attack

L1 npc 20 balista no loss
L2 npc 50 balista no loss
L3 npc 130 balista no loss
L4 npc 200 balista no loss
L5 npc 320 balista no loss

the L3 & L4's can be done with less & the L5 I have done with 300 balista but lost 3

Here is something i can remember from a thread that got deleted, this is the amount of ballistas needed for a successful attack with zero losses on lvl 1-5 NPC's regardless of what your hero level/attack is. Of course you need a Archery/HBR combo with zero losses too.

NPC lvl 1 - 20 Ballistas
NPC lvl 2 - 50 Ballistas
NPC lvl 3 - 170 Ballistas
NPC lvl 4 - 250 Ballistas
NPC lvl 5 - 550 Ballistas

So no those guides dont need updating...you however need to read better

Of course you can do it with 300 (i can) without losses but not everyone has such high attack heroes...everyone should find his/her lowest number him/herself based on what (s)he has