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  1. #131

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    Quote Originally Posted by RYO View Post
    why cant i find any rose medals?
    Keep trying, I got three rose and two lions last night.

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    Thumbs up Hey Doomsteed, YOUR guide is the best guide for medals EVER!

    I have tried your methods on server 93 and have had great results. In fact, I'm so pleased with your post that I've proof-read and edited it, cleaned up the typos and made it pretty! The only thing I couldn't do is include the images (sorry about that).

    So here it is, with a great big THANK YOU to Doomsteed:


    Ok, well this is my first attempt at a guide so bear with me.

    I am currently on server 92, with enough medals to reach the title of prinzessin when I desire it.

    So, to get started, you are going to want about 100k archers (enough for 4-5 valleys), around 5k cav, some ballistas and some pikemen and swordsmen (for layering).

    First, you need to capture the maximum valleys your town can have (I usually have nine lvl10 valleys). If you do not have enough, just go and capture the lowest level valleys near you.

    Begin by scouting all lvl10 valleys around you, up to 15 miles away (at Compass lvl9 will take 31 minutes to reach a valley 15 miles away).

    These are the valleys to look for:

    Any combination of the following:
    • Warriors/pikemen/swordsmen
    • All archers
    • Cavalry with up to 2 other types of units (excluding archers)


    As you scout the valleys, write down the coordinates. If the valley has any of the desired combinations, record what kind of units and how many of each are in the valley, as you will need to know this later. Once all the valleys have been scouted and the scouts have returned, its time to send out attacks.


    Warrior/pikemen/swordsmen valleys

    Against the warriors/pikemen/swordsmen I send 25k archers. This may be too many, but it will allow you to carry back ALL the resources the valley can drop (as long as you do not conquer it).

    The valley resource drop rates are:

    Lumber: 10x the experience you earn (so if you get 80k experience for killing 20k warriors you end up with 800k lumber)

    Iron: 4x the experience you earn

    Stone: 5x the experience you earn

    Food: 10x the experience you earn


    All archer valley

    Against an all archer valley, all you need to do is send cavalry equal to the number of archers, plus 1 scout.

    E.g. If a valley has 8500 archers, i send 8500 cav.


    Pure cavalry/Cav + 1 unit, Cav + 2 units (excluding archers) valley (See edit at end)

    It is possible to attack a valley with cavalry in it, and take small losses (swordsmen and pikemen).

    Firstly, you will need to send some ballistae along with the attack, so this method is only really viable for valleys up to 5 miles away. Against a flat with cav, you need to send at least 1 ballista, 10 pikeman, 10 swordsmen plus archers, depending on how many other units accompany the cav.

    For a pure cav valley, I send 15k archers with 10 swordsmen and 10 pikemen plus 1 ballista. You will lose the 10 swordsmen and the 10 pikemen.

    For a valley with cavalry and 1 other type of unit or 2 types of units along with cav you need to send 30k archers, plus the above layering.


    What next

    Once you finish sending out all the attacks, record the time that you finish, as this is the time you will use to send out your next attacks.

    Personally I have found that the best way to get medals is to let the valleys fully regenerate (this takes 1 hour). So, if I start sending my attacks at 1:00 and I finish at 1:05, I record 1:05. Therefore, at 2:05, 1 hour has passed so I will send out another wave of attacks.

    If you did not find enough level 10 valleys to attack, you can scout level 9s and use the same method (you will only need about 15k archers per valley). I did this a few days but I only managed 1 or 2 medals out of 30 attacks on lvl 9s.


    Multi-wave attacks

    I do not advise this method, as you will lose a lot of archers in the process. I tried this on a level 9 forest, to see what happens. You will need a free valley spot in your town hall. Basically you send at attack at the valley blind, followed by another 8 at 30 second intervals. Your first attack will hit and capture the valley, you then abandon it and wait for the next attack to hit and repeat untill all the attacks finish. I sent out 9 waves of 20k archers, spaced 30 seconds apart at a the lvl 9 forest. I gained one honor medal on my first attack and lost about 10k archers in the process (one valley managed to kill 6k, and this is only a lvl 9). Use this method at your own risk, as you will almost definitely lose archers.


    Where to find your medals (This may not be 100% accurate)

    Cross: everywhere - mainly grasslands.

    Rose: lvl 10 flats gave me the most rose medals.

    Lion: lvl 10 hills gave me the most lion medals.

    Honor: lvl 10 forests (lvl 9 also seem to drop a decent amount).

    Freedom: not really sure - I seemed to get a lot from swamps.

    Wisdom: not sure.

    Courage: Seemed to drop everywhere, got one less courage than cross. =(

    Nation: Lvl 10 hills gave me the most.

    Justice: Level 10 swamps and deserts - I got about the same amount from each (I think 2 more from swamps)

    Although these are the best places to find the medals, I think I have got every different medal from every kind of valley.


    The following is an example of my days medal hunting (its a bit messy, all valleys are lvl 10 unless otherwise stated):

    Hit #1 : nation, freedom, cross - (20 hits)

    Hit #2 : justice (swamp), nation (hill), courage (swamp) ? (20 hits)

    Hit #3 : freedom (swamp), nation (swamp lvl 9), rose (forest) ? 25 hits

    Hit #4 : lion (desert) ? 25 hits

    Hit #5 : lion (desert), wisdom (desert), honour (grassland) ? 25 hits

    Hit #6 : courage (swamp), - 25 hits

    Hit #7 : freedom (swamp), honour (forest), cross (grassland), courage (hill), cross (grassland), lion (grassland) ? 25 hits

    Hit #8 : nation (hill), cross (grassland), honour(hill),

    Random test : lvl 9 forest spam 7 ? warrior hit - honor

    Hit #9 : justice (desert), nation (hill), lion (desert), lion (grassland), honour (forest), courage (hill), wisdom (hill)

    Hit #10 : wisdom (desert), justice (desert) , courage (hill)

    As stated above, I hit these at 1 hour intervals.

    So that concludes my guide as to where I found my medals. If there is anything you think I forgot, need to add/clarify or tidy up, please let me know.


    Update

    A friend from my alliance has been hitting valleys with an intel hero and told me she is getting more medals using intel heroes (60+ found from the inn). This may be true, I don?t have proof ? I?m done with medal hunting, but if you do decide to use high intel heroes, feel free to post your results here, compared to normal heroes.


    Update 20/1/10

    Ok, I have started sending warriors along with my attacks to valleys with cav and it seems it is possible to hit valleys with 4 units (including cav) with warrior losses.

    Also if you are taking some losses try sending some warriors along.

    As you can see from the following screenshot, I only sent 1k warriors to the same forest and i lost 1700 archers.

    Currently, I am not sure how many warriors you need to send along to get no archer losses, so use with caution.


    IMPORTANT EDIT

    If you are taking losses with the cav method send 100 warriors along with the pikes and swords. I took a few random archer losses but now that I also send 100 warriors I haven?t taken any losses since.

    Last edited by Izzibella; 01-27-2010 at 04:48 PM. Reason: typo

  3. #133

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    I'm surprised to see the grudging addition of a random number of warriors at the end of the OP, since I suggested the addition of a warrior and a worker in one of the early posts in this thread.

    If there is a reason why adding 1k warriors is better than adding 1 warrior, it's a game mechanic I have not been exposed to. Warriors are cheap, yes, but I don't see the point of blowing 100k wood and some barracks time for no reason.

    I do this rainbow with one of each of the four types of melee units, as many archers as possible, a good attack leader, and the ballista of course. This is a risky attack but seems to fully succeed often enough that it's the way to go if you have to farm this kind of valley or have to take one to augment city production.

    If you are doing this attack hourly for a whole day, you just have to get it right once, then repeat that.

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    my wife and i have used this on server 89 and it seems to work as well, ive attacked 8 different vallies and gotten 8 medals, im still hitting vallies all over but seems to work great,... thanks for the info

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    So far I've used the methods described here and I've been able to get several medals per day. I attacked everything from level 7 - 10 valleys and had success on them. I'm not going to sit here and say every hit is a success but I'm getting them frequently enough to justify the losses of troops.

    I noticed that most medals are given if you win overwhelming within just 1 round.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anoxia View Post
    I'm surprised to see the grudging addition of a random number of warriors at the end of the OP, since I suggested the addition of a warrior and a worker in one of the early posts in this thread.

    If there is a reason why adding 1k warriors is better than adding 1 warrior, it's a game mechanic I have not been exposed to. Warriors are cheap, yes, but I don't see the point of blowing 100k wood and some barracks time for no reason.
    PLEASE read my post/look at my screenshots before commenting. IF you actually looked at them you would see that i sent 1k warriors and took 1700 archer losses from the cavs, but when i sent 10k i lost 5600 warriors and no archers. So imagine if i only sent 1 warrior along i would get the same result. ALSO the resources u gain most probably outweigh the warrior losses.

    Basically this is for people that dont mind losing a few warriors in the hope to get a medal, as you will take warrior losses if you try farming cav+3. I guess this is because of the number of units in there, cav kill warriors/2 layers in first round and then that leaves archers open to warriors/pikes/swords.
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  7. #137

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    yo m8 i have tryed this out and stuff but it dont allways work with the number of att u have to hit with because i have hit the same one 30times or more now and it still hasnt gave me anything and im on server 106 yano what i mean thogh coz it gets anoying because you can get them fast and it takes me for ever

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    Quote Originally Posted by badboy0987 View Post
    yo m8 i have tryed this out and stuff but it dont allways work with the number of att u have to hit with because i have hit the same one 30times or more now and it still hasnt gave me anything and im on server 106 yano what i mean thogh coz it gets anoying because you can get them fast and it takes me for ever
    Well for starters if you have hit it 30 times your already doing something wrong. I say hit them once an hour, and there are only 24 hours in a day ( if your on ALL day) so you aren't following my guide.

    Or you could be capturing and abandoning which is not advised due to troop changes in the valley.

    Yes my guide may not be perfect but at least follow it before criticizing it :S
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    Was trying your guide and had success in lvl 9 valleys.

    However, I hit a lvl 10 valley that had the same amount of troops as a lvl 9 I just recently hit and my archers were wiped out for it.

    battle130.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100131/a9/2d/a92dce64786e9a924c8fbe8cc2699231.xml

    I don't know how 1 lvl could make such a difference. There was a low amount of troops and I know I didn't have 25k archers but I had success doing this on lvl 9 with 10k archers and the enemy troop levels were very similar (only 300 more cavalry). I know there is a bit of a tech difference but is there something else more to it? Like town hall lvl or something? It's just I've noticed some things that should work that don't work when starting out and it doesn't seem to always correlate to your research levels but something else in the game. It's hard to explain.
    Last edited by Grimlorn; 02-01-2010 at 12:44 AM.

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    just wondering do you have to conquer the valley or were you just attacking and if both did it seem to make a difference. i been hitting valley s left and right non stop for hrs at a time with no luck at all

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