FAQ and Myths

[Quilla]

Q: What are the best buildings to have in your cities?
A: Barracks. Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT have 1 billion cottages. Barracks are needed, unless you have a war city. That is different.

Tell me how many troops you can build with 20 barracks and 5 cottages. You want a blend of the two.

Q: What is the best resource city to have?
A: Lumber. Lumber sells for about 5 gold / 1 lumber, so you can have lots of gold. Let's check it out...
Food = 3rd. Once your army eats up all the food, you can't do anything, since all your fields are taken up and your only resources are being yummied away.
Lumber = 1st. If you sell all the lumber you get, you can buy food, therefore supporting around 5 times more food then a food city.
Stone = 4th. Stone sells for nothing, and it is almost completely worthless.
Iron = 2nd. Iron is around the same as lumber, but it takes too long to make ironmines.
Therefore, lumber is the best.

... on your server. I would recommend one city dedicated to iron and one to lumber, and keep that parity as you grow. You can send lumber to the iron cities and vice versa and not have to worry about reaching capacity. If you watch the market prices, you can sell when either of their prices surge and not just be dependent on the price of one.