Travian: A Real-Time Economy and Conquest Game - Page 50

On February 24 2006 19:43 Anihc wrote:
Wow, we've been discussing all 3 of these questions in tl.net1 forums. And we haven't reached any conclusions.

1. Rom and Asceleon (pop ~240) are currently working towards their 2nd village, Rom says he'll probably be able to expo in 2 days. I'm (pop ~220) working on my 2nd settler out of the 3 needed, so I'll be able to expo tomorrow. We don't know if we're expanding too early or too late.

2. I think we reached an agreement on this one, you should build a residence in your main village. First of all, a residence is much cheaper than a palace. Second, if you plan on expoing into a 9 or 15 crop village, those are much sought after, so a palace would help protect it better. A palace also gives a defense bonus like a wall.

3. If you expo close, you can protect it better and transfer resources faster. If you expo farther away, you can expand your raiding range. However, you probably don't want to end up producing the same troops from both villages, since the upgrades you get only apply to the units produced in the village where you got the upgrades. You don't want to get the same upgrades twice. You would want to specialize your villages, so you probably won't end up getting raiding troops from both villages.

On February 24 2006 19:30 tenbagger wrote:
Here's a question:

At what stage should I think about expanding? I have 210 population right now with most of my fields at lvl 7. Should I slowly think about bulding a palace/residence and upgrading it, or should I wait until I have my fields fully upgraded and brickworks/iron stable/bakery/sawmill built?

Second question is should I build a palace or residence in my main village?

Finally, when I do decide to expand, should I build the new village right next to my original? Or should I space them out?

On February 24 2006 19:58 tenbagger wrote:


thx anihc, seems like you guys have a great forum for discussion. Just one question: Where are these 9 and 15 crop villages. Ive checked everything near me and they are all 6 or 7 crop fields. Am I just unlucky or am I looking in the wrong place?

So I guess I should start building a residence and upgrading it since I'm pretty close to you guys in pop.

On February 24 2006 19:43 Anihc wrote:
Wow, we've been discussing all 3 of these questions in tl.net1 forums. And we haven't reached any conclusions.

1. Rom and Asceleon (pop ~240) are currently working towards their 2nd village, Rom says he'll probably be able to expo in 2 days. I'm (pop ~220) working on my 2nd settler out of the 3 needed, so I'll be able to expo tomorrow. We don't know if we're expanding too early or too late.

2. I think we reached an agreement on this one, you should build a residence in your main village. First of all, a residence is much cheaper than a palace. Second, if you plan on expoing into a 9 or 15 crop village, those are much sought after, so a palace would help protect it better. A palace also gives a defense bonus like a wall.

3. If you expo close, you can protect it better and transfer resources faster. If you expo farther away, you can expand your raiding range. However, you probably don't want to end up producing the same troops from both villages, since the upgrades you get only apply to the units produced in the village where you got the upgrades. You don't want to get the same upgrades twice. You would want to specialize your villages, so you probably won't end up getting raiding troops from both villages.

On February 24 2006 20:15 oneofthem wrote:
teehee...

Raiding cavalry is fine in both villages, as they are not the main fighting force. What yous hould do is get one village specialized in offense and the other one defense.

On February 24 2006 16:02 NeoIllusions wrote:


What race are you?

On February 24 2006 21:13 decafchicken wrote:


teuton

On February 24 2006 20:19 NeoIllusions wrote:


Main village for O or D?

On February 24 2006 21:24 oneofthem wrote:
D. Unless you are in a giant alliance that's willingot defend you.

On February 24 2006 21:29 NeoIllusions wrote:


Main village for defense, yet you guys are trying to get 15 crop field villages for your new expansion. How are you guys going to manage any kind of economy for offense with your second village with just 3 resource fields?