Great Browser Game - Travian

talkshowhost · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:05

seems like a lot of us got hit last night

I got attacked in the only 3 hour window that I had troops in my camp when I was asleep. He had 15 imperatoris and 29 of my 30 maceman got slaughtered. not impressed still i suppose the upside is my wheat production took a healthy jump.

The combat simultor doesn't take into account the wall/hero bonus etc so maybe this would massively reduce the amount of troops needed to defend?

peetee · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:08

talkshowhost said:
seems like a lot of us got hit last night

I got attacked in the only 3 hour window that I had troops in my camp when I was asleep. He had 15 imperatoris and 29 of my 30 maceman got slaughtered. not impressed still i suppose the upside is my wheat production took a healthy jump.

The combat simultor doesn't take into account the wall/hero bonus etc so maybe this would massively reduce the amount of troops needed to defend?

i bet the 'PLUS' combat sim does.. only a few quid.. awfully tempting.. gunna keep playing tonight, see if im into it.

Pants · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:13

I wonder if we could alliance with SPQR. I am right next to one of their highest members (Isanthes) and we are getting on pretty well and have a NAP. Also SPQR and OcUK are both already allianced with a common team PT&UK.

(edit: Caustic I will leave this up to you)

Skeme · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:15

mrdbristol said:
ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M VERY AFRAID !!!

I was attacked earlier and lost all my troops ( 8 Macemen )

The attack was from a fellow Teuton who sent 62 Axemen ( I killed 1 )

With that result in mind ( i.e 62 attacked me / 1 killed ) i ran a Combat Simulation to see what defensive troops i would need to have killed all 62 Axemen.

( i gradually increased the troop numbers until the result came back at 62 attacked / 62 killed )

I would need 2200 troops to defeat a raiding party of 62 !

To check it , i ran it again based on same troop i.e Axemen vs Axemen

Result ( 62 attack / 62 killed ) = I would need 3360 Axemen in defence / Cost = 437K - 404K - 572K - 235K ( Wood/Clay/Iron/Wheat )

Please tell me this is wrong because if it is correct i see no point at all in trying to defend.

Mark

In a raid its more about damage limitation. The two armies dont fight to the death like they do in a normal attack so each player will only loose a few troops unless you are defending with a substantially smaller force with poor defensive stats. Macemen and Axmen have very poor stats in defence against infantry so you would need loads of em to make a dent in a raiding force but 100 paladins would kill 55 out of 62 axemen making the attackers raid very costly and fruitless. In a normal attack 37 paladins would kill all 62. Throw in a Paladin hero with some points in defence and the defensive bonus from having a wall and any raiding infantry are gonna suffer badly.

If it was me i would send any troops with poor defensive stats away for the duration of the raid and let my cranny/defensive troops take care of it.

talkshowhost · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:18

peetee said:
i bet the 'PLUS' combat sim does.. only a few quid.. awfully tempting.. gunna keep playing tonight, see if im into it.

I actually have a PLUS account and looking at the combat sim it does indeed have options for city wall, hero etc. who knows excatly how it works though?

peetee · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:22

i have no idea about anything right now, i just poured most my resources into upgrading my wheat fields now realising i should have also upgraded the others :d now im going to have to wait donkeys to start upgrading things, got 2 clays upgraded, wait a little while for iron, then a little while longer and 1wood, and go from there

west of me is completely deserted, the oasis have small numbers of animals there too, we're talking about 10 in total or something, worth me raiding them once iv got a small attacking force?

Brizzles · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:25

Pants said:
I wonder if we could alliance with SPQR. I am right next to one of their highest members (Isanthes) and we are getting on pretty well and have a NAP. Also SPQR and OcUK are both already allianced with a common team PT&UK.

(edit: Caustic I will leave this up to you)

I looked at this alliance but it gets confusing.

Follow the alliance chain :

SPQR > [-TSL-] > ~SCAR~ > UK > UFE ( and wings ) > Power A ( and wings )> BOOM > its goes on.

So we will become allianced with virtually every allance above us , and the ones that we aren't linked with have NAPS with the others.

Mark

peetee · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:36

well thats dull, i vote destroy everything

touch · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:41

sniffy said:
Touch: Do you have an attack force yet? Perhaps we should start making our presence felt in the area soon

You killed them all, remember? :mad:

I havnt really recovered yet, will start looking into an army once i get my resource fields upgraded properly.

ca9phoenix · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:00

eek i'm about to be attacked by THIS Guy, i only have 9 troops and a level 4 cranny, what should i do?

Psypher5 · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:02

how many resources have you got? ENough for cranny to cover?

if not, spend them and send your troops farrr away, then cancel after he attacks

Brizzles · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:03

ca9phoenix said:
eek i'm about to be attacked by THIS Guy, i only have 9 troops and a level 4 cranny, what should i do?

Send your troops to raid the nearest weak village.

Spend as much as you can on anything that is in excess of your Cranny protection.

Change your underwear !

Mark

Skeme · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:03

ca9phoenix said:
eek i'm about to be attacked by THIS Guy, i only have 9 troops and a level 4 cranny, what should i do?

Move your troops away and make sure resource levels dont exceed your crannys capacity.

ca9phoenix · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:09

thanks guys troops are running away now and he'll only get wheat!!! i presume he won't destroy anything?!?

JaffaJedi · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:13

I would send my troops off to raid somewhere and build build build

my opinion only

Sinque · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:14

ca9phoenix said:
thanks guys troops are running away now and he'll only get wheat!!! i presume he won't destroy anything?!?

Not without catapults. Even with them they do nothing to small villages anyhow

Pants · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:30

mrdbristol said:
I looked at this alliance but it gets confusing.

Follow the alliance chain :

SPQR > [-TSL-] > ~SCAR~ > UK > UFE ( and wings ) > Power A ( and wings )> BOOM > its goes on.

So we will become allianced with virtually every allance above us , and the ones that we aren't linked with have NAPS with the others.

Mark

Fair enough... But at the moment it is:

OCUK > PT&UK > SPQR > [-TSL-] > ~SCAR~ > UK > UFE ( and wings ) > Power A ( and wings )> etc... etc...

So there would be no change really. We are inderectly alliance with about every team anyway.

ca9phoenix · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:50

does anyone whand 500 wheat? i could do with getting rid before i'm attacked

touch · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:54

ca9phoenix said:
does anyone whand 500 wheat? i could do with getting rid before i'm attacked

me 77,-21

ca9phoenix · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:58

touch said:
me 77,-21

sorry i just sent it to the person in the alliance with the least population, there 9 hours away so there's no chance of it being returned pre attack... in 4 hours