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DrAlimentado
07-05-2005, 14:39
Or, How I did a 3mil upgrade.

I needed 3mil for my covert level 8 upgrade. I cannot hold that much gold (my DA is 750k) and banking is ok, but I hate losing 25% value so I saved a bunch of attack turns (75) instead.

To maximise my chances of not having money stolen whilst I am still attacking I select my targets (recon) and have about 8 viable targets (>1mil cash, <2mil DA - my SA is 3mil+, larger army than me) open in seperate windows. I need 3/4 steals I reckon, but I get extra targets incase they lose their cash before I get to it.

To attack 3/4 targets will still take a few minutes in which time my treasury may grow temptingly large, so I attack whilst the rankings are being updated - because your stats do not update on the attack screen during this time, dammed useful thing that!

Okay, I keep hitting refresh on the rankings screen like a blasted junkie monkey until it says 'Rankings will update in 0 minutes' then I quickly start attacking my victims;

My starting gold = 413,583 (about as much as I can hope to hold)


Your soldiers march onto the battlefield

Your generals report on your army's status:

120 of your soldiers are trained attack specialists
0 of your army consists of untrained soldiers

All 120 of your trained soldiers receive weapons

4 are given a Blackpowder Missile
37 are given a Dragon
40 are given a Warg
10 are given a Warblade
5 are given a Spear
5 are given a Sling
19 are given a Knife

None of your 0 untrained soldiers have weapons

Your field scouts report on the status of the enemy:

The enemy has 4 trained soldiers with weapons and 262 with no weapons

None of the enemy's 40 untrained soldiers have weapons


Both sides charge!
Your army strikes!

Your troops inflict 2,388,770 damage on the enemy!
The enemy sustains 4 casualties!

homegod's forces counter-attack and inflict 157,271 damage on your army!
Your army sustains 0 casualties!

Your generals report on your weapon damage:

Blackpowder Missile

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 10,000 to 9,986.67

Dragon

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 2,560 to 2,551.69

Warg

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 640 to 637.92

Warblade

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 160 to 160

Spear

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 40 to 39.94

Sling

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 10 to 10

Knife

1 were not used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 5 to 4.99


You trounced the enemy!

As homegod's army runs from the battlefield you examine the collected spoils:
You stole 1,217,260 gold from homegod!
You return to camp, your troops elated from your glorious victory.


w00t!! A fantastic start!

My gold = 1,630,843

Quick as a flash I start on the next victim:


Your soldiers march onto the battlefield

Your generals report on your army's status:

120 of your soldiers are trained attack specialists
0 of your army consists of untrained soldiers

All 120 of your trained soldiers receive weapons

4 are given a Blackpowder Missile
37 are given a Dragon
40 are given a Warg
10 are given a Warblade
5 are given a Spear
5 are given a Sling
19 are given a Knife

None of your 0 untrained soldiers have weapons

Your field scouts report on the status of the enemy:

The enemy has all 70 trained soldiers with weapons

None of the enemy's 204 untrained soldiers have weapons


Both sides charge!
Your army strikes!

Your troops inflict 2,284,814 damage on the enemy!
The enemy sustains 3 casualties!

Drainus's forces counter-attack and inflict 1,041,329 damage on your army!
Your army sustains 0 casualties!

Your generals report on your weapon damage:

Blackpowder Missile

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 9,986.67 to 9,986.67

Dragon

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 2,551.69 to 2,547.55

Warg

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 637.92 to 637.92

Warblade

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 160 to 159.76

Spear

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 39.94 to 39.83

Sling

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 10 to 10

Knife

1 were not used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 4.99 to 4.98


You annihilated the enemy!

As Drainus's army runs from the battlefield you examine the collected spoils:
You stole 671,554 gold from Drainus!
You return to camp, your troops elated from your glorious victory.


Not as good, but okay, my gold = 2,302,397

Just one more more good hit needed! [charge]


Your soldiers march onto the battlefield

Your generals report on your army's status:

120 of your soldiers are trained attack specialists
0 of your army consists of untrained soldiers

All 120 of your trained soldiers receive weapons

4 are given a Blackpowder Missile
37 are given a Dragon
40 are given a Warg
10 are given a Warblade
5 are given a Spear
5 are given a Sling
19 are given a Knife

None of your 0 untrained soldiers have weapons

Your field scouts report on the status of the enemy:

The enemy has 35 trained soldiers with weapons and 568 with no weapons

None of the enemy's 217 untrained soldiers have weapons


Both sides charge!
Your army strikes!

Your troops inflict 2,113,202 damage on the enemy!
The enemy sustains 6 casualties!

IkbenSven's forces counter-attack and inflict 947,486 damage on your army!
Your army sustains 0 casualties!

Your generals report on your weapon damage:

Blackpowder Missile

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 9,986.67 to 9,960.04

Dragon

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 2,547.55 to 2,539.28

Warg

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 637.92 to 637.92

Warblade

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 159.76 to 159.76

Spear

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 39.83 to 39.77

Sling

All were used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 10 to 10

Knife

1 were not used
None were found to be sabotaged
Weapon strength went from 4.98 to 4.98


You crippled the enemy!

As IkbenSven's army runs from the battlefield you examine the collected spoils:
You stole 918,192 gold from IkbenSven!
You return to camp, your troops elated from your glorious victory.



My Gold = 3,220,589

[party]

Manically I tab back to the training screen I already have open and hit the 'upgrade covert level' button - Badaa!!

[ninja]

Mission accomplished!

I was sweating it a bit at the end, my heart was thumping... hee!! excitement!! [fdevil]

My new stats:


Name DrAli
Race Orcs
Rank 28,361
Commander ProPain


Military Overview
Fortification Battlements
Siege Technology Catapults
Unit Production 10 per 24 hours
Available Funds 108,283 Gold
Projected Income Next Turn 76,230 Gold (in 11 minutes)
Attack Turns 30
Spy Level 9


Officers
Name Army Rank Unique Link
gruenSchWein 1,041 Orcs 54,319 f5phwdyb
Banzai_the_Mad 1,459 Orcs 79,070 jhdb9td6
Fluxweaver 74 Orcs 81,400 493c5w9g
Kingreno 25 Elves 102,699 zpi86ue3

Military Effectiveness
Strike Action 3,164,167 Ranked #27,256
Defensive Action 751,050 Ranked #46,341
Spy Rating 1,997,824 Ranked #23,344
Sentry Rating 482,304 Ranked #37,336


Personnel
Trained Attack Soldiers 120
Trained Attack Mercenaries 0
Trained Defense Soldiers 60
Trained Defense Mercenaries 0
Untrained Soldiers 0
Untrained Mercenaries 0
Spies 3,846
Sentries 900
Total Fighting Force 180

ProPain
07-05-2005, 15:19
Nice job! When I upgraded to 9 some bastard got lucky. He saw my 1M attacked and hit just when I finished another attack. Instead of a part of 1M he got 2M, he must have had an exceptional day.

For the last upgrade (6,4M)I'm banking in weapons and plan to the sell/upgrade in 2 windows during update time.

Mistfit
07-05-2005, 15:59
That's great. I love the fact that you have almost 4000 spies! I though I was overloading a bit by having 20 of them [lol]

DrAlimentado
07-05-2005, 16:02
Bank/Sell during update should be much safer - thats the way I'll do the 6mil one too I think. unless I can get my SA high enough to take some super-steals... mwuahahaha.

How will you bank your money? I am tempted to bank in big weapons (as you get the increase in rating) but there is the downside that they will be damaged if they get used.
I think I'll end up banking in knives, so by having 100 'good' weapons (wargs+) - with 100 attack soldiers and 0 untrained men I'll avoid them being used and needing 10k's worth of repairs.

Shabbaman
07-05-2005, 16:05
Nice.

Nice amount of bpm's and wargs. Oh, how I loved those...

While I was away for the day I got heavily farmed. So if you want to sabotage someone, the following people are NOT my friends: LILBUTCHDADDY, WRU_Devil and amazona_killer.

Grrr...

ProPain
07-05-2005, 16:08
Not really sure in which weapons I'll bank. FOr sure nothing more expensive than wargs. Dont wanna see my capital sabbed. As long as I still have experts to wield the weapons I buy, I think I'll just bank in Wargs, they will get damaged but they bring in raid money as well. And the higher ranking might deter people from attacking you

DrAlimentado
07-05-2005, 16:14
Well 4000 spies is a good boost to spy stats - but it really happened because I had a shitload of troops (went click-crazy) but it meant without a high DA I was a big fat target, and I couldnt find many targets large enough to be worth pillaging.

So I trained them down over the last few days, took some 14mil in all [:O] but it was worth it. Also shot me up the rankings as my spy rate increased which I'm not so sure is a good thing but anyways.

Lots of troops is a good thing, but without a large DA you will have trouble protecting the TBG. And a really large enough DA means sacrificing your other stats, I decided to invest the money in training down into spy - I could have gone for DA but then how would I spy or sab people??
On reflection high DA is probably the most strategically sound way to play, but the other stats are more fun!