Newbie guide and questions on gameplay

[Cassidy]

I got 19 swordmen wasted against an orc army because I have no idea on how to check their strength before attacking.

Currently I'm building the bank and expanding the factory and roads. Later I'll bother with the fencing school so the orc hunting can proceed.

 

[Berekän]

Well, the only way right now of checking their numbers is taking a look at the description right to their name: Horde, Legion, Group, Squad.

At the encyclopedia you can check the stats for any creature, like the Swordmen or the Orcs but just apply common sense. Volunteers go quite well against orc archers (if just one of them is attacking) and use Swordmen against the melee Orcs. Also, use artifacts, I greatly decreased my losses using armor, shield, hammer...

 

[Humanophage]

Indeed, don't forget the artefacts. Even the most primitive ones add considerable to one's strength. Also, only attack orcs with the largest army your hero can carry, otherwise you'll be wasting lives with multiple attacks. Try to approach the orcs from a diagonal non-forest tile, this way their first strike won't work.

Thanks.

I assume it is possible to transfer resources between your own cities if they both have markets? Seems a bit more convenient for the lazy than using heroes.

Nope, it seems impossible. It's only possible to send caravans to cities with LVL24 road. One can use a cart or a Zeppelin for that.

 

[Fens]

got an extra sword, a bow and some armours i'll put in the shop... might take a while until it reaches you though

 

[Katana_LOL]

Ive got a staff if anyone of you are magic inclined, i also have 2 swords 1 hammer and 3 golden armor

 

[Pika-Cthulhu]

My Roads data is incorrect, it assumes that your serfs are gathering Wood/Stone one tile from your city (which is ideal, but the assumption that it is the only time is wrong) My Metal figures were derived from 4 or 5 tiles away. The roads information is flawed, but the formula remains intact and correct. Took me this long to realise my error, ill go mouthbreathe elsewhere, hurrr.

 

[Humanophage]

Nobody should ever mine wood and stone more than 1 tile away from the city, so it might as well be correct.

 

[Katana_LOL]

I am on my major city, but i have a hero fishing my stuff from my new city to my original one

 

[Brotherman Bill]

How do I "turn darkened wood tiles on"?

 

[Humanophage]

How do I "turn darkened wood tiles on"?

'Darken invisible parts of woods' in 'Settings'.

 

[Tycn]

Is there some trick to finding metal deposits? I've scoured about 15 tiles with varying distance to city and come up with nothing.

 

[Malakal]

Is there some trick to finding metal deposits? I've scoured about 15 tiles with varying distance to city and come up with nothing.

Send all your serfs and comb the area. It took me about 20-30 searches to find my source.

 

[Pika-Cthulhu]

Is there some trick to finding metal deposits? I've scoured about 15 tiles with varying distance to city and come up with nothing.

Send all your serfs and comb the area. It took me about 20-30 searches to find my source.

If you're the forgetful braindead sort like me, take a screencapture, print it into MSPaint, and then put a big red mark where you dont find metal and a big blue/purple.black.grey blob where you do find metal.

 

[Humanophage]

I agree that MSPaint is more convenient, but it's also possible to place markers with shift+click.

 

[Malakal]

Yes, possible, ONE BY ONE. Seriously fuck it, I just took my 5 serfs and checked line after line.

 

[Humanophage]

Indeed, line after line is a good approach.

You can place multiple markers, there's only a limit on public ones.

 

[Tycn]

I've been using markers to keep track of orc locations and it seems like I'm limited to 3 even though they're all set to private.

Just found out that geology time is halved to 2.5 hours with dark aura even though the timer still shows up as 5:00:00.

 

[Humanophage]

That's a valuable finding, Tycn.

I'd also like to repeat the trick about searching for metal in areas that are covered by both of your cities. This way, you can have peasants from both cities working simultaneously in a mine.

 

[ElectricOtter]

I am no longer under the Dark Aura. Just thought I'd let everyone know.

 

[Katana_LOL]

I am no longer under the Dark Aura. Just thought I'd let everyone know.

Go fucking nuts man, rape in the arena!

 

[Tycn]

I am no longer under the Dark Aura. Just thought I'd let everyone know.

Ditto.

 

[DwarvenFood]

I got a newbie question, I have been playing for a couple of days now, gathering some more stone to build the citadel.

How does one get quests, is there some location to go to, or do they come up at random. And where.

 

[Brotherman Bill]

The messages you receive from tibius = quests.

 

[Brotherman Bill]

Is there any point in upgrading fencing school, barracks etc into lvl 2?

 

[Malakal]

Faster unit training. Right now might seem useless but after suffering some losses its the only way to replenish them quickly.