Helping "n00bs"

[eproxy]

Yes and no. The higher someones score then generally the more isles they have. More isles means more gold, more gold means more units.

Two people could have the same score however and different number of isles; some scenarios with same scores;

Player 1 has 3k score and 10 isles, and average of 300/isle. This means that most of their isles are fairly new.

Player 2 has 3k score and only 5 isles, an averaeg of 600/isle. This pretty much indicates that any isles he does have could be at full military capacity. These three example just go to show that score cannot always be reflective of strength, besides someone might have an older account and not attacked compared to someone else.

Player3 has 3k score and only 3 isles, an average of 1000/isle, they're fully built. This is unnecassary number of buildings, whilst they're at full capacity this player has less isles than Player 2.

Once an isle hits around 600-700 score then any further buildings won't increase efficiency much (if at all if you've built the right ones to start with). With no statues on .com this makes scores a bit more truly representative, still the general state of ones isles should also be closely looked at. I know a 4 isle player on IKUK with around 4k LWS, you wouldn't think it though

[Dalfiatach]

eproxy said:

Player3 has 3k score and only 3 isles, an average of 1000/isle, they're fully built. This is unnecassary number of buildings, whilst they're at full capacity this player has less isles than Player 2.

I was wondering about this myself. Is there really any point building the main house past level 10? The additional few cats required to level the main house for a colo attempt are pretty trivial at this stage.

The quarry doesn't really need to go past 17/18. The lab 15 (though if you want to churn out lots of cats, the time saving is probably worth it).

Any others that don't need level 20?

[mmupatton]

I'd go for level 20 of laboratory, barracks and harbour, once I start producing in a larger scale.

[eproxy]

I keep Barracks at 15 and run it 24/7. With a Level 20 barracks I ran into the problem of over-defensive fleets on IKUK, I'm currently running isles like this;

Army
Spearfighter (12800)
Archer (1800)

Ships
Large Warship (1080)

(other units taken out)

The advantage is the 1k LW fleet and the fact its pretty secure against the fleet stealing but I still feel that at least some of those 9k+ SF left on the isle could be in ships. Unfortunately alot of my isles are like this (but most have bigger fleets so the difference isn't so bad, being fair this is 'worst' example). This isn't a position I really wanted to get in on this server. A typical isle which is not capable of either cat or CS production looks like this;

Buildings
Main House (Level 10)
Gold Mine (Level 20)
Stone Quarry (Level 20)
Lumber Mill (Level 20)
Laboratory (Level 1)
Barracks (Level 15)
Harbour (Level 10)
Storehouse (Level 20)
Stone Wall (Level 18) (upgrading)
Watch-Tower (Level 20)

Which currently stands at 636 points. On average I'll be looking at below 700 points per isle even if they're all fully built to my own standards. A quote that comes to mind right now is;

The best defence is a good offence

[Shendemiar]

Helping noobs is good idea but how many of us bother to actually send stuff?

What if we establish idle empty isle for them to raid. No wall no units, but large storehouse and mines.

[eproxy]

An isle owned by one of us? I suppose its a good idea but this brings about the question of why not just give it to them?

[Gornall]

me being the current lowest scoring member I think this sounds brilliant Help me get my colo....but of course I think I will be slightly biased lol.

[eproxy]

You almost have enough resources for a Coloship anyway from what you told me...

[Gornall]

lies all lies

I was making the post more for the fun comment then to take all your resources!

I never did see that second shipment you promised me

[AeroS]

I need a big brother to send me Res and stonies.

[Gornall]

Eproxy aint ma big brother lol, just a mate.

[digital]

aeros said:

I need a big brother to send me Res and stonies.

I'm eproxy's big brother and he sends me resources, I believe that is the way it should be done!

[Gornall]

lol pulling family ranks in game eh!?

Ill take 50%

[2kcastle]

digital said:

aeros said:

I need a big brother to send me Res and stonies.

I'm eproxy's big brother and he sends me resources, I believe that is the way it should be done!

I agree ! and the fact i have a very slightly younger brother playing this in no way clouds my judgement.

On a seperate note, gornall if your near to building a colo ship i might know of an isle in ocean 7 you'd be interested in, i'll pm you as soon as i know for sure. if your ready to launch before ive mailed you give me a shout to remind me.

[eproxy]

I send them both resources out of the goodness of my heart (after all I am weakening myself by doing so).