War predictions

Once I get my 10th town i'll most likely drop all cities down to 18k range so food won't be an issue.

I've been basically trying to figure out how some players can be at war non-stop in this game, and I have come to the conclusion that they can't do it independently. The probable exception being T1 orc spearmen that only require 1 beer, 1 spear.

I calculated it takes roughly 62M in gold value to create an 25k stalwart army, which at 200% sov I can build every 34 days. (I took 30 seconds to calculate that so its probably way off). There is no way even I could spend 60M a month per town indefinitely.

Maybe you should take food sov into account, Epi. A 7 food town with 60+ very cheap food sov can maintain a much higher tax rate and a higher population - both leading to more gold production. I have towns which can maintain 40k cav on a permanent basis and others which can only hold ~25k cav. Food sov is a vital difference! Also, using prestige on rp + food greatly increases how high your tax rate can go. I have cities with clay bonus on so I can house chancery + 3x cav parade grounds = more cav ^^ 

For some options mentioned above - they most likely work on CREATE & UNLOAD play-style.

create&unload - matter most on your advance res pool.

Gold will not matter much because they tend to do a yo-yo effect. now you're red and after unloading those troops you'll be back at green - and you'll earn Gold while rebuilding troops too.

200% or higher ^ Troop production will work effectively on this 55537 setup (or wherever that 3 plots will go/depending on troop type that you're producing)

Note: the 3 plots was linked on your cost reduction building.

They are all variable - if you tend to keep your troops in a longer period, you need to convert those troop sov to farmstead and build cost reduction buildings they'll help a lot. Build and demolish is fun. happy gaming. :D

Elmindra, I can't see your claims being possible right now. My towns are between 70-75% tax with 25k stals and i'm barely earning any gold and i'm hard pressed to keep up with food demands. Adding more troop lodgings is out of the question, because then I wouldn't have the res to build the equipment my troops need. Increasing my geo towns beyond 20% bonus is also out of the question as well for the above reasons.

If you've figured it out please explain it better for those of us looking for the perfect setup. What is your res p/h output?

Meagh wrote:   Sure.. you can build to a self-sustainable level, call yourself a war account but that is self-delusion... you'd be small fries compared to what the big boys are throwing around. - M.