"Croppers"

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited March 2008 in Gaming
I think, in general, we're all underestimating the firepower necessary to take and keep croppers.

If you are starting a village with 9 or 15 wheat fields, you must be prepared to fuel its military expansion quickly or be far enough away that no one wants it yet. It needs a lot of support.

Consider founding villages around the cropper before taking it, and leveling up resource production there first.

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  • Invisible-MuffinInvisible-Muffin Scotland
    edited March 2008
    by the way, i've been doing some research

    and i'm not sure if there is a 4 village rule.

    the rules say:
    Can I lose my village?
    If you only have one village, no. If you have fewer than four villages, your capital (the village with a palace) is protected from other players, but not the other villages.
    does this mean i should be ok to build a new bunch of villages around my 15c?

    and there are at least two or three other 9c's in the area of my 9c/15c

    Crackers may be taking one, so that leaves one or two, but i can't remember where they are... check back later
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited March 2008
    Yeah, our interpretation of the 4-village rule was wrong.

    I don't recommend taking a 9-cropper with a 15-cropper. You need more basic resources to fuel the 15-cropper.

    I suggest building at least 1-2 supply villages by any cropper.
  • Invisible-MuffinInvisible-Muffin Scotland
    edited March 2008
    i already have a 9c and a 15c. the 9c is almost maxed for iron/clay/wood production.
    they've been doing quite well so far, since they're far from anyone.

    but now i guess i'm ok to build supply villages nearby them, from earlier i thought that i could only do 4 so i opted to go to the outpost rather than the supplying option.

    Bakery Hotel is close to level 20 residence, so it won't be too long till the 5th village...
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited March 2008
    Cantrellia Prime has a level 20 marketplace, now I'm building up my trade office and building up the resource fields. I hope to have all wood/clay/iron to level 15 w/in the next couple of weeks. That will greatly help out my efforts to build up Cantrellia Minor (my new 9 cropper in the Outpost) that will be founded in a few minutes when my settlers get there. I'm not going to build up Cantrellia Major much until Cantrellia Minor is running smoothly as I think the powerbase is too risky and I don't want Myth to take notice of me.

    Cantrellia Prime = Capital
    Cantrellia Major = Powerbase location
    Cantrellia Minor = 9-cropper Outpost location
    Once I'm able I'll found another village around the 9-cropper.
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