Alliance Defence: Lets Bloody Some noses!
As those of you who played with us last server will know, this is an IC speciality 
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At the moment, most of you are being raided at some point! While we're all doing great at keeping the rewards at a minimum, eventually Warehouses/Production has to outgrow Crannies... we need to defend!
I've been concentrating on building up fields so far, but I'm close to starting to build troops, as are many other players I imagine! Rather than having them picked off a few at a time, I think we should should select a "safe house": somewhere that's never been attacked and has a big (Lvl 10+) (preferably roman) wall. We all send our troops there and they're safe.
Once we have a good ammount of troops, we can start co-ordinating so that, for example, 400 defensive troops are in Duchess's Village the next time Chicks attacks. Minimise our loses!
This is probably primarily a job for Praet and Phalanx for now, Teutons probably want to concentrate on building offensive armies, however if some of the bigger teuton players could provide 20+ Scouts between them it'd help
. Plus if you happen to be in the area, wiping out the attacker and following with a 200 macemen raid would be a nice touch .
Basically this is a call out to everyone to see if you want/need to join in. Ideally we need a Roman who's never been raided to contribute a safe-house with a Lvl 10 wall. Then we need to create a list of people who are being raided and where diplomacy has failed... and we can work our way through it as a group, growing in indivudial strength as we go, and weakening our attackers!
Those be my thoughts!
!At the moment, most of you are being raided at some point! While we're all doing great at keeping the rewards at a minimum, eventually Warehouses/Production has to outgrow Crannies... we need to defend!
I've been concentrating on building up fields so far, but I'm close to starting to build troops, as are many other players I imagine! Rather than having them picked off a few at a time, I think we should should select a "safe house": somewhere that's never been attacked and has a big (Lvl 10+) (preferably roman) wall. We all send our troops there and they're safe.
Once we have a good ammount of troops, we can start co-ordinating so that, for example, 400 defensive troops are in Duchess's Village the next time Chicks attacks. Minimise our loses!
This is probably primarily a job for Praet and Phalanx for now, Teutons probably want to concentrate on building offensive armies, however if some of the bigger teuton players could provide 20+ Scouts between them it'd help
. Plus if you happen to be in the area, wiping out the attacker and following with a 200 macemen raid would be a nice touch .Basically this is a call out to everyone to see if you want/need to join in. Ideally we need a Roman who's never been raided to contribute a safe-house with a Lvl 10 wall. Then we need to create a list of people who are being raided and where diplomacy has failed... and we can work our way through it as a group, growing in indivudial strength as we go, and weakening our attackers!
Those be my thoughts!
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I'm primarily focussing the residence and fields at the moment, so it shouldn't be too long.
Safe-Village should be:
Never/Rarely attacked
Central
Preferably Roman
High pop
Anyone?
Edit: oh, and I too am working on a 9c in my 7x7... probably 2 days away from troops. Enough time for the wall to go up and people to skew their production for troops (Romans.... make IRON!!!)
EDIT2: Safe House... I nominate Saracen!
EDIT3: Although he's been attacked twice today.... but not by much
But they wouldn't be as well protected as if a roman or gaul was holding them.
Doing an overnight raid is usually better than storage somewhere else, even if you don't get anything it gives troops security.
Even if you see it better to raid a player with less than 10 pop.
But it is a good plan, if you add one more thing to the list:
High level wall
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I now nominate: MickyG
Saracen's more central and a Roman. MickyG's never been attacked and bigger and scarier!
At this stage I am concentrating on been able to get residence up and move to an outpost area. Where I can build defensive troops to help out you guys later.
A safe village would also be good to have to send settlers too.
Difference is... we're talking 10-50 Phalanx! I could raid with them.... but then they'd come back! I'd have to make sure I was ALWAYS online when they returned to send them straight out again, lest they meet an equal number of mace and get wiped! Best protection for 50 Phalanx.... another 500 Phalanx
And I mentioned a Lvl10+ (preferably Roman) wall twice Muffin
I'm up for it.
Although I have no wall as yet.
Like the rest of you, I'm concentrating on getting my infrastructure and fields in place and protecting what I've got by building up the crannies.
But as you say, there comes a point when you exceed the crannies capabilities and need troops to defend.
On the plus side, I have agreements with the other big players in my 7x7 and the only attacks are coming from outside the immediate area.
I Know. Just discussing it with Saracen. I need to really get her off my back. I did try a friendly IGM few days ago but not answered. I am on friendly terms with Nick (Emperor Nick) who has been in long discussions with her.
Advice:
Should I IGM Nick to see if he can suggest an approach that I can make to her? try the diplomacy route first
A very subtle indication of the benefits of Ally-ing with {IC}
Another attack.
Spoke to Nick he replied:
not sure mate, i know she is a skilled player so be careful.. she doesn't mess with me, cos she knows i have a better military presence and advantage than her at the moment.
Since she's hitting you regularly, it'll be quickly done.
Paladins, Phalanx and Praetorians would be an idea combination, as these are all good anti-infantry troops.
Of course, if anyone has any druid riders they're hiding it would be even better...
OK. Will it show on her attack logs that I have reinforcements?
Teutonic reinforcements will appear as yours.
But she won't know who reinforced you.
And if less than 25% of the defenders survive, she won't know a thing other than that her her troops are dead.
I am Roman
Although at this stage are others in a position to help? I can work on my barracks and wall (currently Lv 4)
I think Saturday will be an easy day to do it, it gives us some time to plan and build up defences as well.
I'll do a head count of defensive troops throughout the alliance, to see what we can gather up.
Can we aim for Sunday, I am back into hospital Friday - having my shoulder manipulated again