Random pointers/tips that come to my mind ;p:
-no mercy, never let someone have a break
-be friendly, make allies not enemies
-diplomacy is always the best policy, try to avoid war as much as possible, especially with a strong/stronger guild(s)
-barbs regenerate resources, not sure how fast but pick some barbs close to your city and repeatedly farm them for resources.
-farming the same barbs increases that specific barbarian city's points. Meaning, it will be harder to attack buuut more resources for you to take and when the time comes to conquer that barbarian city, the points will increase a lot (well depending on how much you farmed that specific city) and in doing so, each building level within the barb will also increase. Making you conquer a strong barbarian city with a strong base structures for the city.
-make friends with people around you
-help each other out within your guild
-STAY ACTIVE
don't quick because game starts off slow, which it does or your getting farmed, keep playing and everything will work out eventually.
Thanks all whoever read all my posts, if there is anything you like to add or say, or correct any of my mistakes (i might have a couple i typed a lot
) please post a reply and ill make the appropriate corrections where necessary thanks