Post by Brendone » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:46 am
I find that maxing out cities is beneficial in several ways if you are active in a warring game.
Max City Hall
- makes your city hall more resistant to ballista damage (higher level takes more ballistas to reduce it by even 1 level)
- if you are attacked and take ballista damage or rams damage your wall, you can rebuild more quickly
Max Barracks/Stables/Workshops
- Rebuild your armies faster, if you max all 3 and split your training to say, beserkers, knights, rams, you optimize your resource usage and are able to attack again quickly
Max Market
- Quickly transport 50k of each resource to a frontline city from each of your read guard cities to start training scholars and armies.
- Quickly trade excess of one resource (if you are using a city just for scholarships you might end up with a lot of extra iron that a friend needs to train their cavalry)
Only building I don't necessarily max out are warehouse (I usually use resources long before it fills up) and hiding place (if I'm getting attacked and losing that much, I deserve to lose my res, I'd rather not leave any resources behind in my city if it gets conquered). Sometimes I don't max out the city hall off the bat, I wait until my armies are full up.
I find that maxing out cities is beneficial in several ways if you are active in a warring game.
Max City Hall
- makes your city hall more resistant to ballista damage (higher level takes more ballistas to reduce it by even 1 level)
- if you are attacked and take ballista damage or rams damage your wall, you can rebuild more quickly
Max Barracks/Stables/Workshops
- Rebuild your armies faster, if you max all 3 and split your training to say, beserkers, knights, rams, you optimize your resource usage and are able to attack again quickly
Max Market
- Quickly transport 50k of each resource to a frontline city from each of your read guard cities to start training scholars and armies.
- Quickly trade excess of one resource (if you are using a city just for scholarships you might end up with a lot of extra iron that a friend needs to train their cavalry)
Only building I don't necessarily max out are warehouse (I usually use resources long before it fills up) and hiding place (if I'm getting attacked and losing that much, I deserve to lose my res, I'd rather not leave any resources behind in my city if it gets conquered). Sometimes I don't max out the city hall off the bat, I wait until my armies are full up.