Making The Record Books

If you want to have a shot at getting in the record books you need to have a good starting plan.  This section will address opening suggestions, inc. a example build, that will help you get off to a good start.  It will also include suggestions for keeping up the pace for rapid growth.

The following is and OOP (out of protection) example build that covers the first 72 hours of an Orc.  The ending stats are: SHEPARD (character type) Money:  24,046    Peasants:  7656    Food:  31,942 Bushels    Runes:  9200     Networth 59,724gc     Acres:  530 The Province of Oink (0:0) as of April 1st, Yr0. The Humble Mr. Pig      Race: Orc         Building Eff. 100%   Employment: 100%  War Horses: 608 Soldiers:  0        Warriors: 0        Hammerthrowers: 2879         Ogres: 1320        Thieves: 118           Wizards: 64 TOTAL OFFENSE:  9240        TOTAL DEFENSE: 18,355

This is by no means the perfect build but it is a very nice one.  Now I will try to help you understand how it was achieved.  First I will give you the step by step process.  Bear in mind, I avoided using any spells to speed this up so that it is a minimum for the build method.

January 1st. YR0 (Freeze Time)             January 8th, YR0                                January 16th, YR0 Double-built 75 mills                               Double-build 20 mills & 80 Banks           Explore 100 acres Set draft rate 50%                                  Raze 30 homes & 19 Farms                  Set Draft Rate to:  NORMAL (1.0%) Select NO DRAFT (0.0)                         Double build 40 Guilds & 9 Towers        Advance 8 hours Advance 8 hours (wait 8 game days)       Advance 8 hours (Wait 8 game days) January 24th, YR0                              Februrary 8th, YR0                             Feburary 16th, YR0 Double build 46 Armories                       Recive 5 Free Acres                             Train 1320 Ogres Explore 140 Acres                                 Double Build 117 Armories                    Build 32 stables Advance 8 hours                                   Set Draft rate to Agressive (1.5%)          Advance 12 hours                                                            Advance 8 hours March 4th, YR0                                   March 7th, YR0                                  March 10th, YR0 41,780gc  (12 hr. log bonus)                  Train 392 Hammerthrowers                   Train 406 Hammerthrowers Train 1,424 hammerthrowers                 Advance 3 hours                                   Advance 3 hours Build 26 Towers & 29 Banks Advance 3 hours March 13th, YR0                               March 16th, YR0                                March 19th, YR0 Train 418 Hammerthrowers                   Train 403 Hammerthrowers                   Train 288 thieves Advance 3 hours                                   Advance 3 hours                                  Advance 1 hour March 20th, YR0                                 March 21st, YR0                              March 22nd YR0 Train 179 Hammerthrowers                   Train 166 Hammerthrowers                   Train 121 Hammerthrowers Advance 1 hour                                    Advance 1 hour                                    Advance 1 hour March 23rd, YR0                                  March 24th, YR0                                 April 1st, YR0 Trained 119 Hammerthrowers                Trained 117 Hammerthrowers               Recieve 5 Acre bonus Advance 1 hour                                     Advance 1 hour                                  Double build 5 banks                                                                                                                     Train 117 Hammerthrowers NOTE: 983 hammerthrowers & 180 thieves in training.

POINTERS:                  1. Download and practice with Prophet. (addy on main page)                  2. Remove buildings you don't need asap.                  3. Be prepared to think out of the box, tear down buildings and rebuild buildings as needed.                  4. Cast Love and peace asap to speed up income.                                              WORK IN PROGRESS (more info will follow as time permits)