After the 0.3.0 patch was applied on January 20, 2009, I had to sacrifice many of my high level buildings to adjust to the new environment. I have been sacrificing my trading posts, workshops, and embassies in order to open up new slots for building construction. Add the vacant building spot from researching Bureaucracy and you have 4 slots to play with. (Note: Some players recommend maintaining at least one workshop in your crystal colony, one trading post and one embassy if you are a member of an alliance… and being an alliance leader is kind of a disadvantage when it comes to testing out the new buildings ^_^).
Some recommend retaining only 1 barracks, but for me, a barracks is essential in all towns you own for the deployment of land troops. Even if you have multiple colonies on the same island, you will still need a barracks for you to be able to station your troops from one town to the other. So destroying my barracks in my towns would be a no-no.
Others recommend destroying academies. I would do that if I was absolutely sure that there would be no further researches needed in this game. But 0.3.0 has shown us that there are, and if developers come up with 0.4.0, I’m sure keeping my academies will pay-off. Besides, Scientists and Researches are two of the top score ranking categories so it pays to retain your academies if you are highly ranked in these areas.
Finally, I’ve read on the boards that others are recommending destroying the Hideout. Again, from my experience, having Hideouts is very important, especially during times of alliance wars. Your spies are essential to both good offense and defense. Knowledge is power ^_^.
I’ve been contemplating destroying my museums and going for high level taverns only to maintain the satisfaction of my towns. Guess I’ll only do this if I reach the point where I can no longer build up the tavern, and i see that it can sustain the population at a level where my gold upkeep is still positive (with a surplus necessary for pillaging).
I already have 6 towns and I’m sure that going for my 7th would be a lot easier compared to version 0.2.8 or earlier. But I see that going for an 8th town or more would be a problem since I’m unwilling to sacrifice many buildings that I consider essential. I read somewhere that you could go for a 10th town if all available town slots were used for warehouses. In theory, it would be possible, but if word leaked out that that town was being pilled up with resources, and there was no barracks to protect it, no hideout to safeguard warehouse information… I’m sure many players would attempt to crack that safe even if your whole navy was stationed there ^_^.
If ever I go for an 8th colony, it would be nice if I could construct all building types in one town for reducing costs… Architect’s Office, Carpentry, Firework Test Area, Optician, and Wine Cellars. I’m sure many players immediately went for Wine Cellars since the wine requirement for towns has roughly doubled. So what other buildings would you build? Some prefer the buildings which increase resource production, but if you’re the stage where high level players are, the cost reductions might be an answer to the warehouse limitations.
Pillaging has been fun for me since I haven’t been on the receiving end. I’ve been on the test server and I know how it feels to be looted of all my resources. All I did on that server was build multiple warehouses and it was not fun at all. But it is a working strategy for survival when you have no army built yet. I’d recommend this strategy for new players and once they are able to build up a capable military force, then maybe they can sacrifice their warehouses for the other structures.
I know that there are 2 sides to every story, and I’ve been reading some comments from dissatisfied players but overall, I give this update a thumbs up. It is an update that favors the players who’ve built up their military and a reward for players who have been playing the game for a long time and need a breath of fresh air.
Hoping 0.4.0 will be just as good, if not better.
Wow. I have never seen a city that beautiful before. I am wonder if you can join-never mind. So I am wonder if you play Ikariam.org in Alpha.
By: UNKNOWN on February 18, 2009
at 12:21 am