Talk:Basics

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First Steps

In the beginning, your city requires one thing above all others: Resources. The lumberjack produces wood, the quarry produces stone and the silver mine produces silver coins. The favour that the Gods will grant you in the course of the game is very important, but in the very first steps, it is unnecessary. The further you expand the production buildings, the higher your hourly production becomes. This expansion is of primary importance and you should focus your attention on that in the first few days.

As you develop your resource buildings it will be necessary to upgrade your farm and warehouse. Each time a building is upgraded it requires more people to keep the building in good working order. Equally as your resource production grows it will be necessary to expand your warehouse capacity to store the increase in materials produced. After this the security of your city will be a great task to start working on as you will want to protect your freshly acquired resources from the greedy hands of your neighbours. Resources can be looted by an enemy attack, the warehouse offers some aid here as 10% of the storage capacity is protected from looting. The higher the capacity of your warehouse the more resources are protected making it harder for your enemy to take it all. A larger warehouse ensures you will have the resources needed to build up your Polis to defend your self against your enemies. You should work on these tasks early especially if there are other strong cities on your island. In addition you should expand your city wall. Following these steps should be enough protection during the beginning phase of your Polis and help you defend against a greedy aggressor trying to take your resources.

After the Polis production reaches a level you are happy with you should begin to produce troops and also begin trading. With a barracks you can train swordsmen without any additional research. These are not ideally suited for attacks, but they offer the opportunity to raid very weak players or demand tribute from farm villages.

You should also consider becoming a member of a strong alliance. Joined together, players can have better defenses and promote trade. In addition you can become acquainted with other players and develop friendships. It makes more sense for a novice to join an existing alliance in your vicinity, than to establish a new one.