Oh! And local is -112, -106 (or reversed)
Click “Profile” then the other “profile” and change “Village Name.”
El Scorcho Villiage has joined up, but not sure on how to go about anything. We’re over in (-139|-76)
I’m in too. Squishburg is at -14,-159. Should I read the manual, or just dive in?
I just dove right in after reading the tutorial
the manual is for reading pretty much while you’re building things.
I almost have an embassy up to the necessary level to start our group. If everyone can message me (Username Captain_C) I can start sending out invites. Note that you cannot join the alliance until you build an embassy, so everyone just starting, get one of those up asap.
Hey, MrSquishy, how do you like it out here in the boonies?
Invites have been sent out. If you didn’t get one, I need your username or coordinates. Or you might have to build a level 1 embassy (I’m still iffy on if that is a requirement)
I’ve sent you a message, my embassy will be ready in about 5 minutes.
Yeah…too boring. Have fun, but not for me.
pedescribe, Leave your account open, so we can raid your village for resources. 
Well…maybe not (I thought if you logged out it didn’t keep going, tying up my browser)
OK, I’ve joined the SDMB alliance (thanks Captain_C).
How far should I develop my resource fields before I start working on my city? I’ve built an embassy and nothing else right now and my fields are (almost) all up to level 2.
Well, get a Cranny up as soon as possible. That is your insurance that those resources can’t be raided by other players. I encourage you all to message your larger neighbors and beg for mercy from them invading you.
I think all my field are around 3, which gives about 180 of each resource an hour. It is about as fast as I can spend it at this point. Also, get a barracks and trapper up. The trapper can make traps that capture enemy troops (that many less to attack you, and traps are cheap).
It is really about risk management I think on when to stop building fields. You could get one hell of an economy going if you skimped on defense, but if you get attacked it’ll all be lost.
Oh, and one more thing I found: Get a warehouse and granary up soon. You don’t want your resources topping out, as then you are just losing them.
Pedescribe, things keep ticking away whether you are logged in or not. On the 3x server, I’ve found I can log in and do things about every 2 hours if I wish. Glad to have you onboard!
Directly next to me is a player named “Serial Killer” with a population of 287. Think I should be worried? :smack:
Diagonally next to me is a size 575 player named Salizar. He’s already messaged me and welcomed me to the game.
Got an embassy up. Care to message me in? (no troops yet, Gaul)
I’m checking out the main page. Is gold an important resource? Is it used a lot and in necessary ways? I see that their website sells gold to players, and this alone would prevent me from playing (this is utter nonsense to have in a game). What’s the scoop?
There isn’t much need to buy gold, I think it is mostly for ease of use options (and it seems not many players buy it, just enough to keep the servers running). With gold you can expand your map a little more for easier viewing, get a 10% bonus to attack, gather resources slightly faster, que buildings to be build instead of having to check back in, etc. A little boost, sure, but nothing that takes you out of the game for not using it.
OK - I joined.
Algher Village (for now)
Algher
Map (-160 | -4)
It is a business model that is used in China - the game is free, but with cash you get to do more.