GhjHero wrote: »

This is my advice to newbies. If you do not plan on buying rubies or very little this is how you should use your rubies:

This how NOT to spend your rubies:
First off just because you get 300 rubies as a gift dose not mean that you should use them to complete buildings. Let them finish on their own.

Secondly while town houses may look and sound good don't spend rubies on them.

Third don't buy ruby siege or defense tools, because while they are better than regular tools if you have a good defense it shouldn't matter that much.

Fourth don't use rubies to repair damage made to your castle, while it will take longer, resources do the job fine.

Fifth when first introduced watchtowers were great, however with the recent addition of commander and castellen items they are now obsolete as some items can greatly increase the time it takes to detect incoming attacks.

Sixth- Events. With the exception of shadow mercenaries and plague doctors all events should be possible to accomplish without rubies. If you are active enough it is indeed possible to collect all the necessary items for each particular event be it the traveling knights or the alchemist. Remember these things will come around again so don't panic if you don't get them the first time.

Seventh, firehouses are pointless fires have long been out out just fine with resources before they came along and resources still do the job just fine.

Eighth- For the new resources in ice, sands and fire there is a new building similar to the stonemason, woodcutter and flour mill. It has the same effect but after the first level it costs rubies to upgrade. I advise against this as if you are patient enough you will have enough charcoal, olive oil and glass to purchase what you need from the villages.

Ninth- The Master Builder building is an incredibly useless ruby building. I have gotten to level 62 without needing this building to reduce my resources. This in itself renders it useless.

Tenth- The Military Hospital is also pointless. While saving your soldiers may sound good look at it this way. At the price of 1250 rubies it is ridiculously overpriced especially when you could buy a bakery at the same price. And that's only for the first of 5 levels. If you have 500 men and 5% of them are saved after a lost battle then you are only getting 25 back.

You SHOULD save your rubies for:
Bakeries, they reduce the amount of food your soldiers eat and therefor mean you can make more.

Stables, they considerably speed up the speed of your soliders when attacking.

Unlocking kingdoms, while the stone, wood and food should be easy to unlock if you want to save a lot of time and gold use them for unlocking gold instead of actual gold.

Drill grounds speed up the recruitment time of your soliders making for bigger armies in shorter amount of time. Feasts, research and good public order also contribute to the recruitment speed if soldiers, so DGs aren't that important.

Lastly Open gates, while they do save you from losing battles that you have no hope of winning and no damage is done to your troops or buildings.With the latest update try not to use them more then once or twice a week. Otherwise the price will keep getting higher and higher.

This is my advice if you have anything else to add feel free to comment!

Dun Gon wrote: »

Actually, defence tools matter a lot. If you want a chance to beat a ruby buyer, defence tools are great. Watchtowers are not bad either. More support time! Other then that, you're pretty much right.

Rable3 wrote: »

GhjHero TYVM for the update - I will send my friends here - I do spend on special troops only to attack back at players who attack me and I would not get honor from. I was concidering the Medical - maybe when I get to a level and can splurge. FYI people who do buy rubies Enjoy the $1.99 while you can as you advance it dissapears.

GhjHero wrote: »

Bump bump!

If anyone has any questions about any ruby items that i might have overlooked feel free to ask me and i will add my thoughts on it!

Sir KracksaPot wrote: »

Even though they're expensive I buy the shadow troops every chance I get -- they don't need to be fed!!! There is no drain on your castle's food supply and when attacking they're anonymous -- you don't get honor from attacking Robber Baron Towers anyway so the shadow troops are great for meeting some of the early quests.

Whale Shark wrote: »

what about ruby decos?

Dun Gon wrote: »

Go Ghj Go! Keep telling tips to those newbies. Now I know what to expect when I attack someone 50 levels underneath me!

GhjHero wrote: »

Bump! Anyone know how much the Hunting Lodge costs to upgrade it to the 2nd and 3rd levels? Im pretty sure its worth it though.

bobbysbro wrote: »

Hey guys, Would you say its worth me building the hunters lodge. I need to know before I clear the space for it