Well - thought I'd try this out, but don't normally play this type of game. Any tips to get started? Help with distribution numbers (how many to sawmill/research/left to earn gold/etc) - what order to do things?
I'm a tad lost :)
Ikariam - newbie/beginner tips & help
86 public posts in this discussion.
Post 2
here's a few basic tips i've picked up, i'm sure some of the other guys who are further than me could tell you more.
1) you'll probably want to max out research at the beginning because there's a few key techs you really need:
wealth: so you can mine your luxury resource
expansion: so you can start a colony
professional army: so you can get phalanx (apparently the best defensive unit til end game)
and most of the other early techs are usefull too.
2) if the market price for your resource is over 8g then it is more cost effective to max out production of it and sell it rather than leave population as citizens, or so my simple calculations tell me. that's assuming there is a market for it though.
that's about all i've got so far =)
Post 3
Well digging is well worth getting first up, adds to pop growth, and max population right out.
Post 4
found an ikarium wiki - should be useful
Beginner's Guide - Ikariam - a Wikia wiki
Post 5
With my wall:
Defence bonus: 10%
Possible breaches: 1
Attacks that failed at this wall: 0
That mean someone's checked me out? (breach)
Post 6
no it just means that if someone attacks they can breach the wall in one spot giving them a 10% attack bonus.
Ikariam Board | Help and Questions | walls
Post 7
Quote from psyave;341876:
no it just means that if someone attacks they can breach the wall in one spot giving them a 10% attack bonus.
Ikariam Board | Help and Questions | walls
Word for word - hahaha
Post 8
may as well i was interested as well.
Post 9
I thought you guys were all masters - how long have you all been playing for?
Post 10
less than a week.
Post 11
4 days give or take.
Post 12
I have 2 location which is naughty but Im testing both... best recommendation is reasearch but ensure u still have enough materials coming in cause you want to upgrade things asap to speed up the process...Im currently doing wealth on my main and working on military issues with my opposite...
Post 13
You're all using the greasemonkey script I assume?
Post 14
No, I have Ikariam open when ever my computer is on. :)
Watching for people attacking me so I can "fleet save".
Post 15
How To Guarantee Pillage 100% Without Any Losses | Ikariam
Post 16
Nice!
-Testing that script out on an inactive glass town :P
Post 17
i'd been doing that manually.
Post 18
well that definitely speeds it up a bit. attack fleets away!
Post 19
nice find od. much LOVE! i finally might be able to get off my shithole fast.
Post 20
military score = generals?
Post 21
my god, this tools amazing
Post 22
Yes... Yes I do rock...
;)
Post 23
Harb from Brimstone has won the battle and pillages Zelienoplez.
Loot
* Gold: 40
* Building material: 724
* Crystal glass: 432
I love OD and his script
Post 24
6 hours until palace level 2.
Post 25
od that tool is amazing. mad props. not just regular props, mad props.
Post 26
oh and if your small like me. keep your trading PORT to level 1. so if someone raids you then they can only load one ship.
Post 27
Yeah saw that tip - involved me doing nothing - loved it.
Post 28
man, i have marlbe coming out of my arse
Post 29
I'd get that seen to.
Post 30
Meh, scripts to do shit, no wonder im being arse raped by random people.
Ruins the game.
Post 31
If you bothered to check it out, all it does is do a lookup - something you can do yourself manually. Doesn't "automate" anything...
Post 32
Yeah you can do it yourself manually, but this makes the process completely trivial, not in the spirit of the game imo.
Post 33
It's a time saving device - like a calculator. Feel free to keep doing it manually tho ;)
Post 34
Nah I quit instead. It reminded me why I stopped playing these types of games in the first place.
Post 35
Good for you.
Post 36
Apparently i've been keeping this secret, but if you build a second acadamy on one of your colonies, the research points add together :P
so 2x academy at the same level = half the time to research stuff.
Post 37
Cheers Harb; will be sure to do that as soon as I expand.
And Lenko; I don't see what the big deal is? You can do the look-up manually... I've just started using the Greasemonkey script, and have no issues with other people using it either.
PS. best web game ever. :D
Post 38
Considering the script only takes advantage of people who have no army at all it's just desserts as far as i'm concerned.
Post 39
theres a help page estimating how much each unit it worth when calulating a military score. i just cant find it on searches... But just remember it doesnt take into account someones wall.
Post 40
Yeah ****en walls. Lost 6 units so far from them.
Post 41
I didnt know how defence was calulated. below is the reply to my help wanted post in the ikariam forum.
PIEAVE:
howdy,
i was just wondering how a phalanx defence is calulated...
say a standard phalanx (40 defence)
resistance bonus (30%)
town wall bonus (50%)
REPLY:
It's :
(40 + Workshop Upgrade Bonus) * Resistance Bonus (if applicable) * Town Wall Bonus (if applicable)
ie
(40+X) * 1.3 * 1.5
Ikariam Board | Help and Questions | defence forumla
Post 42
Just 1 day in...
* Attacking enemies: 0
* Own Armies en-route: 28
* Updated combat reports: 0
* New combat reports: 1
$80,106 gold and counting! :P
Post 43
28 armies of 1 slinger each on foot ;)
Post 44
blows been in the middle of now where. i get about 6gp in a pillage...
Post 45
Make sure you have plenty of trade boats if you're going to send out that many armies, you can only pillage as much as you can carry, 300 per boat.
The pillaged amount is percentage based on what they have too, so most the time you get wood, but if you've only got the one boat you sent your troops out on available, it limits you to a maximum of 300 per raid.
Post 46
nah if you send out one boat for troops but theres more to colect. youll send another one
Post 47
yeah my point is, if he's sent out 28 armies, and he's only got 28 boats, then he can only get one boatload of loot from each.
Post 48
I'm pillaging from someone on my own island. I've completely cleared out their building materials and sulphur I believe, and have taken 100,000 gold pieces of his 220,000 (now 120,000).
I started off getting about 1500 pieces per army, now it's down to 600 pieces per army.
Post 49
there's a rule against attacking the same city more than 6 times in 24 hours.
Post 50
it's called bashing, and theres a note at the bottom of the rule that says it doesn't matter if the army is destroyed completely
i think the bashing is to prevent people killing armies to be pricks.
Post 51
just blow all the gold on trade ships... means they cant steal it back if they build up an army.
Post 52
I've looted it 100+ times in 24 hours. Woops.
Post 53
Some big bastard from WoT alliance just tried to attack me with a lot of units.
but I had a single ballista ship in my harbour, which apparently means his units just piss off home without attacking.
Also leaves no trace that they tried to attack you, which is scary.
Bit disappointing because I stripped the entire place of loot and sold/sent it away, and converted all the gold to trade ships :P
Post 54
only you'd be that lucky rec :P
how did you know he attacked you if it left no trace?
Post 55
Quote:
We have discovered a spy! The spy talks and talks and reveals everything about his employer:
Home town: Ruby
Gold in town: 53689
Building material in town: 714
Wine in town: 255
Marble in town: 292
Crystal glass in town: 100
Sulphur in town: 238
5 Slinger15 SwordsmanWe have "retired" this spy, to prevent him from giving away any more information.
Ooo a spy!
Post 56
Quote from HeReTiC;342227:
only you'd be that lucky rec :P
how did you know he attacked you if it left no trace?
I saw the troop movement, but there was no battle.
Post 57
i h8 this game its sooo addictive i have left it going 24hrs now
Post 58
Quote from Harbinger;342152:
Some big bastard from WoT alliance just tried to attack me with a lot of units.
but I had a single ballista ship in my harbour, which apparently means his units just piss off home without attacking.
Also leaves no trace that they tried to attack you, which is scary.
Bit disappointing because I stripped the entire place of loot and sold/sent it away, and converted all the gold to trade ships :P
Nope pretty sure it means his cargo ship is at the bottom of your harbour full of dead guys in armour. :)
Both attacks on me have been dealt with in this fashion. So remember to blockade any harbours with any military before attacking, oh and keep in mind that your cargo ships are way way faster than your warships.
eg took one guy almost 3hrs to blockade me and about 1.5 hrs for his 30 odd troops to arrive, the're at the bottom of my harbour.
Post 59
came home, logged on, and lost all my 6k worth of military points...all my soldiers and ships..
what the ****?
Post 60
bulit to many for your upkeep?
Post 61
does anyone want to take over my account?
Post 62
I will ask Frenzy and Coco tonight if they are interested.
Post 63
some dude sent about 5 armies in a row to attack me.
it's a vengeance thing :P
but they all got turned back, now he's going to blockade me for 10 hours
hello upkeep :P
luckily i sent away all my stuff :P
Post 64
If anyone feels like breaking this blockade, it'll be here for 7.5 hours more from now.
Theres 8 ships, **** knows what they are
Voikios[61:52] > Brimstone
Post 65
Screw that, tell me where this guy is coming from so I can pillage his town while he's at yours. :D
Post 66
Quote from Harbinger;342372:
If anyone feels like breaking this blockade, it'll be here for 7.5 hours more from now.
Theres 8 ships, **** knows what they are
Voikios[61:52] > Brimstone
Takes me 1D, 9hrs to get to you with my 15 ships. :(
Post 67
i cant move my troops or blockade you? so how would i break it?
Post 68
turns out i butchered all his troops anyway.
He butchered mine too, but I won.
woo.
Post 69
Userscripts.org
Post 70
Worlddomination :: View topic - Kronos Utils (Greasemonkey script)
Install this version of the FF greasemonkey extension:
http://arantius.info/gm/greasemonkey-0.8.20080412.0.xpi
With this version of the Kronos Util script:
http://ecmanaut.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/sites/ikariam.org/kronos-utils/kronos_utils.user.js
And the game just gets way cooler :)
Post 71
hell yeah... thanks dan :)
Post 72
omg you can see other island's resource building levels, thats ****ing awesome, we'll help me when i place my second marble colony.
Post 73
help you when picking lose raiding targets
Post 74
Quote from OverDrive;344006:
Worlddomination :: View topic - Kronos Utils (Greasemonkey script)
Install this version of the FF greasemonkey extension:
http://arantius.info/gm/greasemonkey-0.8.20080412.0.xpi
With this version of the Kronos Util script:
http://ecmanaut.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/sites/ikariam.org/kronos-utils/kronos_utils.user.js
And the game just gets way cooler :)
OK so i had to remove the old version of greasemonkey install this latest version and added the Kronos script. Several retries and restarts of FF and I have got nothing, very bummed, that script looks awesome.
So any ideas or help would be appreciated. I have no other scripts running and had no trouble with the other score script (I removed it just in case)
Oh FF 2.0.0.14 update just popped up maybe i need it??
Post 75
Dunno - Using FF 3 Beta 5 and FF 3 nightly on both installs...
Post 76
not working here either :(
2.0.0.14 here too
Post 77
This should be what tips my lazy ass over the edge and makes me get FF 3,
maybe tomorrow.
Post 78
You're using the beta greasemonkey I linked to?
Post 79
yeah i found another link for the script, and it worked after
well i think it does :P
http://ecmanaut.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/sites/ikariam.org/kronos_utils.user.js
Post 80
Yeah that's the older buggy one - still works mostly well - just not as polished. The new one needs the beta greasemonkey to work.
Post 81
I was using the beta, wasn't working.
Post 82
Quote from OverDrive;344062:
You're using the beta greasemonkey I linked to?
yep think FF3 might be the answer.
Heretic you using FF3??
Post 83
2.0.0.14 is the version i'm using.
i installed the new greasemonkey, restarted, installed the script, restarted.
Post 84
Dunno then, tried the old version its buggy as hell.
Post 85
[TUTO] First Steps with Kronos Utils
Post 86
how do u become allys with ur freinds