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INTRODUCTION- Avast me landlubbin sea donkeys.
First off, who the heck am I and why am I writing this guide? Simply put I'm just another player like you who has a bit better grasp on the game then the majority of its players. Am I the best?!?! Not at all, there are players out there that are much better then me. I'm fortunate enough to have many of them in my alliance “Pirates Code”. Arrrrrrrr!
I'm writing this guide for the hundreds of people who have asked me for advice during my time playing the game. Simple as that. Its not an end all be all guide for domination of KOC:BFtN.
PERSONALITY- Harrr, where be me bow-legged wenchs?
Before we even start to talk about the game we need to talk about what kind of player you are. Actually, what kind of player you should be is probably more important. From my experience aggressive always beats defensive. You have to understand that 95 out of 100 people are passive players. No matter how much you hit them they wont hit you back. They would rather try to talk you out of attacking them then risk losing more by attacking back. Just imagine you just got punched in the face. What will your reaction be? If its taking out a pen and paper and writing a really nice flattering letter to your opponent then you're on par with the average KOC player.
Its in peoples nature to be more defensive, yet as the ages have taught us, a good offense is better then the best defense. Action always beats reaction. A person who's waiting for something to happen so they can react is always one step behind. This is the trade mark of a poor alliance leader. As a leader people trust you to make the right choice, but most people wait until they have no choice at all. Usually the key id feature of someone who lacks the trait to create action is someone who is constantly planning the perfect attack.
Be a professional killer. This is something that I've learned throughout my time in naval special operations. Be humble, never threaten someone, never brag about what you've done or could do. If you're at the point where you want to threaten to attack someone then do it. People threaten to destroy me all day long. Maybe one day it'll happen, but not by one of them. Being a professional is about behaving in such a way that shows people how good you are without having to brag about it or trying to prove yourself with words. If you're good people will notice it. You can be confident, and some people mistake that for cockiness, but you cant win them all right?
Being a good global chat warrior is fun and takes a lot of finesse but its beyond the scope of this guide, and frankly rarely amounts to anything tangible.
This is a game, like any sport nobody likes a bad loser or a flamboyant winner. You're a professional, attack for reasons that make sense to people. “You're a good farm” is a legit reason. Don't attack just because you can. You create true enemies that way. Do it enough and the whole server will be against you. Always be true to your word, even though others will try to make it seem like you weren’t. Never lie to make yourself look better, even when others insist you lie about everything. These are all things that help people respect you, even if you just destroyed their best friend. What fun is being on top with nobody to praise you for it?
In the end you're just playing a game and enjoying it right? If you can show that without being disrespectful, arrogant, insulting, any other completely negative trait, then you can farm people to your hearts content and still be in a good position. Prove you're good through you actions, not your words, and people will respect you more.
GEMS – Spending yer hard earned booty.
First thing I'm going to talk about is Gems. Many people seem to think that buying gems is cheating or unfair. This is a free to play game and the developers are spending time on it to make money. The way they do that is through gems. In a sense the game is designed for every player to use gems. By buying gems I'm directly supporting the company that is developing the game that I enjoy. If you get a free ticket to a football game do you expect to be sitting in the front row?
Whether you think gems are fair or not there’s one simple truth about them. Gems don’t make a good player, but a good player uses gems. Now you can either buy them, win them, or tapjoy them. If I had more time than money I'd certainly use the tapjoy option.
So now that you've got your precious gems what should you spend them on? There are a few things, first of course is a second city. After that, the only thing you cant compete without are leveled up knights. They affect everything from your build/research speed to far more important things like troop training speed and troop attack strength. At a minimum you're going to want a level 200+ knight for attacking alone. You'll want a second lvl 200+ knight in your second city for resource generation and troop training. You'll need two divine inspirations to make your knight halls level 10.
Why is this so important? Look at it this way. Imagine that a single troop hits for 10 points of damage and had 10 points of health. A knight at level 200 increases its damage to 20 and health to 20. So not only does he hit twice as much but because he can take two hits he can attack twice more. Thats effectively four times as strong as an enemy troop with a level 1 knight. Even putting that fact aside you will train troops 50% faster. Put them together and you have far more troops with far more strength. See what I'm getting at? You can cry about gems all the way back down to 0 might.
If you have more gems then that then keep a stockpile of Bearskin/Stoneskin and Blood Lust/Blood Frenzy enough to use during times when you're making a serious offensive. If you have more then that level your Alchemy Lab and Rally Point, in that order, up to level 10. This will allow you to get another 10% health and attack strength through Poison Blade and Healing Potions as well as send 10k more troops on each attack. Next if you really want to, I did, you can level up your stables and black smith as they give small increases in the training speed of their corresponding troops.
Do not get sucked into wasting your gems on speeding up training, its not worth it. In most cases you'll probably use gems to speed up attacks on big players to catch them off guard or before they can reinforce. Any use other then listed above will have a fairly insignificant impact on how strong you are.
If you'd like me to continue this guide please feel free to post below or message me in game. Fair winds.
COMING SOON.... CHAPTER 2 CITY BUILDING / RESOURCE PROTECTION.
First off, who the heck am I and why am I writing this guide? Simply put I'm just another player like you who has a bit better grasp on the game then the majority of its players. Am I the best?!?! Not at all, there are players out there that are much better then me. I'm fortunate enough to have many of them in my alliance “Pirates Code”. Arrrrrrrr!
I'm writing this guide for the hundreds of people who have asked me for advice during my time playing the game. Simple as that. Its not an end all be all guide for domination of KOC:BFtN.
PERSONALITY- Harrr, where be me bow-legged wenchs?
Before we even start to talk about the game we need to talk about what kind of player you are. Actually, what kind of player you should be is probably more important. From my experience aggressive always beats defensive. You have to understand that 95 out of 100 people are passive players. No matter how much you hit them they wont hit you back. They would rather try to talk you out of attacking them then risk losing more by attacking back. Just imagine you just got punched in the face. What will your reaction be? If its taking out a pen and paper and writing a really nice flattering letter to your opponent then you're on par with the average KOC player.
Its in peoples nature to be more defensive, yet as the ages have taught us, a good offense is better then the best defense. Action always beats reaction. A person who's waiting for something to happen so they can react is always one step behind. This is the trade mark of a poor alliance leader. As a leader people trust you to make the right choice, but most people wait until they have no choice at all. Usually the key id feature of someone who lacks the trait to create action is someone who is constantly planning the perfect attack.
Be a professional killer. This is something that I've learned throughout my time in naval special operations. Be humble, never threaten someone, never brag about what you've done or could do. If you're at the point where you want to threaten to attack someone then do it. People threaten to destroy me all day long. Maybe one day it'll happen, but not by one of them. Being a professional is about behaving in such a way that shows people how good you are without having to brag about it or trying to prove yourself with words. If you're good people will notice it. You can be confident, and some people mistake that for cockiness, but you cant win them all right?
Being a good global chat warrior is fun and takes a lot of finesse but its beyond the scope of this guide, and frankly rarely amounts to anything tangible.
This is a game, like any sport nobody likes a bad loser or a flamboyant winner. You're a professional, attack for reasons that make sense to people. “You're a good farm” is a legit reason. Don't attack just because you can. You create true enemies that way. Do it enough and the whole server will be against you. Always be true to your word, even though others will try to make it seem like you weren’t. Never lie to make yourself look better, even when others insist you lie about everything. These are all things that help people respect you, even if you just destroyed their best friend. What fun is being on top with nobody to praise you for it?
In the end you're just playing a game and enjoying it right? If you can show that without being disrespectful, arrogant, insulting, any other completely negative trait, then you can farm people to your hearts content and still be in a good position. Prove you're good through you actions, not your words, and people will respect you more.
GEMS – Spending yer hard earned booty.
First thing I'm going to talk about is Gems. Many people seem to think that buying gems is cheating or unfair. This is a free to play game and the developers are spending time on it to make money. The way they do that is through gems. In a sense the game is designed for every player to use gems. By buying gems I'm directly supporting the company that is developing the game that I enjoy. If you get a free ticket to a football game do you expect to be sitting in the front row?
Whether you think gems are fair or not there’s one simple truth about them. Gems don’t make a good player, but a good player uses gems. Now you can either buy them, win them, or tapjoy them. If I had more time than money I'd certainly use the tapjoy option.
So now that you've got your precious gems what should you spend them on? There are a few things, first of course is a second city. After that, the only thing you cant compete without are leveled up knights. They affect everything from your build/research speed to far more important things like troop training speed and troop attack strength. At a minimum you're going to want a level 200+ knight for attacking alone. You'll want a second lvl 200+ knight in your second city for resource generation and troop training. You'll need two divine inspirations to make your knight halls level 10.
Why is this so important? Look at it this way. Imagine that a single troop hits for 10 points of damage and had 10 points of health. A knight at level 200 increases its damage to 20 and health to 20. So not only does he hit twice as much but because he can take two hits he can attack twice more. Thats effectively four times as strong as an enemy troop with a level 1 knight. Even putting that fact aside you will train troops 50% faster. Put them together and you have far more troops with far more strength. See what I'm getting at? You can cry about gems all the way back down to 0 might.
If you have more gems then that then keep a stockpile of Bearskin/Stoneskin and Blood Lust/Blood Frenzy enough to use during times when you're making a serious offensive. If you have more then that level your Alchemy Lab and Rally Point, in that order, up to level 10. This will allow you to get another 10% health and attack strength through Poison Blade and Healing Potions as well as send 10k more troops on each attack. Next if you really want to, I did, you can level up your stables and black smith as they give small increases in the training speed of their corresponding troops.
Do not get sucked into wasting your gems on speeding up training, its not worth it. In most cases you'll probably use gems to speed up attacks on big players to catch them off guard or before they can reinforce. Any use other then listed above will have a fairly insignificant impact on how strong you are.
If you'd like me to continue this guide please feel free to post below or message me in game. Fair winds.
COMING SOON.... CHAPTER 2 CITY BUILDING / RESOURCE PROTECTION.
Although, if u have the gems to spend on all that, and I assume u already have, u would realise that once you have a substantial offence, building our defensive might will help greatly in sustaining a large offence. I'm sure u will discuss troops and walls m such in chapter 2, I look forward to you teaching people how to dove as well 
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