Kings of Chaos: AO Army

[MantisMag]

ok the consensus is that officers and commanders only do one thing for each other. actually the officers only do one thing. the commander doesn't do squat. for every two clicks that an officer gets the commander gets one extra soldier. only clicks though. there is no trickle up effect and it doesn't count unit production.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

STRATEGY: Due to the fact that people rarely attack me (hasnt happened yet), I have 7 of my 8 guys trained for attack only. This means that when attacking they inflict 250% more damage than they would being trained all purpose.

Now I can attack people that have like 12 or 13 guys and win because my orcs are better. This is an easier way to earn money because normally the players better than me have more money...and when you win...you take more money from them than you would attacking someone your same skill level

[MantisMag]

training and race bonuses provide a CHANCE of higher damage. weapons provide a definite increase. for now i'd say spend your money on weapons.

once you get enough soldiers that you start suffering casualties start buying mercenaries that are set to the duty you want. it's cheaper than training. you have to be quick to get the mercenaries though. more mercenaries become available every half hour. same time that you get your turns and money. they get bought up within a minute so you gotta keep an eye on that. mercenaries always die first so they preserve your soldiers that you got from clicking and unit production. however for some odd reason the soldiers that die are all purpose. so you keep the same number of trained soldiers even though they were supposed to be the mercenaries.

[MantisMag]

update on AO Army

well we're growing quite quickly. we just gained our 8th officer. do any of you officers have officers of your own? we now have 102 soldiers of which 15 are mercenaries. we haven't lost a fight since my last update. we've attacked 14 different people and won every fight. stole quite a bit of money. we now have long shields, a battering ram, 20 knives, and 3 wargs. we also no longer live in a dirty little camp. we have our very own walled town. we are mighty! i deal 10 times more damage than anybody with a comparable size army can defend for. i think i'm going to start branching out and looking for bigger armies with more money. that's all for now. see you on the battlefield.

p.s. wargs are cool.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

can we buy more weapons than guys we have?

like if I have 17 orcs can I buy 25 knives and all the knives will do damage when i attack?

[MantisMag]

yes. weapons attack no matter if there's anybody to use them. if you get attacked your walls and chainmails will counterattack even if all your guys are set to offence. all your swords and knives and steeds will march off to war by themselves. yes it's weird. but that's the way the game works.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

this game is neat.

I mean...up

[MantisMag]

anybody besides wicked actually playing? cause nobody's posting.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

Mantis I have a question. Whats your unit production? I just got mine up to 11.

[MantisMag]

so that's how you got your units to shoot up like that! i noticed you caught up with mango real fast. i'm actually trying to keep unit production down right now so it's just at 4 because of my fortress. i have 155 orcs and i think i'm going to accept losses and try to maintain it here for a little bit to build up my armory. most of the money seems to be with the armies in the sub 100 power range. i'm going to stop buying mercenaries so that i can keep myself within attack range of people in the 80-100 range. there seems to be a whole lot of money in the 70's if you think you're up to attacking them. once you get up past 100 all the money dries up. that's the secret to not getting attacked. spend all your money as soon as you get it. i guess people with this high of a power have all figured that out. seems to be a plateau of sorts. there's some very powerful armies around this level. i'm going to do the same and build up my bonuses before moving on.

Attack/Defend bonus: 5450 / 1700
Your fortifications: Fortress
Your sieging capability: Ladders

[WicKeD_WaYz]

I noticed that too. Actually in the last 2 days Ive been venturing out and attacking right around 75. And im actually winning like 100k at a time.(per 15 credits) I can find some people who have hords of cash close to 400,000 or more. I train all my guys for attack assuming that by spending my money as soon as I get it, no one will ever attack me. And if they do, they will win only pennies.

[MantisMag]

YAY! we are MIGHTY! just purchased a stronghold and dynamite. i'm home from school now so my ability to play has increased while my time to do so has decreased. this should be interesting. luckily kingsofchaos isn't that fast paced of a game. i'm not going to get slaughtered if i leave it for a day or so.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

ya I just got a stronghold and dynamite last night as well. I like this better than midnight challenge because when I dont play, my attack turns accumulate as opposed to capping off after less than a day.