Looking back your biggest mistake is....

[Joie]

If You could start over what he one thing you would do different. Me I would have just put all my skill points into hero strength with just a little stamina sprinkled in. I would put zero in to attack and defend. Several other things but that would be number one

[Jnesbitt82]

Build up the cash buildings before advancing levels.

[spectra]

Get your level 10 Breeding Den before leveling up

[DIrishB]

If You could start over what he one thing you would do different. Me I would have just put all my skill points into hero strength with just a little stamina sprinkled in. I would put zero in to attack and defend. Several other things but that would be number one

But isn't there a point where putting points towards strength does no good anymore? I'd gotten that impression from another thread weeks back that at a certain point there's a limit. I still spend every level point on Hero Strength and alternate on Attack and Defense, maybe I should start saving the extra point for the next level up and put it all to Strength?

For high level players, is there a point where additional strength doesn't make any difference?

[Joie]

I don't know that's been talked about and really never have seen a concrete conclusion one way or the other. I am convinced though that as you get higher the attack defense really mean nothing's. I'm over 100 on hero strength but I'd have it much much higher at this level if I could do it again.

[The_Red]

Camping a bit more to get my L10 den; of course, that would have been boring as hell, so whatever.

[Nick-Clark1]

Things I would do differently
- Not level up so quickly (now that I'm aware of how whale territory works)
- Not spend any ******* money on this game
- Upgrade my favorite money buildings to 10 before advancing further

[Njwmrb]

Probably just change a few of my upgrades

[Hobtuse]

Yeah looking back:
- Not getting the Guardian Elemental's ability of 2 upgrades at a time.
- Wasting some of my upgrades and time
- Not being interested in the game until I hit level 50.
- Oh yeah and those points in Defense.

[Joie]

Camping a bit more to get my L10 den; of course, that would have been boring as hell, so whatever.. Plenty have used camping
as a great strategy and good for them. However I have no patience for camping so I could never use it as a strategy of mine

[echus14]

On the issue of points going to Attack or Defence (as opposed to Hero Strength), wasn't there some event prize that actually gave a bonus to Attack(?) skill points ... or was that to the Attack stats? Think it was +100.

[asdfg12345]

Not trying for the IPH event. I was close and if I leveled the Granary, I would have won the Aracane defender.

[echus14]

Should have started building my economy and upgrading my vault as early as possible. Guess its common to just wade into a game rather than study it ... I hate reading instruction manuals! ;)

[Great_wall2]

Upgrading my Colosseum to level 7 for the paladins. I should have put the time and money into something else.

[tcapi]

Should not have started playing KA!

[echus14]

New support group will be starting up soon ... KA Anonymous ... lol

[spectra]

Yeah looking back:
- Not getting the Guardian Elemental's ability of 2 upgrades at a time.
- Wasting some of my upgrades and time
- Not being interested in the game until I hit level 50.
- Oh yeah and those points in Defense.

HAHAHA, my friend, you are right on that, all skill points should go to Hero strentgh, at first does not seem to make much difference, but after a few levels, they make a huge diff in mastering the maps faster using way less energy
(compare at killing the Bone Lord with 12 hits instead of just 6/7)

[War Eagle]

Wasting time upgrading unit buildings that get outdated too soon (i.e. Barracks)

[Bea]

If I started again I think I'd be a rogue because I like the rogue avatar armour. Other than that, a few unnecessary unit building upgrades.

[Bronson]

Should have upped my def instead of attack early on so I would have a perfect record instead of these 8 losses

[GFF]

I'd have to agree with leveling slower and learning how to actually play the game. A buddy told me about it and I was all about getting to a higher level than him when I started. I went to level 34 or 35 before I had any idea what I was doing. 2.5 months later I'm sitting at 53 and finally have some respectable stats but it sure would have been easier to do it right from the start.

So I started another account on my kids ipod to see if I can follow the things I've read here and build a better kingdom.

[d_nickels]

- I regret not being high enough level to farm lots of those 25/10 and 10/25 drops before they got nerfed!

- And I wish I had upgraded breeding den to level 10 a long time ago, but it was riskier at lower levels back then and I don't really have the patience to camp so not sure that one could've happened.

[Cool Fella]

No reading the forum before...There is a lot of good info here

[Crazy Canuck]

I have nothing I do differently. My guys not perfect buy like him the way he is

[Skoty422]

I would definately learn how to play before I got to level 25 with crappy stats just doing quest! Then I would have invested more time upgrading my den. And most certainly regret not farming for the good weapons when they had a great drop rate.

[Dewsy]

I have two regrets. Firstly not realising that the higher den levels are achievable, when I was lower level and it would have been easier to upgrade I thought they were impossible and no one would ever reach them. Secondly, spending gems on crate units. The amount of money I've spent on the game isn't enough to make a significant stat increase but enough to make me think 'Why did I spend that much on an iOS game'. I don't regret the money I spent on gem buildings at all though.

[Lt. Falcon]

for the most part, I think I'm doing everything right as free player. I'm at lvl 42 and the breeding den is not unlocked. All my unit buildings are at lvl 10 with exception of Wizards Spire currently upgrading to 9. I have all cash building with exception of 2nd manor with IPH at 5.7k. My hero strength is at 32, stamina at 12 but I have 15 shill points in reserve. Currently have 8 extra plots of land and have not been beaten in an attack in 39 days. I am a free player and I lost to a heavy gold spender who I did manage to win in a revenge attack. My suggestion, take your time, build your economy, upgrade all your unit buildings and take inventory of your units for attack and defense.

[ezinap]

To build a Brothel next to the Wizard's Spire... Now my Wizard is never at home creating some useful units...

[BadNews]

I should reserve more skill point in early stage and learned how to play this game early.

[twisted 1]

Hey all! I'm new to the forum and that would be my biggest change. Wish I'd gotten involved here much sooner. Tons of great advice here. That'll take away some regret later down the road...lmao

[Vile Lynn]

Hey all! I'm new to the forum and that would be my biggest change. Wish I'd gotten involved here much sooner. Tons of great advice here. That'll take away some regret later down the road...lmao

Welcome to the forum, Twisted :)

[twisted 1]

Welcome to the forum, Twisted :)
Thanks vile!

[GetItOn]

for the most part, I think I'm doing everything right as free player. I'm at lvl 42 and the breeding den is not unlocked. All my unit buildings are at lvl 10 with exception of Wizards Spire currently upgrading to 9. I have all cash building with exception of 2nd manor with IPH at 5.7k. My hero strength is at 32, stamina at 12 but I have 15 shill points in reserve. Currently have 8 extra plots of land and have not been beaten in an attack in 39 days. I am a free player and I lost to a heavy gold spender who I did manage to win in a revenge attack. My suggestion, take your time, build your economy, upgrade all your unit buildings and take inventory of your units for attack and defense.

ZZzzzzzz and reach level 200 around 2017. My hats off to ppl who can camp like that and retain their interest/focus in a game. I could never do that.

[Hello Kitty]

Well, there was this time in college...we were on our way to a bingo parlor...

Oh! I digress - it's about the game! So, I got all quest happy and leveled about 10 before I would have preferred. That's all, otherwise my av is happy.

[GetItOn]

Well, there was this time in college...we were on our way to a bingo parlor....

In college you were going to bingo parlors? That must be a doozy of a wild granny story! ;)

[Talkazar]

Easily my biggest (and expensive) mistake was seeing what it would take to get top 250 in one of the events (answer - way too many gems I didn't want to spend). Also building a large army of machines instead of developing my beast infrastructure. I probably should add not working to a level 10 breeding den earlier, but KA is my first game, and I can't honestly say I have the patience to camp.

[Samantha Turtle]

But isn't there a point where putting points towards strength does no good anymore? I'd gotten that impression from another thread weeks back that at a certain point there's a limit. I still spend every level point on Hero Strength and alternate on Attack and Defense, maybe I should start saving the extra point for the next level up and put it all to Strength?

For high level players, is there a point where additional strength doesn't make any difference?

Level 98, 126 Strength and every 2 levels I add 3 more. Every time I do slightly more max damage making cash/loot generation more effective. My LLP has... 1 Att and def skill and the basic stamina. All points in strength. lLp will be as you said all HS!

[Musketblade]

maybe ill start over /shrug

[John Snow]

Welcome to the forum, Twisted :)


VL, nice to see you in the 'hood!

[twisted 1]

So after reading through most of the threads, it seems most agree to hero strength and lvl 10 breeding den to be mOst important?

[The_Red]

So after reading through most of the threads, it seems most agree to hero strength and lvl 10 breeding den to be mOst important?

and a strong economy with good alliances of gem players.

[Hello Kitty]

So after reading through most of the threads, it seems most agree to hero strength and lvl 10 breeding den to be mOst important?
and a strong economy with good alliances of gem players.A/D skill points too.

[Coog]

So after reading through most of the threads, it seems most agree to hero strength and lvl 10 breeding den to be mOst important?

I don't get this. Why is attack and defense all of a sudden regarded as useless? There's only 200 levels and when you all have looted and stockpiled your gear the importance of those hero strength points will decrease dramatically. Yes, I'm one of those who plan for the long run. 75 hero points for the moment (at level 81) and I don't think I'll add any more.

[Hello Kitty]

In college you were going to bingo parlors? That must be a doozy of a wild granny story! ;)Hahaha! That's how we rolled back in the day with no internet and cell phones. Kidding. Was a line from movie, Stripes.

[twisted 1]

After reading more threads, I'm more lost than ever! I play on the iPhone. Am I missing something? Teams and group raids and people protecting others? I thought I'm on my own and just take requests for more units. Please clear this up for me!

[d_nickels]

I don't get this. Why is attack and defense all of a sudden regarded as useless? There's only 200 levels and when you all have looted and stockpiled your gear the importance of those hero strength points will decrease dramatically. Yes, I'm one of those who plan for the long run. 75 hero points for the moment (at level 81) and I don't think I'll add any more.

I think if people knew how the hero A/D were used in battle calculations they might be more willing to use stat points in those categories. Right now, adding points into Hero Attack or Defense does not add any noticable benefit. I'm sure it makes your attack/defense better but how much? Does one point in Hero Attack add one point to your total attack score? Is it multiplied by your level or your number of allies? Nobody knows and since the difference isn't noticable its assumed the affect is minimal and might just be added with no multiplier. If thats the case, most chose being able to farm more loot and gold.

Yes if you play for ages you will have all the loot and gold you need, but lets be honest here, how many of us will play this game long enough to have max dragons and max armor/weapons?

[GetItOn]

Hahaha! That's how we rolled back in the day with no internet and cell phones. Kidding. Was a line from movie, Stripes.

At least you didn't say, "This one time in band camp..."

[echus14]

Hah! You all have got it wrong. The only thing that is key to being a top player in this game is ......... Super deep pockets. Just throw money at the problem, buy whatever you want and you'll be just fine (GREE will love you too). :p

[spectra]

I don't get this. Why is attack and defense all of a sudden regarded as useless? There's only 200 levels and when you all have looted and stockpiled your gear the importance of those hero strength points will decrease dramatically. Yes, I'm one of those who plan for the long run. 75 hero points for the moment (at level 81) and I don't think I'll add any more.


I think if people knew how the hero A/D were used in battle calculations they might be more willing to use stat points in those categories. Right now, adding points into Hero Attack or Defense does not add any noticable benefit. I'm sure it makes your attack/defense better but how much? Does one point in Hero Attack add one point to your total attack score? Is it multiplied by your level or your number of allies? Nobody knows and since the difference isn't noticable its assumed the affect is minimal and might just be added with no multiplier. If thats the case, most chose being able to farm more loot and gold.

Yes if you play for ages you will have all the loot and gold you need, but lets be honest here, how many of us will play this game long enough to have max dragons and max armor/weapons?

The way you use your skill points toward ATK, DEF or Hero Points is entirely up to you and based on your goals and how you want to play the game and what kind of strategy you are using

My personal view

I have put all I can into hero strenght (currently have 179 and but the end of the day will be at 180)
have only 18 points in Attack and 7 for DEF

WHY Hero points for me?? well
My goal is to get 200 hero points and reach level 200 as fast as possible, currently at level 142, I need 17,000 experience point to get to level 143, which will take a while to get to 200

1 - it allows me to form for high stats loot such as Zealot blades 31/17, gem plates 18/34, blades of the undying 33/24and many others
2 - it allows me to kill 98% of ALL monsters in any map with 1 or 2 hits (only bosses such as Bone lord, Kraken Eye, Ancient Magician, Primal King, require 6/7 hits)
3 - #2 allows me to master maps alot faster and thus I get the extra skill point and the indy units (out of some have decent stats like the artic dragon and the nomadic mercenary, from high level maps)
4 - it helps me level up quickly, since I can get more Xps per energy use, thus getting more skill points that eventually can be use towards ATK and DEF
5 - farming high paying maps allows me to buy high stats units such as hydras, basilisks, flaming catapults, etc
6 - I do not spend too much on buying armors/weapons, I get tons from the maps :)

Again, it based on what you want to accomplish in the game, so skill points toward hero streght will help me achieve my personal goals

Cheers

[ezinap]

+1 What spectra said.
Back on topic : my biggest mistake is ... buying decorations, of course.

[BadNews]

6 - I do not spend too much on buying armors/weapons, I get tons from the maps :)


Same here. I didn't buy any equipment except some map quest required. Since, I got very high strengh, I can get enough equiments for my army.

[Intrance]

+1 What spectra said.
Back on topic : my biggest mistake is ... buying decorations, of course.

Isn't the most expensive decoration like 20 gold? Even if u regret buying its really not that bad of a mistake

[ezinap]

True, it was not a big mistake, but it was a mistake. I was triggered by your thread, and thought I mention it here.

[Coog]

I think if people knew how the hero A/D were used in battle calculations they might be more willing to use stat points in those categories. Right now, adding points into Hero Attack or Defense does not add any noticable benefit. I'm sure it makes your attack/defense better but how much? Does one point in Hero Attack add one point to your total attack score? Is it multiplied by your level or your number of allies? Nobody knows and since the difference isn't noticable its assumed the affect is minimal and might just be added with no multiplier. If thats the case, most chose being able to farm more loot and gold.

Yes if you play for ages you will have all the loot and gold you need, but lets be honest here, how many of us will play this game long enough to have max dragons and max armor/weapons?

I don’t know if this have been tested in any way but wouldn’t it be hard to say that skill points in A/D doesn’t make a notable difference when you don’t really know how well you would do without them? I’m not going to point fingers and tell people how to play their game but I’m just a little baffled at this consensus that A/D is next to useless. Yes, it’ll take longer for me to bulk up on gear but with a decent IPH I can buy a lot of the stuff any way. Well, no rights or wrongs I guess, but that’s my take on it.

[twisted 1]

I guess it all comes down to stats. If you get your arse kicked all the time, points shoulda gone elsewhere. If not....
Mine are all in defense since I'm not interested in attacking and more into income and not losing when I'm attacked. So far so good....lol.

[Njwmrb]

I don’t know if this have been tested in any way but wouldn’t it be hard to say that skill points in A/D doesn’t make a notable difference when you don’t really know how well you would do without them? I’m not going to point fingers and tell people how to play their game but I’m just a little baffled at this consensus that A/D is next to useless. Yes, it’ll take longer for me to bulk up on gear but with a decent IPH I can buy a lot of the stuff any way. Well, no rights or wrongs I guess, but that’s my take on it.

I think it is just the concensus that it is much better to invest in hero strength because you get more monster kills for less xp, so for less xp you get more money and more loot. Money from enemy killing is significant, it accounts for ~30-40k a day for me. And the loot provides clear evidence in it helping your stats, you can clearly see how much each loot item helps while the A/D is such a mystery

[The_Red]

my biggest mistake is not creating a 2nd account to shadow my primary that I keep
the stats artificially low on to be used for: tournament completion & accruing unvaulted
gold and passing it along to the primary account.

Clearly there are a couple of people doing that at the high levels... props to them
for doing it right. Ah hem.

[Intrance]

my biggest mistake is not creating a 2nd account to shadow my primary that I keep
the stats artificially low on to be used for: tournament completion & accruing unvaulted
gold and passing it along to the primary account.

Clearly there are a couple of people doing that at the high levels... props to them
for doing it right. Ah hem.

Wow red, u totally blew my mind. Didn't think of that at all. I have iPad and never thought to shadow my main. I guess in theory u can substantially increase iph just attacking urself for gold

Back on topic I feel my biggest mistake is the crates. I bought 10 triple crates, got 2 rares, 20 commons which is now replaced by my 20 hydras. Almost made no difference to my stat with 1750 gems

[P4TR1C14N]

my biggest mistake is not creating a 2nd account to shadow my primary that I keep
the stats artificially low on to be used for: tournament completion & accruing unvaulted
gold and passing it along to the primary account.

Clearly there are a couple of people doing that at the high levels... props to them
for doing it right. Ah hem.

Pffft... another way of cheating. Pure stat padding.

[Intrance]

Pffft... another way of cheating. Pure stat padding.

Hmm. So that's considered cheating? I guess so since its exploiting things not meant to be done by design. I probably would of done it if i thought of it first lol...but now since its considered cheating i wont bother with it. And what is at padding?

[Intrance]

[QUOTE=Intrance;384436]Hmm. So that's considered cheating? I guess so since its exploiting things not meant to be done by design. I probably would of done it if i thought of it first lol...but now since its considered cheating i wont bother with it. And what is at padding?[/QUOTE
*stat padding. Sorry autocorrect

[The_Red]

Hmm. So that's considered cheating? I guess so since its exploiting things not meant to be done by design. I probably would of done it if i thought of it first lol...but now since its considered cheating i wont bother with it. And what is at padding?

My post was a bit of jest poking fun at the people who've been doing it... a couple of them post on here. ;)

[GFF]

That's actually a really good idea. I have 2 accounts going, but never thought of doing that. I can't anyway with one at lvl 55 and the other a camping account at lvl 9, but I can see the advantages.

[Gutmaw]

That's actually a really good idea. I have 2 accounts going, but never thought of doing that. I can't anyway with one at lvl 55 and the other a camping account at lvl 9, but I can see the advantages.

Thought about doing this a while back, but I constantly switch the same acct between by iPad and iPhone...home vs travel

[Destruction]

I'm unable to post on the general board for some reason, so I guess this thread is reasonably close.

I wasn't too happy with my build, so I'd like to transfer my guy to someone else and start over -- if that's even possible... I'm assuming it is, based on something I read awhile ago. If it's not possible, please let me know how I can reset my character. Unfortunately I don't have another iOS device.

I'm level 132, I have a level 8 den, with 609 drakes, 40 cannons, a sprinkling of mid level indestructible units. I have all of the non-gem buildings, including manors at level 1, 2x level 2 lenders, etc.

Alliance: 263
Army Stats:
Attack: 54311
Defense: 51784
Skill points:
attack:1
defense:145
Stamina:61
Strength:71

Let me know via PM if you're interested, and I'll set you up with the username/password.

[echus14]

I am soooo tempted for the indestructibles and the level 8 BD ... but where would be the fun of that??

Please make sure you use up your gems if you get rid of the account as I don't think they can be transferred.

Thank you for offering :)

[Nick-Clark1]

I'm unable to post on the general board for some reason, so I guess this thread is reasonably close.

I wasn't too happy with my build, so I'd like to transfer my guy to someone else and start over -- if that's even possible... I'm assuming it is, based on something I read awhile ago. If it's not possible, please let me know how I can reset my character. Unfortunately I don't have another iOS device.

I'm level 132, I have a level 8 den, with 609 drakes, 40 cannons, a sprinkling of mid level indestructible units. I have all of the non-gem buildings, including manors at level 1, 2x level 2 lenders, etc.

Alliance: 263
Army Stats:
Attack: 54311
Defense: 51784
Skill points:
attack:1
defense:145
Stamina:61
Strength:71

Let me know via PM if you're interested, and I'll set you up with the username/password.

Damn man....Lv.132 and you're considering starting again? Just out of curiosity, what would you do differently with a newer account? I'm assuming stat distribution is the main one..?

[Durwood]

Good question. I wish I would not have bought gems very early on - as it seems that I keep getting jacked in an effort to get me to buy gems again. I know that marketing and gem auctioning RULES this game and I think I screwed myself by buying them early and then stopping. Now, I am on the "Bought gems before and now stopped" list and they are trying to get me to buy gems by either keeping me at 4 or 9 items during an event or having me get 32 consecutive "Sorry Try Agains" like I have during this current event.

Don't buy gems until you are further along and then use them sparingly and never during events like that.

[YLL]

I'm unable to post on the general board for some reason, so I guess this thread is reasonably close.

I wasn't too happy with my build, so I'd like to transfer my guy to someone else and start over -- if that's even possible... I'm assuming it is, based on something I read awhile ago. If it's not possible, please let me know how I can reset my character. Unfortunately I don't have another iOS device.

I'm level 132, I have a level 8 den, with 609 drakes, 40 cannons, a sprinkling of mid level indestructible units. I have all of the non-gem buildings, including manors at level 1, 2x level 2 lenders, etc.

Alliance: 263
Army Stats:
Attack: 54311
Defense: 51784
Skill points:
attack:1
defense:145
Stamina:61
Strength:71

Let me know via PM if you're interested, and I'll set you up with the username/password.

Unfortunately, CCM has posted elsewhere (can't recall if it was on the KA board or the MW one) that transferring an account is not allowed... If I'm not wrong, both parties get banned.

Oh, and I believe you need 10 posts before you can start a thread.

[Clay01]

I think looking back, I made quite a few mistakes.

back in the day, I used to do a lot of research before buying a game, I didnt bother to do that for KA since it was just an app I decided to download, and thought (hoped) it would simply be an entertaining game to play occasionally to kill time in airports or on the throne, I didnt look at it as a competitive game.

I didnt really understand the PvP aspect of the game at all early on... it took me quite a while to figure out that I should visit a rival and view their profile before deciding to attack or not, lol.

I viewed the game as a sort of mini-dungeon crawl/empire building, and focused almost completely on the quests and advancing through the maps, etc

I thought leveling up asap was important, turns out slow and steady is probably the way to go.

I suppose in summary, the biggest mistake I made is looking at the game as "my kingdom, on my phone" and not understanding the PvP aspect of it... I could certainly continue to play however I want and ignore PvP, but going over vault to try to get certain upgrades would result in me losing a ton of gold if I did, so understanding that now is helpful

I do see a decent number of high level players who dont seem to understand PvP, though, as I still occasionally get attacked by players with much lower A/D stats than me, and they attack me with unvaulted gold so when I kick them to the curb they pay me for the effort, lol.

[dtgamemaster]

Playing this game, investing so much time and effort into it...for NOTHING.

And i am serious about this. There is no end game except to use your credit card to buy buy buy buy buy ingame items. Whatever.

[The_Red]

Playing this game, investing so much time and effort into it...for NOTHING.


If you werent/arent entertained by the game... one should really stop playing. "Investing" time in any game is really an effort in futility once one tires of it and moves along.