I have started playing KA since around one year ago, and looking back I realize there were some game aspects that I had in mind while playing back then, now no more:
- Buying units - I did give importance to my army units. Ie more attack or defense strength. Buy some few expensive units or many cheap ones. Go for the Knights (9/9) with 180 gold or Gladiators (13/9) with 250. Reaching the 1.000 total attack strength of my army did took me some time.
- Casualty rate - The unit's casualty rate was also something to consider. Magic units were nice but they died like flies. I believe some people would invest in those units knowing they would give them the advantage to raid, thus paying it. Today everyone have indestructible units. We fight thousands of battles and nobody dies.
- Buying weapons - Weapons were already indestructible and I did buy a lot of them. It really pays off buying all those Mail Crushers with 14/21. Having 1.500 of them will give you a 31k decisive edge over your adversaries. No more you will be raided..
- Finishing maps, doing individual quests & tournament rounds - They probably have an end, and I wonder if someone did finish them.
- Building and upgrading - Invest in gold buildings and grow on profits, or choose to go straight away for army buildings and raid others for gold. I choose the first option and nowadays my army buildings aren’t even fully upgraded.
- Buying land squares to expand the kingdom – Today I still find amusing seeing those kingdoms that have the shape of a snake. I still go to the last tile and raid the Manor. Mine is a perfect square. I was planning to place my buildings in organized manner, with streets, fountains and forests, for all visitors to see, only to realize that those objects can’t be seen by anyone.
(btw don’t try to hide your Manor in the middle of the forest).
Best regards and a good year.