Dressing up your generals 101
Step 1: PRIORITIES
We see so many player focusing on their boss general first… Unless your alliance depends on YOU to kill bosses: it’s a very bad idea. Here’s what would be more reasonable:
1- Ranged general
2- Defense general
3- Other PVP generals (mounted/ground/siege)
4- Subordinate City’s Generals
Fine Arnold. You're not wrong...
To each his own they say. So, you might want to do your subs generals before the rest of your PVP generals. And that’s ok too. Also, depending on your alliance, if you usually set 15M+ rallies on 3B+ player, your siege general might make it higher on the list. Focus on one, get him done, move on to the next. Just one very important thing...
Don’t start with your bosses general, please... pleeeeeeease!!
Step 2: TYPES AND PREREQUISITES
Your « end game » gears can be either Ares, Achaemenidae or Civilisation. Since the Civilisation gears have yet to be all released; this will be an evolving topic.
1- ARES
Ares are not crafted, they are up graded Dragon gears. First, you will need to craft the corresponding dragon gear.
ONLY CRAFT DRAGON GEAR WHEN YOU WANT TO USE ARES GEAR IN THE FUTUR. Smaller level players: Build King gears for the rest (where you will use achaemenidae gear).
You will need Forge level 30 and many badges to upgrade to Ares gears. You can get badges in Battle of Constantinople or packs.
Ares gears have extra requirements (they will be identify with *)
Ares Ring: King of Generals achievement (6 epic generals of 3.5M power) Ares Boots: Dragon Master achievement (1 dragon of 500K power) Ares Leg: Hospital level 30 Ares Armor: Wonder 1 (top 5 in SVS) Ares Helmet: Research Super Defending Troop Defence level 25 Ares Bow: Archer camp level 30 Ares Spear: Stables level 30 Ares Axe: Workshop level 30 Ares Sword: Barracks level 30
2- ACHAEMENIDAE
« Ach » gears are crafted from scrolls (found in bosses rewards).
You need Forge 33 to craft Ach gears.
They do not require badges, BUT they require a HUGE amount of dragon scales materials. This material is hard to get. So kill all the vikings and produce ONLY dragon scales in your Research Factory.
3- CIVILISATION GEARS
Yes, they are that good.
You need Keep 33 to craft these in your Wonder Building. You can only craft one of each.
As of now, Civilisation gears (”civ”) scrolls can be found: A- In packs (costing around 100$ for 50% of the pieces and 2000$ for 50% of the rest). B- Waiting some more, and using tokens in Tycher’s Wheel that is released once a month. But you will still need to spend money to get enough tokens to get enough spins, to get enough scroll’s fragments.
Somewhere down the road, we might be able to collect scroll fragments in bosses rewards. Here’s to hoping! Patience will be necessary.
Step 3: MAKE A PLAN
Before you craft anything, you should make a plan. Decide what you will craft, write it down and work from there. People with no plan craft the wrong gear and waste material. You DO NOT want to waste materials that are really hard to get. Here’s why…
Most players will use at least 5 PVP generals and 7 to 9 subordinate cities generals. That’s 84 pieces of gears. To give you an idea… for an average player, it will take at least 1 week to save enough materials to craft 1 piece. Now do the math… So DO NOT WASTE: Join all the vikings rallies, participate in every battlefield and MAKE A PLAN.
LET’S BEGIN...
To learn about specific gears for every situation, please visit the other pages:
1- SUB GENERALS
2- RANGED GEARS
3- DEFENSE GEARS
4- MOUNTED GEARS
5- GROUND GEARS
6- SIEGE GEARS
***Disclosure: These posts are based on personal experience and on the coaching received along the way. Ultimately, everything is debatable. I try to stick to the facts, but some views expressed along the way, can represent my opinion only. The goal of these posts is to help by sharing the knowledge. I might be wrong. If I am, tell me. We learn from each other.***