the first army you should get is 1000 spearmen. it enables you to prey on empty level 1 and 2 forts ^.^ muahahhaha.
then you should set about hiring 1500 swordsmen for you to be able to kill level 3 fort with all archers inside.
Then atleast 400 cavalry to make it easier to finish off any archer garrison.
Then a few seige units. 5 - 10 rams should be good.
Then archers and forts to defend a bit. =] this is good because people dont like attacking players with soldiers early in the game ^^ oh, this requires for you to have a good spying level aswelll. level 5 should do for about a month.
This was the first hands-on advice I've seen, thanks...
My line of questioning is rather more basic...
- What do I need to start harassing 50p+ neighbours, in terms of minimum size for an attack to pay off (both concerning time spent building up/rebuilding the army and spoils of war)
- I'm reaching 100p, noone in the realm is yet much above 150p, so I don't expect there will be too many attackers on myself just yet
But defencing is probably something to think of too...? But not in this thread
Now, in my realm 70 (I'm guessing v4x) everyone I believe will have built fortress level 1 with 100 archers, during the buildup phase and overseen by the advisor
--> This would mean that a spear army would not do so good on _any_ target, no?
Can I overcome a fortress level one and come out on plus with... what?
500 spears, 100 archers? 800 spears, 200 archers?
Or do I even need swords to be able to overcome a fortress with 100 archers in it?
It should be possible to plunder without having sieges to bring down a fortress,
and I am yet to figure out the least level of offense I need to get going...
Please advice!
Even, should I consider pillaging to just generally be a bad guy and build up fast...?