Hey all, I'm getting pulled back into this for a week sitting two of my friends accounts. Phew, they've both got 8 villages; what a way to jump back in to the game.

Good to see my old account is still alive and growing. But not in an alliance? I hope it still hasn't ever been attacked.

Who else is still in the game, either on server 6 or the other server you joined? What's new in Travian?

Still in there. The alliance is starting to fade away though. Talk of joining or merging with another alliance.

Hehe, look me up sometime while sitting your friends' accounts.

Think 8 villages is bad, I now have 16. Including two 15c's one of which is my capital. With everything to 16's and 3 crop oases I'm making 42000 crop per hour in ONE village. Needless to say, I'm making troops 24/7 to use some of it up. It looks like the Natar will be showing up in a month or so, so things should start to get interesting.

Actually, send me an IGM from one of your friend's accounts and I'll set you as a sitter so you can poke around and look.

I'm e_lectric ingame, in case you don't recall.

Well, the time has come. Empeg the alliance is over. Later today to tomorrow it will gone. Is there anyone left from here playing?

I'm still playing, but just to build up a huge amount of troops to crush PFF once and for all.

I'm not surprised. I'm still playing because mysteriously, the guy that was crushing me for no good reason gave his account to someone else entirely. The new guy was a very rational person and agreed not to attack me if I promised I wasn't a threat. I wasn't anyway, so I agreed.

Now I'm just building up some villages to see how far I can do so. It's pretty much just a sim for me now. When the server ends, I won't be joining up again.

I did have a nice reprieve from the game recently, though. Has anyone here played the Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1 yet? It's hilarious and quite fun, despite some rough edges. I highly endorse it, and despite its extremely short length, I got far more enjoyment out of it than Travian.

The "new" FireFox31 is singlehandedly attacking a very large alliance, and goading them into wiping him off the map completely.

Ah, good to see some of you were still in there. Sorry I forgot to check this thread for the week I was sitting.... I was too addicted to the game to do anything else online.

petteri: You hung in there all this time, stranded up in North East? Way to go. Too bad the empeg alliance is over. I checked their stats and they were (almost?) in the top 100 briefly.

lectric: That's SOME growth there. You'll be an asset to HK. The guys I was sitting for were in REVO, whom I believe is a friend of WK (who I'm guessing is a faction of HK).

BAKup: Ahhh, PFF. I should have killed him the day he joined and started sending me unintelligible messages. Crush him!! It's a shame the new FireFox31 didn't really even expand or do anything.

Dignan: Yeah, playing it as a sim is fun. The only way to really play is to have some pros on your team telling you what to do. Oh well, at least the game actually ends. That's the best part about it (unlike WoW and those).

Good luck with the Natars!! Enjoy.

Actually, we would be enemies....

Oh, and I get a new village tomorrow! Woot! The game has certainly taken a turn to the more fun now. It's far less about resource management, and more about the war aspect as people jockey for position. With 18(19) villages, getting resources is a non-issue. Spending them is. I can produce enough in 1 day enough to do nothing but build troops for 5 days non-stop. The weirdest thing is that when you're the biggest in any alliance, people always assume you are the leader. I certainly get a vote, but I am certainly NOT the leader.

Would this large alliance happen to be mine? =HK=300? If so, I can make them stop. Or I could personally wipe you if you'd rather. ;8^) J/K.

Well, the new alliance got into a battle with FADA, and we pretty much came out ahead. I've gone from a peacetime footing to a more war based setup, and I'm getting ready to crush PFF as soon as he leaves ~Zely~.

I've been learned how to hold my own against someone who wanted to try to farm me, and right now I *still* have some of his troops in my traps in my 15C. Since he never did respond to my messages asking to stop, I'm going to just keep them there until he talks to me.

lectric: Wow, the culture points alone to create those villages is astounding. You must have Town Halls all over the place. It's fun being the biggest.

How could it be hard to spend? Can't you keep upgrading weapons and armor, walls and residences, trade offices and marketplaces in every village? What about great barracks and great stables?

While sitting two accounts with 8 villages, the most intense task was moving resources between villages to avoid overflow and ensure constant building. Every time I logged in, I had every merchant in the empire traveling somewhere or offering resources on the market.


BAKup: Good work against FADA. They are massive. They seem so solemn and steadfast, like they would crush anyone without saying a word.


If only I could write an AI to play Travian for me, using my methods. That's the only way I'll ever see clay production and praetorians again.

Server 5 restarts next Friday. Now I've got the itch to get in at the ground floor.

Perhaps it's time to block s5.travian.com at my host file.

Step AWAY from the web browser now...

Well, several members of your alliance are attacking us right now. The new Empeg/StThom alliance is called UN.

I asked them to stop. We'll see if they listen. ;8^)

@Firefox

I have 17 great celebrations running as we speak. My main 15c is fully upgraded. I mean fully, as in all buildings to 20, all researches for all troops to 20, Everything possible to do there has been done. I COULD build a great barracks/stable, but you can't in your main village. Suckage. What I REALLY need is great warehouses/granaries. Natars have to be out for that though. I'm working on bringing my 2nd 15c to completely upgraded.

Well, I just noticed this morning that WW has been added to the stats, and I now see natar villages on S6.


edit: Bah, grammer.

Yep, 9/1 they're coming!

Ha, it's funny that spending money is your challenge. Your World Wonder team will love you. I'm amazed that you got so far in 6-7 months.

Rock on, everyone. Don't let those barbarians overtake you!


......... see you on Server 5?!

Yeah, it's about to get interesting....