Supporting your Alliance
You may be called upon to support your alliance with your troops or supplies; it might be attacking others, or it might be reinforcing cities (and particularly temples) that are under attack. It could be by sending resources to allow others to rebuild their troops, or providing gold or other resources to allow them to research an attribute to increase their strength.
Of course every alliance is different, but in general the principal will be 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few', ie everyone may need to make sacrifices for the good of the alliance.
Sending resources
If you are still growing your empire and need resources, ask in your alliance and others may have spare to send, later on in the game you will have extras to send to those in need. If asked to send resources, ensure you select the right city and the right method of transport if both are available. And don't send ALL your food! If you run out of food then troops will start to abandon you. Of course this might be a sacrifice you need to make to prevent another player's defending army from deserting.
How to send resources:
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Select the city you wish to send to on the Region view OR choose the Trade screen > City Resources > Send Resources and type in the co-ordinates
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If the city is your city, you can select it from the drop down arrow instead
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Select by land or by sea (you can see at the top how many carts and ships you have) remembering the receiving city must be on water to send by sea, and must be on the same continent to send by land)
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Select 'Normal Trade' or 'Temple Donation'
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Enter how many resources you want to send
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Click the 'Send Resources' button. If you don't have the carts, ships or resources you have entered it will be grey and will not do anything.
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TIP: Sending via ship might be faster, even if both cities are on the same continent: check the time for each before sending. You or the receiver can use items to speed a delivery too, which will cost denari and charisma.
Mass resource sending
This is part of the Trade Councillor, if you have hired her. It means you can allow the game to select a quantity of resources (taking resources from all of your cities) and send it rather than you scrolling through each city to send.
Providing gold
Some of the researches use a lot of gold, but can make a big difference to the outcome of a battle. If someone needs gold, you can help them in the market place.
How to provide gold:
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Someone who needs gold will offer to sell some resources
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Open up the Trade screen > Market > Marketplace
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Select the kind of resource, and the maximum price you will pay and distance to travel. (Note the time is how long the other player will be travelling, your gold leaves your storage instantly).
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Click the 'Search Market' button and you should see the offer appear. If nothing appears the distance or price might need increasing. Make sure you are in a city on water if the sale is on another continent
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Once you've found the offer you wish to accept, enter a number at the bottom (you can buy a partial offer) and then 'Accept'
Sending reinforcements
If another player is under attack and their own army is not strong enough, or is elsewhere, then you may need to send your armies to help. If your army is supporting another city then you will be credited with reputation and refined resources for any troops that are killed while you have an army defending.
How to reinforce:
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Pay attention to alliance chat or to mails asking for reinforcements
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Make sure your troops are home (you may receive instructions to recall them from raiding, in advance of sending to reinforce others)
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Select the city needing your troops on Region view and then 'Send reinforcements' OR open up the command screen, select the 'Reinforce' tab and type in the co-ordinates
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Enter the number of troops you need to send
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Choose whether to send now, or select a departure time or arrival time
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Click the 'Reinforce' button
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NOTE: Your troops will not leave if you do not have enough; make sure that your troops will be home and you have enough (replacing losses on raids, for example) when setting a planned departure.
Sending military attacks
As your army grows you will want to take part in battles and kill your enemies' troops! Much as you will want to do this straight away, there will be attacks you can do that will support your alliance's overall strategy which will mean your troops are used more efficiently. They key point here will be to 'wait for instructions': keep an eye on mails and chat, let the military leaders know what troops you have if asked and be active to be able to set up attacks if needed.
Things that military leaders will probably want to know:
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Which continent your troops are on
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If they are in a castle or not
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How much TS (troop strength) you have
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What kind of troops they are
How to set up attacks:
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Make sure you are clear on what kind of attack you need to send, where, and at what time
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Choose the target city on Region view OR open the Commands screen > PvP
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Select whether is it a Siege, Assault, Scout or Plunder (enter and check the target city co-ordinates here)
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Enter the number of troops
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Leave as 'Send Now' or select a departure or arrival time
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Click the blue 'Assault', 'Siege', 'Plunder' or 'Scout' button
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NOTE: Your troops will not leave if you do not have enough; make sure that your troops will be home and you have enough (replacing losses on raids, for example) when setting a planned departure.