Sry Alina if you want play strategy you wont play sparta cause here is no strategy needed, and also its no hardcore game cause you cant lose much. the tactical moves you can use here is for kids till max 12 years, i see more dead cities on the map then from active players and i see that nearly all use all new items to protect the city or army so its a joke what you say.Theokoles said:
I suggest the devs speak to some of the play-testers or mods that play sparta - find out how hard it is for a new city still developing to defend from daily attacks of 50,000 horse units.
What it is like to have assassins rain down on the city if say 10 people put large numbers of defenders in a place with no traps or walls.
(assassins now have no use other than hitting low level cities that have not developed traps and walls - to use 100 assassins on a developed city will not even get past the traps that are so cheap and fast to replace we dont care if we loose them)
Find out from players how impossible it is to build your city and compete in tourneys when you have no troops, no acropolis that can protect new builds, and protect your resources from entire coalitions that share the locations of cities that try to build (i am assuming so they can all get the pvp and tourney rewards)
It is not fun for them and very frustrating to watch from your own city and know you can do nothing to assist them.
Devs already know that newbies face many challenges while developing their Cities. But they came to play a hardcore war strategy game and it's obvious they need to be ready for Battles, attacks, and raids.
The essential part of the game for newbies is to join a proper Coalition that will not only help to defend but help attacking an enemy and help developing faster explaining what actions newbie needs to do first of all.
I understand it can be hard, but devs won't change this part of the game.
