Strategy & Note to Neighbors

That's a really great point! I saw a tip saying that if you click on a building under attack it shows how much time is left - thats a good indicator of who to send nerds to as well.

Those figures are a huge difference, why would anyone ever attack their neighbors, sorry neighbor but I might not attack you :)

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Correct, but if you level up higher you will get more nerds and so if you have all three castle at level 10 it still makes sense to level up.

madfish - another great tip. I have been waking up and collecting the most elixir in the morning by doing exactly that - house attacks are only 9 hrs, so depending on the time zone, you have a better chance at winning. I have no issue with my neighbors not visiting me during this event (and both of you happen to be my neighbors!). I'd rather see you come during FP's and when it counts.

Seeing as the best strategy seems to be attack random people, what about if I send 1 nerd per neighbour town everyday while visiting anyway, and then the rest on random ones?

I dont want to completely ignore neighbours!

I'm playing under the assumption that I won't ever "win" against either a rando or a neighbor unless I'm very lucky. As the levels increase, so will the time it takes for the nerds to defeat a building. Therefore, I'm sharing the wealth with my neighbors in hopes that they return the favor.

You're banking on one nerd per building in a rando town and hoping someone doesn't log in for 10+ hours? I just don't see how that' strategy will work in the long run. Slow and steady wins the race as far as I'm concerned.

Maybe I'm way off base here and you can tell me I am, but I'm doing just fine thus far. Are you getting all kinds of "wins" against these randos?

edit: I'm assuming the majority or our acquisition of gold and elixir will be coming from defending, not attacking

Im getting a lot of wins on the attacks I set at night. I'm also in California so the time difference probably works in my favor. One way to consider spreading the love - would be attacking randoms at night and friends by day. But the reality is, everyone should be getting plenty of attacks with or without neighbors. Its not like other events where you need to purge your inactive friends to maximize mutual value. I will say this - once all prizes are unlocked, I will exclusively send my nerds into neighbors towns with less gold.

Juliet -I will definitely attack your town today. LOL. So fun :)

An interesting idea, but I find you get the most gold from defending, which is what I want. I want that gold to get all the prizes.

With that in mind, I attack my neighbours in the hope that they'll visit me in return so I can defend. So, all my nerds go to people on my list.

sandwedgeking wrote:
I'm playing under the assumption that I won't ever "win" against either a rando or a neighbor unless I'm very lucky. As the levels increase, so will the time it takes for the nerds to defeat a building. Therefore, I'm sharing the wealth with my neighbors in hopes that they return the favor.

You're banking on one nerd per building in a rando town and hoping someone doesn't log in for 10+ hours? I just don't see how that' strategy will work in the long run. Slow and steady wins the race as far as I'm concerned.

Maybe I'm way off base here and you can tell me I am, but I'm doing just fine thus far. Are you getting all kinds of "wins" against these randos?

edit: I'm assuming the majority or our acquisition of gold and elixir will be coming from defending, not attacking

I've come to much the same conclusion - I've yet to win a random castle without the red dice bomb. Like cdepast I'm in California, but I probably don't stay up late enough. I'd be in worse shape if neighbors stopped visiting me so I can defend against them. Random invader attacks are relatively rare - and I have 5 towns (one hasn't been visited at all today even though it's well-developed level 41). So I can't abandon neighbors