Tech priority

How does the rest of you prioritize your techs? Do you max one (ex shooting skills) asap or take a more balanced approach?
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Ahriman

Depends what you want really..

But I'd max turrets and shooting first, so you have strong defences when someone attacks (Once you build the turrets of course)

Then I'd go for speed, or crop tech. Depends on what army u have.

[Backburner]

Different people have different preferences, these are a few that have priority over others. (not in any particular order)

Planting
Scouting
Marching
Shooting*
Turrets**

Everything else should have a lower priority behind them.

* Maxing out Shooting tech is not necessary if you have high speed, level 8 is usually enough, this is not to say it's not good to max them, but considering the price of Shooting it might be better to use the money for other high priority tech and upgrade treasure (provided you have sufficient high speed).

** Turrets are one of the most expensive techs, they are devastating at level 9+ and will protect your city very well, however considering their price, I would say research Traps at an earlier level, and once you have build up your city then save up for Turrets. Remember that no matter how good your turrets are they cannot win the battle for you by themselves so improving your army should take priority over defenses.

I maxed shooting first, then speed, then turrets, then everything else balanced, although i regret the turrets because they r time consuming to build, require a lot of resources to build, and don't help a ton, they can be wiped easily by high lvl players, take like a week to build in a city (approxiamating for me, because i wasnt on much during that time), and the resources u put into them would be better used to build an army which gives u more prestige and will be worth more than lvl 10 turrets can save u

i maxed crop, marching and shooting first. next came scouting, traps, turrets. last is resources and attack n defense

Shooting should be the first an only tech you max by far....

Anyone who tells you otherwise is full of poo.

After (and during, as you can) you've maxxed your shooting tech, you should be prioritizing marching, followed by scout.

After these two techs are well under way (they don't need to be at max at this point, but that should clearly be your goal) all of your focus should be on crop, attack and defense....in no particular order.

These are the techs that most directly affect you in your daily gameplay if your ambitions are to be the best you can be.

The important thing to remember is that tech is what sets you apart from everyone else. With a superior shooting tech, your cats can easily take down a general who is 10 or even 15 levels higher than you. Shooting tech is not to be underestimated, because cats are superior to cav in every way (except overload and defense), and shooting is the tech that most directly affects those units.

I can't stress enough the importance of shooting lv 10, though many will try and downplay it. Shooting tech, no matter what else, will make you much, much stronger than anything else you can do as far as upgrading, and this includes leveling up your general and increasing your attributes.

Please don't believe the hype about speed or marching. With superior shooting tech, it matters not who attacks first, nor how far you can move in a round. In fact, as any veteran general will tell you, it is often times more beneficial to NOT have a higher speed than your opponent, depending on the scenario. It is NEVER beneficial to have a Lower shoot tech than your enemy, under any circumstances. Situations where speed is concerned can easily be manipulated to give the slower general the upper hand.

I DO NOT wish to downplay speed attribute or marching tech. I merely wish to point out that the shooting tech is by far the most important tech for a general who wishes to destroy his opponents efficiently.

There will come a time when all your enemies will have a shoot tech to rival your own. At this stage, other techs become more important, but this will only happen if you have first maxxed your shooting.

There is NO ifs, ands or buts about it!!!!! Anyone who argues this clearly has not mastered the art of making their general as powerful as it can be at any given level!!!!!

I will reiterate, in case there are any who missed my point.....

SHOOTING! SHOOTING! SHOOTING! SHOOTING!!!!!!!

Don't forget to build your cats!! Lmao

[Backburner]

No way Taem you don't need max shooting when you have max speed, Level8+ is essential however, then 99% of the time the little bit of extra range advantage your opponent may have on you is completely negated by your speed. the 1% of the time is when they have extremely low speed which mean they can move at the exact amount that allows them to hit you but you can't hit them. But that is incredibly rare and could basically be taken out of consideration.

Shooting is still very important to max but for how expensive they are (Marching is alot cheaper by comparison), get them up to level 8, concentrate on other essential techs then come back to it after.

Scout should be first IMO
Reasons-
1. Ppl are less likely to attack you or farm you
2. Ppl are less likely to try to starve you
3. Cheaper than shooting
4. Intimidates most attackers
5. Ppl can't see your stats so they can't tell if you're a nub or not

[Backburner]

Yep, I always max scouting first, it's the cheapest tech to max too.

yeh and you dont want people being able to watch your crop level