The Grey Chronicles

The Travian Romans Are Attacking!

reyadel — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:59:02 +0000

In my previous post, I have written that most newbies opt to play Romans in Travian, a web browser war game. I consider myself no longer a newbie having played the game for almost two years now. The first three months, I signed up for Server 1 but focused on just learning the rudiments. I poured all my efforts on reading the online help files and forums rather than playing the game. Aside from baby-sitting my three-year old son, I usually play this addicting game in my spare time. After the completion of the game in Server 8 where I played Teutons, I immediately signed up on 06 November for an account in the international server, com10, where the Travian v.3.6 is on test run, I again opted to play my favorite tribe, Romans.

Things Done At 45

reyadel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:59:26 +0000

Today is a special day for me, thus I am taking a breather from Travian, playing the game online or blogging about it. It is my birthday today. Exactly a year ago, I posted Things To Do Before 40 [edit: 45]. Here’s an annotated version of that post and some new additions.

Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part VIII

reyadel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:59:39 +0000

For the past whole week, I have tried to describe herein my Travian experience, which in its entirety not quite unique in a sense that many others before me had already encountered. I offered, however, another viewpoint focusing my efforts on diplomacy, which was not entirely new but rather often unwelcomed in Travian if not most of the time. I am pretty amazed that some players are human enough to see the folly of such offensive actions to a struggling village.

Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part VII

reyadel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:59:18 +0000

On my Philippine Speed Server account, another friendly fire was launched by one of the members of another wing of our Alliance. Immediately, I sent an In-Game Message [IGM] to my membership sponsor, the one who destroyed my Granary and Warehouse before and sent all looted resources back to my Village as soon as she read my plea. I deliberately not sent another complaint to the wing leader of my Alliance because as soon as the attack was launched, he sent an IGM to all members saying that he was attending to some pressing matters in his Real Life.

Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part VI

reyadel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:59:04 +0000

On the bright side, my Travian account in Server 10, where the Travian 3.6 version is being tested, is doing as expected. I already got Quest reward of an additional 15 Travian Gold after completing all resources to level 2. Since the sign-up date to the present, my Village there have only been attacked four times. Each of which ended with more losses to the attacker than mine. The most they got from my Village was a token of loot: crops.

Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part V

reyadel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:59:27 +0000

I noted in my yesterday’s post that a Postscript for this series of posts regarding my Travian experience would be written when the Wonder of the World in the Philippine Server 3 and Speed Server are built. My Travian experience is on going, and apparently my revised strategy on the newest servers are working rather just fine.

Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part IV

reyadel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:44 +0000

On the second day playing the test server of the Travian game version 3.6, the levelling up of my Village resource fields continued. Only four remaining fields have yet to be upgraded to Level 2. Still retaining Warehouse and Granary at Level 1, respectively, while I continued with amassing troops. Also, I have used the free Travian Gold to preview the 24x24 map of my immediate vicinity and found only a half a handful had accumulated population much similar in number as my starting Village. These particular players have signed up hours before me. Thus, I surmised that in time, I could be at par in terms of their troops’ strength but wary that any time on my third day, which was later today, the attack on my Village will soon start. Usually Teutonic troops prey on Roman villages as soon as they come out of beginner’s protection. Troops ... troops ... troops! Keep creating troops. Incidentally, A Gallic neighbor—now with twice as much population than my Village—proposed some kind of partnership: a personal non-aggression pact for our respective villages, and he offered to be my defensive shield in the future. I accepted, knowing one less enemy Village within my sphere of influence looks promising for my Village survival.

Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part III

reyadel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:33 +0000

On the day after I was accepted as a new member of the supra-Alliance, I was pleasantly surprised there were no incursions on my solitary Village from my regular attackers. Although a war was soon declared versus the supra-Alliance as expected, the newly rebuilt Granary was overflowing and the Warehouse was bursting on its seams. I immediately upgraded my Palace again and the Heroes’ Mansion. Lest one forget, these buildings were repeatedly catapulted decreasing their respective levels since the day when the Baptism of Fire started right after my quest to revive Alliance X-Redux.

Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part II

reyadel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:59:10 +0000

As discussed in my previous post, the release of a new Travian version, 3.6, currently being tested on three servers specifically com10, tr9, and asia5, the worried comments on the recent changes from most of the big players and a number of Travian Gold users are understandable. I guess these players have become experts on these lesser versions that they just would not want to loose their edge. Change is really unnerving to some, or simply not welcomed by others.

Have Travian Gold, Will Attack: Part I

reyadel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:24 +0000

Previously, I have posted my analysis on the revival of a dysfunctional Travian Alliance X in one of its Philippines-hosted servers. The aftermath of such revival became somewhat like a Baptism of Fire for my Travian village, whereby the biggest Alliances took turns in attacking my solitary village for days, beginning 26 October 2009, seemingly without stop. In my exasperation, I posted a blow-by-blow report on the successive attacks from the first day until recently, the latest just this morning. While I was in Server 2, I kept meticulous notes of the date, time and offensive troops of my incessant attacker there. I had this urge that once I have the troops to muster strength, I could go on head-to-head with his attacks. I was wrong: Rams and Catapults wreck all buildings and upgrade I have built for a month and without an Alliance then, I was alone, helpless and vulnerable. I have already deleted my Server 2 account after a month starting at Server 3. As of today, the Natars are roaming in Server 2, Server 3 and Speed Server.