When I first started playing Elvenar, many moons ago, battles were easy and you were able to gain many expansions. But then, the game devs changed the battle system. That slowed down many of us from battling on the World Map and gaining expansions. Battles became extremely difficult so you ended up negotiating, if you had the required goods. Then came the dreaded day when those of us who overscouted found ourselves lacking Orcs to trade when negotiating. For a long time I came to a screeching halt gaining any further expansions unless I unlocked the research for them.
When Elvenar started, I don’t remember seeing a very important hint in the Wiki. If I had seen it sooner, maybe I would not have scouted so much in Winyandor and Arendyll. Here’s the hint.
“Hint: It is advisable to scout only the amount of provinces needed for the next chapter in the research tree. The cost for fighting or trading to complete the province will increase with each newly scouted province. In later provinces you will need Orcs to trade.”
Trying to learn from my mistakes, I created a city in Felyndral. Completing Scouting Quests from previous years’ Events caused me to overscout. I stopped playing events for this reason. When I saw the quests in the Lucky Little Fin gave us an option to complete a quest, if we can’t scout, I came back to playing events.
Wish we could get more City Expansions in our research tree, and I wish we could rearrange our cities like we can in Forge of Empires by using the feature called “Reconstruction Mode,” which allows you to store buildings making rearranging your city easier.
Many of my buildings give me population. In Felyndral, my newer and smallest city, I need those buildings. Whenever I get a Teleport spell, (which isn’t often), I immediately store a building and either replace it with an upgraded one or leave the space empty. Eventually would like to move all my residences to the edge of the map because they get huge the more they’re upgraded.
We have very knowledgeable elves and humans in Elvenar. I very much appreciate everyone’s advice. So in Felyndral, I will make do with the land I have now and won’t scout anymore provinces until I reach Sorcerers and Dragons. Hope I can hold out that long.
In Winyandor, if I want battles to get easier, I will need to stop scouting until I reach the Constructs chapter. Then my completed provinces will be at 332/360 and I can scout 28 more times to reach the limit of 360.
Also in Arendyll, if I want battles to get easier, I will need to stop scouting until I reach the Constructs chapter. Then my completed provinces will be at 348/360 and I can scout 12 more times to reach the limit of 360.
Thank you everyone for your much-needed advice.