THE BIGGEST SECRET OF THIS GAME

There is a secret to this game that very few players know about.  It is a big secret too.  In fact, those who learn this secret quickly become the most powerful players in their worlds while the others struggle to break a million troop might.  What is the secret, you ask?

TRICK:  YOUR  TROOPS DO NOT NEED TO EAT

Yes, it's true.  You can stop feeding your troops immediately and they will not starve, they will not die, and they will not desert.  They will remain exactly as they were before.

Why is this important?  It's important because it eliminates the biggest constraint to amassing a large army - Upkeep.  Take away the burden of having to find or produce ever increasing amounts of food to keep your troops fed and suddenly army size becomes limitless!  Now all of the food you produce is used for training troops, not feeding them, and you're churning out troops faster than you ever thought possible.


THE NFC

To stop feeding your troops, you simply put them somewhere where you produce no food.  Yes, you can send them to an alliance member's city for a while but this is not a good long term solution.  You can also send your troops to reinforce a wild but you risk losing them all if they are discovered and attacked.  The only practical long term solution is to house them in a No Food City.

My NFC

The No Food City, from this point forward referred to as an NFC, is just a 2nd city where you produce no food.  If you already have two cities then you need only convert one of them into your NFC.  If you have only one city, YOU MUST ACQUIRE A 2ND CITY!

I cannot stress this enough.  The only way to become a top player in this game is to have at least two cities.  At 3 million troop might, my food upkeep was already over 2 million per hour.  A much larger army becomes impossible to feed.  You simply cannot raise a large enough army without an NFC.