Welcome to DomiNations, if you do join an Alliance, you can always leave, and join another until you find the right fit. *smiles*
When it comes to building & protecting your Town...protect either your Town Center OR your Resources, as it is very difficult to try and protect BOTH.
If your Town Center, then:
1) Put Your Town Center behind a wall
2) Put Your Defenses behind individual walls. The more wall compartments, the tougher to get to your defenses, the more time is eatten off of the battle clock, the more time it takes an enemy to attack, the less likely the Enemy will succeed before your defense defeat them!
If your Resources, then:
1) Surround your resources with defenses (pretty useless at the lower ages)
2) Set Traps to Defeat/Take down as many Enemy troops as you can, let the traps work for you.
3) Ambush seems like it would be useless, but if well placed, invading troops will attack & need to deal with your ambush before they can advance, again, earing time on the battle clock works in your favor!
GENERAL TIPs:
For lower ages, you are better off using LOTS of Resource raiders (not troops but the raiders that score big against buildings & resources, so what if they get slaughtered, the name of the game is LOOT Gold & Food!) and attacking other players! You have little to nothing to lose & gain so much!!
For World Wonders, The Colosseum is BEST! (Because of the 'fury' feature) You can change it during a later Age when it better suits you for a fee (that seems big to you now, but isn't a big deal later)
HOPE THE ABOVE HELPS!
Welcome to DomiNations!
Hope to see you around & of course, you're welcome to come & join my Alliance. It's new so I/we haven't enough players to make World War yet, but, I'd be happy to help you aa you learn & grow. *smiles*
Carrigana, Leader
USA GulfCoast (a New Alliance)