My Complete Medieval Layout

[Jwinn]

It's funny how much better you sleep knowing your food & gold will be safe! Hahaha

Glad you like the layout, I hope it serves you well. Thanks!

 

[herodotus]

Just switched my base to your setup! The only thing I'm worried about is the ballista tower placement... It doesn't have a great location to protect storages. Has this not been a problem for you?

 

[Jwinn]

Just switched my base to your setup! The only thing I'm worried about is the ballista tower placement... It doesn't have a great location to protect storages. Has this not been a problem for you?

Not really all that much in medieval no. I noticed having the ballista tower on the other side of the mill & market distracted the attacking player 3/4 times making them go for it first, giving your colo. & garri's plenty of time to spawn defender & swarm 'em. The placement of the spike trap plays a huge role as well since most players rally onto a ballista to overwhelm it. Spike traps love a rallied army let me tell ya Also, upgrade the walls around the ballistas first (after your gates are maxed obviously), then catapults, then the rest. Make sure to research that extra 10% wall health in the library too. It's amazing how many more troops your towers can pick off when the enemy is busy with a wall section. Plus the a.i. is way more whack than when I was in medieval so I imagine you'll have no worries defending.

 

[Like_a_Boss]

I stopped reading at "why you clear forest? What a waste" lolololol

 

[Like_a_Boss]

I instantly liked this design and have been using it for a week or so now. Very nicely done! Only improvement I have for it is to move the castle next to the upper market. I've noticed it is far too exposed and easily accessed by even nooby classical age ppl (I've got maxed defenses and walls as well). With the castle there, rocking a level 5 general, people will have a much more difficult time getting that market and mill and doesn't really compromise the area you placed the castle at. I moved a tower where castle is in original.

 

[Aceman]

Excellent design. Would certainly skip your base. Actually, I posted my own base layout yesterday here. That was also a very successful design. I hardly got attacked at all (only 2 times last week).

 

[Like_a_Boss]

Jwinn, just curious if you'd had any success in designing a layout for gunpowder yet? I absolutely loved this medieval design as i never lost more than one mill since using it. For the 5 days upgrading to GP, I had max resources and was only attacked twice in 5 days with no treaties! Both failed and only the second guy managed to get one mill. Definitely would love to see what you came up with in the next age!

 

[Jwinn]

I've had amazing success with my GP layout. I'll post a picture once I'm home later tonight since we still can't post pics from phones.

 

[Jwinn]

Jwinn, just curious if you'd had any success in designing a layout for gunpowder yet? I absolutely loved this medieval design as i never lost more than one mill since using it. For the 5 days upgrading to GP, I had max resources and was only attacked twice in 5 days with no treaties! Both failed and only the second guy managed to get one mill. Definitely would love to see what you came up with in the next age!

Actually I totally forgot I posted it on here, search for the thread "My Latest & Greatest - Gunpowder Layout" in tactics and strategies

 

[Jwinn]

Swap positions of the Redoubts with the Mills right next to them. A slight tweak I noticed that worked out better.

 

[Averag3Joe]

I've been GP age for a day now and no one has yet attacked me for my full gold stores (2 million). And that's with the Medieval base design still! will look into your GP layout soon.

UPDATE: Sitting at around a week in GP now on loads of resource and still no one is attacking... - i won't need your GP layout just yet Jwinn

 

[shizzwaup]

dumb question here but how did you acquire a 6th house?

appreciate the help on the layout. i am using it now and it's nice.

 

[Jwinn]

dumb question here but how did you acquire a 6th house?

appreciate the help on the layout. i am using it now and it's nice.

I paid $10 for the 'Starter Pack'... comes with an extra house and some crowns. There should be an icon on the right of the screen that you can tap to bring it up. Glad you like it! Once your GP be sure to check my layout for that cuz it served me very well