what's the best medal count to get oil?

[danron1376]

seems like there is less oil overall nowadays for some reason. rarely do i get a base that is over 3k oil. what is the best medal count to get oil? (global age). thx

 

[melheor]

From my experience, the best way to get oil is not to stick to one medal count. I keep 5-starring weak bases on my way up to about 1600, then slide down via infantry spam to weak-protected oil refineries down to 600. Rinse and repeat. Up until last week I slid down using TH, that no longer works.

 

[NoVelcro]

I do something similar

5 star attacks of underdeveloped bases on way up. to whatever medal range you are comfortable killing.

raiders and wall breakers specific oil smashing all way back down

repeat

 

[danron1376]

thanks, i'll try that. i'm currently around 1800 medals

 

[Kaiser Shag]

When I was farming oil I went up to 1800 by 5 starring bases then I used the tactical heli to plunder oil and drop down to 800. In this way I upgraded quickly the silo up to lvl 3. Of course now the TH has become useless so you may use the old way with engineers, bikers, infantry instead of TH.

 

[Singaboy]

I changed my tactics to staying in much higher leagues, medal count from 2200-2500. Once a day, you can get the victory chest (you can get it faster with library research) by accumulating 15 stars. What I do is to use the German UU and quickly defeat TCs for 2 stars earning extra loot and battle bonuses along the way. Why? One of the victory chest rewards you can earn regularly is 16k oil. Other rewards such as 3.5mio food or gold can be used to upgrade other buildings and troops. The advantage of doing such raids, you can get 15 stars quickly with minimal troops losses.

 

[KniferX]

Good luck getting NTGs and diamonds up there.

 

[shukra]

from atomic age:
i find that the oil rewards really pick up around silver I, 1000-1200. gold III 1200-1400 is sweet and i start slowing down higher than that.
however, as above noted the medal ranges aren't consistent ... it changes based on the collective mood of the players that day.

novelcro above has the right idea ... fight up and snipe down... changing directions based on the current target and your feelings.
though when sniping, it's often a great idea to pick off towncenter and storehouse for resources which makes you 'stay in place' overall.