Troop Cost by the Numbers

Tier One Troops
Troop Type	Mounted Dwarves	Dwarven Militia	Axe Throwers	Math
Attack	1 star	1 star	1 star	Lowest
Life	2 stars	2 stars	2 stars	Lowest
Speed	400	400	400	Lowest
Load	50	50	50	Higest
Upkeep	4	4	4	1 to 1 upkeep vs might ratio
Might	4	4	4
Weak vs.	Foot	Ranged	Mounted
Strong vs.	Ranged	Mounted	Foot
Food	150	150	150	37.5 per Might
Wood	100	200	50
Stone	55	110	220
Ore	200	50	100
Population	2	2	2	200% Might
Tier Two Troops
Troop Type	Boar Riders	Dwarf Warriors	Siege Crossbows	Math
Attack	2 Stars	2 Stars	2 Stars	Middle
Life	4 Stars	4 Stars	4 Stars	Middle
Speed	600	600	600	Middle
Load	40	40	40	Middle
Upkeep	8	8	8	1 to 2 upkeep vs might ratio
Might	16	16	16
Weak vs.	Foot	Ranged	Mounted
Strong vs.	Ranged	Mounted	Foot
Food	300	300	300	18.75 per Might
Wood	200	400	100
Stone	110	220	440
Ore	400	100	200
Population	4	4	4	400% Might
Tier Three Troops
Troop Type	Heavy Boar Riders	Battering Rams	Catapults	Math
Attack	4 Stars	4 Stars	4 Stars	Highest
Life	8 Stars	8 Stars	8 Stars	Highest
Speed	900	900	900	Highest
Load	30	30	30	Lowest
Upkeep	16	16	16	2 to 3 upkeep vs might ratio
Might	24	24	24
Weak vs.	Foot	Ranged	Mounted
Strong vs.	Ranged	Mounted	Foot
Food	600	600	600	25 per Might
Wood	400	800	200
Stone	220	440	880
Ore	800	200	400
Population	8	8	8	300% Might

Bubble Pop Method

When a player downloads HKoM-E for the first time they have to play through the tutorial.  Once they complete this their city is created on the map.  When created it is protected for seven days by a bubble.  Once this bubble pops after the time expires they are vulnerable to attack.  The problem is that some people do not return to their city after the tutorial and the city goes dormant.  These dormant cities retain their bubbles until the creator of the city returns and logs in.  If the owner never does this then the problem persists that there are all these cites sitting around the server that can't be attacked.  The developers saw this as a possibility so they built a way into the game that allowed us to pop those bubbles to take their resources.  Now I will share this method with all of you reading this post!

Step 1- Go to your map and look at all the cities in your immediate area.  You will notice that many of them have bubbles.  Now click on one of them.  Nine times out of ten the city you click on will be level 2 (this is the level that all cities are at when they are abandoned after the tutorial).  Now write down the city's coordinates.

Step 2- Go to your Muster Point. Select [march troops].  The button to attack should be the default selection but if it is not make sure it is selected and enter your attack coordinates that you wrote down (verbatim) then hit [next].  Now select your Hero (the highest ranking one is always best so that he gets the experience) and hit [next].  Now select your troops to send (I always send them all) and make sure you have wagons to bring back all the loot; hit [next]. On the next screen you will be given the opportunity to bolster your attack with combat runes; either do this or not, then hit [attack].

If you did everything correct the screen will go to the Muster Point start screen and you will see that your troops are marching to the city in question.  After the attack is successful you will get a mail message letting you know how the battle went and what was won.  You will also see your troops returning from battle in the March tab.  This can be done over and over again to as many bubbles you find.  If you find some that do not pop just maintain those coordinates and try them again in a few days.  Once you have popped all the bubbles around you, you can increase your search to outlying areas if you like or just use a relocation rune to try a different area...that’s what I do!

Thanks for reading everyone!

~Alexstrasia~
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Tax Rate

The tax rate effects the population of your city.  If the tax rate of your city is too high the happiness goes down which affects the population pool that you can build troops from, gather resources, occupy buildings, etc.

Strategy 1- "Wide Open" This strategy allows you to always have the entirety of your population available at all times for any activity. Change your tax rate (in your Keep) to 0%.  This will make your population rate 100% available due to the happiness being 100% also.  This method is preferred by people that like to farm their gold from other players.

Strategy 2- "Balance" This method requires mathematical adjustments.  Say you are using half of your population for the normal operation of your city.  This in turn means that you have anywhere from 30-50% idle townspeople. Adjust your tax rate till the idle population is 5%.  This should place your tax rate between 40-50%.  Now you will maximise your gold earning while still being able to do normal activities.  Be advised that as soon as you build more troops, upgrade a building, etc. you need to recheck your math to ensure you are not operating in a deficit.

Strategy 3- "Slave Driver" For a brief explosion of gold earnings you can change your tax rate to 100% and use an "Open the Gates" rune to handle the desertion of population.  If you have more than one rune you can keep using them every hour till they run out.  At this time you must lower your tax rate to at least the threshold of the "Balance" strategy to avoid further population losses.  This should generate a good deal of gold very quickly but it requires the most supervision to ensure your city recovers.

Thanks for reading everyone!

~Alexstrasia~
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