Empires & Allies Ultimate Leveling Guide

This section will guide you through Empires & Allies' leveling system. Learn all the building's capabilities and battle strategies to quickly regain your empire. Overrun your rivals and let them eat dust by out-leveling them with your fast evolving forces and efficient use of resources.

- Empires & Allies Briefing -

Objectives
     - Your main objective is to level up fast to unlock higher tier buildings.
     - To use most of your Energies into battles for more EXP.
     - To complete all tasks available (recommended for first time players).


Requirements
     - Be Active! This can really affect your gameplay but feel free to play as you please.
     - Invite all your friends as neighbors. The more the better.
     - Please read the Empires & Allies Tips and Tricks Section.

- Tips to Remember -

Energy

     - Never spend your energies for claiming coins from houses. Let your friends do it for you.
     - Move trees or use them as decorations instead of cutting them down.

     - Visit your neighbors to get a free Energy.

     - Give free energies as gifts to your friends to get free energies.

Tasks
     - Tasks will guide you through the game and familiarize you to the game's features.
     - Complete them to match the pace of your gameplay, tasks and this guide.


Industry Buildings
     - Farms are your main source of Coins. Build at least 2 Farms per 3 Levels.
     - Watermelons are one of the best crops to harvest (your choice).


     - Lumber Mills for Woods: Build at least 2 Lumber Mills per 3 Levels.
     - Oil Wells for Oils: Build at least 1 Oil Well per 2 Levels.
     - Ore Mines for Ores: Build at least 1 Ore Mine per 3 Levels.


     - Build a Market to sell surplus ores and only sell ores that you can harvest.
     - Never sell Woods or Oils at your Market.
     - If you find someone who is selling Woods or Oils from their Market, buy them all!


Military Buildings

     - Build at least 1 or 2 of the same type name. Don't construct more than that unless

a task requires it.

     - Limit yourself to up to 5 military units of the same type name to conserve resources.
     - Create higher tier military units as soon that they are available.
     - Limit yourself to up to 2 or 3 military units that requires more than 200 Oil.


     - Store your military units instead of deploying them in the field.
     - Deploy from your inventory if a task demands it.
     - Deploy Cadet Soldiers to defend your empire to help the invaders. (LOL but it's better).
     - Defenseless Empire will generate random units including higher tier ones.

World Embassy - Immunity

     - ON: If you are getting heavy invasions from high leveled players.

     - OFF: If you can repel all invasions.

- Best Leveling Methods -

Campaign Battles
     - If you are confident enough, take the challenges in the Battle Map.
     - If you start to lose 1 or more units in a single battle, stop and strengthen your units.
     - Rewards: EXP and Coins + Liberty Bonds and some Bonus Units.

Campaign Battles (Replay) NEW!
     - Not recommended because you can no longer gain EXP or resources from replay.


Repelling Invasions

     - Welcome Invasions to your Empire to get EXP and Resources.
     - Help your friends repel Invasions from their Empire.
     - This is best if all Invaders are weaker than your military units.
     - Rewards: EXP, Coins + 1000 Coins, 25 Woods, 25 Oils, 1 Ore of each kind and 5 Honor.
     - Plus Power-Ups from leveling Honor.




Invading Empires (Optional)

     - Invading can also be a good way to get resources but...    
     - Invading will piss off other players specially when you are using a
FULL FORCE HIGH LEVELED UNITS! to a low leveled newbie player...aaaaw...
     - Yes, they can still Expel Invaders by asking friends but some players will just
remove them as their neighbor which is not cool for the Invader.


Recommended Method for Invading
     - If you need it to finish a task then...
     - Invade with 2 or 3 low leveled units to make sure the invaded player can repel it.
     - If the Invaded player is not repelling (inactive), then you can earn your resources.


Other Signs of an Inactive Player
     - Players that stays on their level for a week.
     - Players with withered farm crops.
     - Players with lots of Gray Portraits in their empire. (Gray Portrait = Repelled Invaders).


     - Rewards: EXP and Coins + Infamy Points and Resources for every 4 hours.
     - Plus Power-Ups from leveling Infamy.




Critical Hits! and Critical Kills!

     - Criticals are your best friends because they can give you Energies!

     - To land a Critical Hit, You must choose military units that have an advantage over
your enemy units.
     - For Cash users, Use Accuracy Power-Ups to boost your Critical chances.
     - Rewards: Ores, Energy, Coins and EXP from Critical Hits.


     - You can get more awesome rewards if you can dish a Critical Kill!
     - This is the most effective way to gain EXP! More Critical Kills more EXP!




       Now that you know the best way to gain EXP, you can also combine them all and look what suits your gameplay. Good luck playing your favorite browser online game on Facebook.
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Empires & Allies Tips and Tricks

Here is a list of Tips and Tricks for your favorite Facebook browser online game: Empires & Allies. Go through the different buildings and informations to plan on how to revive your Empire to it's former glory!

Bonus Bar
     - The bonus bar fills up every time you pick up resources like Coins, Woods, Exp and more.
     - You must click them to fill up your Bonus bar. Unclicked resources will not be counted.
     - When the bonus bar starts to blink (red), you need to pick up something so you
won't lose your bonus streak.
     - This is a great source of coins early on by clearing out destroyed buildings and trees.

Tasks
     - Click on the icons  at the left of your game screen to accept new tasks.
     - Icons with NPC faces means you haven't accepted the task yet.
     - Follow tasks to guide you through the game (recommended).

Gifting
     - Ask your friends by giving gifts to them.
     - Recommended gifts: Liberty Bonds or Energies.

Feed Rewards
     - Rewards that you can claim from your wall or from your friend's Facebook wall.
     - You can only collect feed rewards from your allies.

- Empires & Allies Buildings -

Houses
     - Under Housing Tab; Resources: Coins
     - Build more houses to raise your empire's population.
     - Build more to unlock higher Military and Industry Buildings.
     - Spending energies for claiming coins from Houses is
not recommended. Let your neighbors do the claiming instead.

Farms
     - Under Industry Tab; Resources: Coins
     - Plant crops then harvest them. A great source of Coins!
     - Build at least 2 Farms for every 3 Levels.






Military Buildings

     - Use to construct Basic, Advanced and Most Effective Ground, Naval and Air units.
     - Build at least 1 or 2 of the same type name. Don't construct more than that unless
a task requires it.
     - Limit yourself to up to 5 units of the same type name to conserve resources.
     - If you want to gain more units for defending, create more Cadet Soldiers.
Why Cadet Soldiers?
     - To welcome invasions!
     - Invasions are good because you can gain all kinds of resources and EXP.
     - Other than the campaign, repelling invasions is a good source of EXP.
     - In case someone invades with a merciless force, hire your friends to expel the invader.
Then why not let your Empire go defenseless?
     - A defenseless empire will generate random units including high units to defend.

Industry Buildings

     - Build to gain resources: Wood, Oil and Ores.
     - Ores are randomly generated. Every player can only harvest one kind of ore.
     - Lumber is greatly needed so build more Lumber Mills than the others.

Market
     - Under Industry Building
     - Sell your surplus resources in your Market but never sell
Wood or Oil unless you don't really need them anymore.
     - To check what your neighbors are selling, click on
"My Neighbors" tab next to "Play" tab.

Government Buildings
     - Under Government Tab; Resources: Coins
     - To raise your empire's maximum population, build a
Government Building.
     - Government Buildings can be unlocked after reaching a
certain level and they need to be staffed with employees. Hire your friends to work for you.

World Embassy
     - Build to start neutrality or immunity.
     - Activate to prevent invasions from hostile players.
     - Activating the World Embassy after an enemy
successfully invaded your empire will not remove that invasion.
     - When activated you will also lose your occupations. Means,
all your invasions will be redrawn from your neighbors.



Decorations
     - Purchase decorations to complete tasks.

- Empires & Allies Neighbor Interaction -

Battle
     - Select units that have an advantage over your enemies.
     - Mouse over your units and look at the "Bonus Against" stat window above them.
     - Remember to use the symbols as a guide when choosing units. If done correctly, you will get a  huge boost on your damage output and a chance to land critical hits.

Critical Hits!

     - Dealing criticals will gain you more resources, EXP and energies!
     - If you can dish out criticals more often, you can actually gain energy instead of losing.

Visiting Allied Empires

     - 5 free Energies to help your allies, gain Honor, Energy and resources for your empire.

     - Recommended resources to get from your neighbors:

     - Ores, Woods, Oils and Coins from the Government Building if you are a staff.
     - You can also repel invaders from your neighbors.

TIP: You can only repel invaders with orange portrait icons. Gray ones are already repelled.

Invading Neighbor's Empires
     - Enter a battle to occupy and gain Infamy points and resources.
     - You can't invade players below level 6 or players with active immunity.
Pros:
     - You can pillage resources without using energy.
     - Infamy points to get Power-Ups.
Cons: 
     - Can't gain bonus Energy from that neighbor.
     - Can't use Market from that neighbor.
     - Can't repel invaders from that neighbor.
     - They might remove you as their neighbor so it's better to invade inactive players.

Honor and Infamy

Honor
     - Earned by doing tasks for your neighbors including repelling invasions.

     - Honor Power-Ups are mostly focused on defense and healing.

Infamy
     - Earned by invading your neighbors.

     - Infamy Power-Ups are mostly focused on doing damage to the enemy.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to store units into my storage?
     - To place your units in your inventory, click the unit from your barracks, shipyard or hangar and click the cancel button (x).
     - Units that are already deployed in the field can't be stored.
     - Units stored can still be used for campaign, invading and repelling.

How to expand my Empire?
     - Under Expansion Tab
     - Requires Coins and 10 Liberty Bonds for a single expansion.
     - Claim Liberty Bonds from your friends or by completing campaign battles.

How to Expel Invaders?
     - Click on the Invader then click on "Ask for Help".
     - After recruiting allies, click on "Ask for Help" again to Expel the invader.

How to remove a Neighbor?
     - Click on "My Neighbors" tab next to "Play" tab.
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Empires and Allies Power-Ups

 Here is a list of information about Empires and Allies' Power-Ups. Power-ups are side options that you can use to destroy your enemies or to protect yourself from danger. Use them wisely to turn the tides and gain back your advantage in the battlefield.

- List of Power-Ups -

Field Repairs - Target: All friendly units
     - Repairs friendly units in combat.
     - Higher tiers gives more repair effect.

Explosive Ammo  - Target: All friendly units
     - Increases the damage done by a successful attack.
     - Higher tiers gives more damage.

Air Strike - Target: Targeted enemy unit, random if used from allies.
     - Calls 3 Bombers to bomb one target. Bonus damage when used against Army units.
     - Higher tier gives more damage.

Missile Attack  - Target: Targeted enemy unit, random if used from allies.
     - Launches a missile at the targeted unit. Bonus damage when used against Naval units.
     - Higher tier gives more damage.

Hunker Down - Target: All friendly units
     - Friendly units take less damage from attacks.
     - Higher tier gives more defense and duration.

Target Jammer  - Target: Targeted enemy unit, random if used from allies.
     - Disrupts enemy targeting systems, reducing their unit's accuracy (Criticals).
     - Higher tier gives more duration.

Accuracy  - Target: All friendly units
     - Increases your unit's chance to hit the enemy.
     - It actually increases your Critical chances.
     - Higher tier gives more duration.

Evasion - Target: All friendly units
     - Decreases the likelihood of being hit by the enemy (Glancing Blows).
     - Higher tier gives more duration.

EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) - Target: Targeted enemy unit, random if used from allies.
     - Prevents the targeted enemy from attacking.
     - Higher tier gives more duration.

Poison Gas  - Target: All enemy units
     - Unleashes poison gas on the enemy, damaging them over time.
     - Higher tier gives more damage.

Tactical Nuke - Target: All enemy units
     - "I am DEATH, the destroyer of worlds".
     - Instantly nukes all enemy units!
     - You can only get this after reaching Lvl 46 or from your Lvl 46+ friends (random).
     - Sample screenshot above this guide.

- How to Get Power-Ups -

Black Hearts
     - Gaining Black Hearts will give you attack type Power-Ups per level.
     - Invade other neighbors to gain Black Hearts.

Red Hearts
     - Gaining Red Hearts will give you defense type Power-Ups per level.
     - Help you neighbors or repel invasions to gain Red Hearts.

Empire Points
     - Exchange you Empire Points for Power-Ups. (Real Cash)

- Free Power-Ups -

Allies as Power-Ups
     - When entering campaign mode, some stages requires you a number of allies.
     - Don't forget to use your allies to get random Power-Ups!
     - Best Power-Ups: Tactical Nuke and Accuracy (Criticals).

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Gift, Requests and Loading

Chefs,

Recently, we have received more complaints about loading and "Retrying" errors. After some investigation, we found that some player's accounts would not load because the account was back-logged with requests of all types. 

We also have heard complaints about gifts disappearing, slow gameplay and error messages when accepting gifts or requests.

In order to try to fix this situation and let many players back in the game, we are making some changes to the way information is stored.

Catering Orders:
Requests to join your catering crew will expire in 7 days. We felt this was not going to be a problem, since Catering Orders end in 3 to 5 days. On your end, this will just keep your account from being overloaded with requests for orders you've already finished.

Crew Requests:
These will also expire in 7 days. This shouldn't affect your current gameplay since the first people who accept join the crew. After 7 days, these particular requests will expire. By 7 days, these requests usually receive the "crew full" message.

Gift Requests:
Gift Requests will expire in 14 days. Please accept all your gift requests as soon as possible. Currently, gifts remaining in the request area longer than 14 days are causing error messages and "Retrying" messages due to a backlog of content.

Gift Box:
Most players will not experience issues with their gift box, however, for people will a LOT of gifts, the oldest gifts will start to expire. We are going add a timer to the gift box to show the expiration date of gifts that are going to expire. The reason the oldest gifts will expire is so your gift box will not fill up, making new requests impossible to accept. Accepting newer gifts allows you to complete current missions.

I know this is a lot of information. Making these changes is going to positively affect your overall gameplay. If you have questions, please post them here.

Double Mastery Guide

Hey Farmers!

Super Crops have arrived! These new crops grow into super-sized crops that let you earn more coins, XP and Bushels! When you master the Super Crops, you’ll also receive a gold plated mastery sign for your achievement.

Upon entering FarmVille, you will receive the following pop-up. Click on the “Unlock now” button and you will be brought to the “Seeds” section of the Market.

There are nine new Super Crops that can be identified by their gold colored Market Card and the “Super” title at the beginning of their name.

The nine new Super Crops are:

• Super Cotton
• Super Pumpkin (Note: These are not the Super Pumpkins from the fan event last year.)
• Super Yellow Mellon
• Super Grape
• Super Watermelon
• Super Pepper
• Super Strawberry
• Super Pink Aster
• Super Cranberry

To unlock a super crop, you must first fully master the basic version of the crop. For example, if I wished to plant Super Cotton, I would first have to attain level three mastery of the Cotton Crop. If you have not fully mastered the basic version of a Super Crop, you will be unable to plant it, and you will see the following screen when clicking on the “Unlock” button:

Once you have fully mastered the basic version of a Super Crop, you will notice that the crop is still locked in the Market. That’s because you still have one final step to complete before you can start planting!
When you click the “Unlock” button on a Super Crop you have mastered, you will see the following screen:

In order to start planting your Super Crop, you must first get the help of 6 Neighbors. To do this, click on the “Ask Friends” button. The screen above will allow you to see which Neighbors helped you and how much progress you have left. If you wish to skip this step, you can pay Farm Cash to certify the crop immediately.

The Mastery Sign for the basic version of a Super Crop will also allow you to request help from friends by clicking on it and selecting the “unlock” option from the menu. If you have Mastery Signs for basic crops on your farm that have corresponding Super Crops, they will be outlined in blue.

Once you have unlocked your Super Crop, it’s time to start planting! Super Crops have three additional levels of Mastery to complete. Upon fully mastering your Super Crop, you will be awarded with a special gold plated Mastery Sign.

Each time you achieve a mastery level, you will also be able to share packages of Super Crop seeds with your Neighbors for a limited time (7 Days). These seeds will allow your Neighbors to temporarily plant the Super Crop you have mastered, even if they would not otherwise have access to the crop. These seed packets can be found on the Free Gifts page and can be sent to any of your Neighbors.

If you receive a seed package from a friend, keep in mind that the crops still have their original level lock (for example, if strawberries normally unlock at level 20, you would not be able to use the Super Strawberry Seeds unless you were level 20 or above).

Each package you receive contains 20 seeds (this means you can plant a total of 20 super crops for each package of seeds you receive from a friend.)
In addition to the seed packages, you will also receive a one-time coin and XP bonus for each level of mastery you attain for a Super Crop. The rewards are as follows:

• Super Mastery Level 1 - 1000 Coins and 50 XP
• Super Mastery Level 2 - 3000 Coins and 150 XP
• Super Mastery Level 3 – 10,000 Coins and 500 XP

As mentioned earlier in this guide, Super Crops will earn you additional coins, XP and Bushels when planted. Please find the information for each of these crops in the table below:

Each time you find a bushel from a Super Crop, you will be granted 4 instead of the usual 1. Please note that Super Crops only grant bushels for the basic version of the crop. This means that if I harvest Super Strawberries and find a bushel, it will be a normal Strawberry bushel, not a Super Strawberry Bushel. Because of this, you cannot use bushels on Super Crops to gain a Mastery Bonus. 

Happy Farming!
-FarmVille Customer Support

Loading Difficulty 7/25

Hello Citizen,

We understand that you are having difficulty loading the game. We are aware of this issue and the developers are working diligently to resolve this issue.

Thank you for your patience.

The CityVille Team

Release Notes: Air Force Research Labs!

Ten-HUT!

We know that there is an issue right now which prevents a portion of our users from being able to log into the game. Our server team is working hard to get this issue fixed. But the rest of our team is hard at work too—bringing you new cool stuff for your Empires!

This week, that means Air Force Research Labs!



Play now to give it a try!

We've also added a number of other tweaks and bug fixes.

Additions/Improvements

• We've added two new Government Buildings: The Concert Hall and the Mint! These should make it a little easier for you to complete the quests to unlock new campaign battles.
• We've improved the Research Lab interface. You can now access the Research screen on your Research Labs, even if an Upgrade is in progress. We've also tweaked the buttons to be more clear.
• Government Buildings that are ready to be completed now say so in the tooltip.

Fixes

• The Starter Pack purchase dialog now properly displays the strength of the A-10 Warthog.
• The "Research Upgrade Complete" dialog now properly mentions the bonus you get for sharing.
• Fixed a bug which was preventing some people from seeing all the available friends in their Facebook friend selector.
• Units in the Army and Navy Research Labs should now be sorted in the correct order.
• Fixed several issues which were causing a player to disconnect from the game.
• Other miscellaneous bug fixes.

As per usual, we want your feedback! Please post any and all constructive feedback in our Feedback Thread.

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