How many troops do you send?

[DeletedUser]

i send 100 and none die even on -25%

Certainly not the most efficient way to farm though

 

[DeletedUser]

When I used spears for farming, I used to lose the odd 1 at 40, 50 or even 60 spears.
Then I added 10 or 20 axes to each farming expedition and never lost anything after that.
Even so I find 40 light cavalry will clean out most things and I haven't lost any of them yet either.
Note: on the odd occasion when I have arrived somewhere to find unexpected military units, I have lost some, but touch wood my boys always cleaned them out even if it was touch and go on the odd occasion.

 

[DeletedUser4383]

How many spears would you have to send at an empty player for none of them to die? and how many would you have to send at a barbarian village for none of them to die.

I can't remember but i think it was 9, or was that with a paladin?

Assuming wall 0:

you'll only ever lose 1 spear at most unless you get unlucky with an attack anything over 1 spear, from what I recall. The only reason not to send with that few is because the loss of 1 spear = 50/30/10 => 90 haul, and the surviving spears would have to haul more than 90 in order to make it profitable.

Thus, it doesn't become profitable to farm until you have 5 spears (1 dies, 4 survive, 4x25 = 100) but the gains are, as you can see, minimal, and usually not worth it.

at 17 spears, you can have no losses IF you get maximum luck (25%).
at 33 spears, you will have no losses with non-negative luck (i.e. 0% or greater).
at 76 spears (or thereabouts, I think) you will have no losses no matter what luck you get.


Sent with a paladin, you will never lose even a single spear unless there is a wall or defence, afaik.


For wall > 0, all these values will obviously differ, and will (again, obviously) need to be much higher to counter the defence bonus of the wall.

 

[DeletedUser14]

Use the simulator to find out, but I would recommend sending sword or axe with a few spears.
I am using 15 spear and 3 axe and dont lose any if there is no wall. I have now to decide on what to send now with a level 1 wall as I just hit a village with it and lost 3 spears

 

[DeletedUser1874]

how many would you have to send at a barbarian village for none of them to die.

76, with no wall

farming with no losses

if resources existing at arrival is predicted to be greater than 1900,
send [amount produced]/25 spears

if resources existing at arrival is predicted to be >= 180 and < 1900,
send ([amount produced]-30)/25 spears and 3 axes

if resources existing at arrival attacks is predicted to be >= 45 and < 180 or < 35,
send ([amount produced]-20)/25 spears and 2 axes

if resources existing at arrival is predicted to be >= 35 and <= 45,
send 1 spear and 1 axe


If you're not a tribalwars zombie, then you could make swords to strengthen your armies too. But axe is much more efficient if you're always attacking.