The launch of Wild Troops has come with a big update to equipment boosts. A third troop type means a whole set of new boosts for the new Wild Troops. The Wild Troops boosts on Hero equipment and Gems mirror their Regular and Strategic counterparts, but the Cores and Pieces Boosts all vary. So check out all the updated pages: Secret ...
Read More »How Low Can Debuff Go? [Tested]
Did a little bit of testing tonight… The question arose of whether or not you could go “negative” with enemy troop defense. The Game of War battle simulation algorithm hasn’t quite been cracked… It’s almost there but not quite. One of the big mysteries is enemy defense Debuff and inherent defense boosts based on quantity/type of troops. A theory is that ...
Read More »Does Game of War have hidden combat boosts?
There is a long history of video game creators having a bit of fun, hiding little jokes in the form of ‘Easter Eggs’. For example here is a nice list of the top 100 easter eggs in video games. There is also a bit of a history of games having hidden abilities that require unlocking, with one of the best ...
Read More »Is the turtle dead? – Guide to Solo Defense Turtles in Game of War – (Part 12)
Welcome to part 12 of our guide to solo defense turtles. This part will be a discussion of recent game updates and what they mean for turtles, and give an opinion on whether MZ has killed off the solo defense turtle once and for all. As a reminder, this is a multi-part series, as outlined in the 11 parts below. ...
Read More »Guide to Solo Defense Turtles in Game of War – Hero Gear (Part 11)
Welcome to a very much belated Part 11 of our guide to Turtle Accounts in Game of War. This part will be focused on the relative importance of various boosts to a turtle, and discuss what it means for your approach to putting together a set of hero gear for your turtle. Part 10 of this guide looked at ways ...
Read More »Guide to Turtle Accounts in Game of War – Combat Boosts (Part 10)
Welcome to Part 10 of our guide to building a solo march turtle. This part of the guide will be focused on the interaction between your defensive army strength and combat boosts, and the way in which they measure up against the attackers army and combat boosts. It builds upon the work already posted on this site in the Guide ...
Read More »New Boost Finder Tool
Looking for a specific boost? There are lots of ways of to get boosts in Game of War. In fact there are so many different ways that it can be hard to know where to look – Equipment, Gems, Buildings, Research, Cores, Pieces, etc. Well, the new Boost Finder Tool should solve the problem. Simply select a boost and it show you ...
Read More »Guide to Solo Defense Turtles in Game of War – Strategy (Part 8)
Guide to Solo Defense Turtles – Strategy (Part 8) Welcome to part 8 of this guide to building a solo defense turtle. Recent parts of this guide looked at potential composition of 5 different balanced armies, then tested those 5 models of army composition in Part 6. Each of them was proposed as an army with a balanced composition of ...
Read More »Guide to Combat Boosts
Game of War Boosts – Head to Head Comparison Which combat boosts are best in Game of War? Not all boosts are created equal. Understanding the boosts is important for many decisions in Game of War including choosing gear to craft, selecting gems and research prioritisation. So I decided to put them to the test in a combat boost ‘Head ...
Read More »Guide to Combat Boosts – Coming Tomorrow
I have nearly finished a head to head comparison of all 6 combat boosts in Game of War. It should be ready tomorrow. It will hopefully be a big step towards us having an objective way of comparing boosts and better informing our equipment choices. I will also be launching the Battle Forum – a place to discuss all things ...
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