why are you using guides?

[soggyshorts]

for the most part recruits are cheaper and train faster than any other unit, so the goal is to
1. only lose recruits (if possible)
2. use as few recruits as possible.

so if someone has figured out how to do that, then your PH/barracks should be running 24/7 with settler depos and recruits..... what's left to figure out
?

[barenski]

from lvl 42 to 48 i was able to do 2-3 full clear bk per day , while making enough baskets to trade almost without buying, all that with lvl 4 rax and lvl 4 prov house.

if you do all recruits , im not sure you can do 1 full clear bk per day if you cook your own baskets

train faster , yes , but do you have enough settlers?

[Txch]

Cooking settlers to support using recruits for your adventures, especially for something like BK is far more profitable than using your PH to make baskets.

If you're concerned about training times, the soft caps you'll probably hit will be Barracks first, then PH and then a drill buffed Barracks. For none of those scenarios is using anything but Recruits as meatshields more profitable. This is even more so for epic adventures.

[EpsilonSilver]

Yes, but now at level 50 you can't accrue XP any longer.
Perhaps you need to put together some guides using your vast knowledge and experience.
Then your question could be, "Why are you using any guides other than barenski's?"

from lvl 42 to 48 i was able to do 2-3 full clear bk per day , while making enough baskets to trade almost without buying, all that with lvl 4 rax and lvl 4 prov house.

if you do all recruits , im not sure you can do 1 full clear bk per day if you cook your own baskets

train faster , yes , but do you have enough settlers?

[barenski]

im not talking about profitability , im talking about lvl up fast and gtfo this cooking sho

[Txch]

Maybe you don't realize that almost every guide out there is built for profitability and not for 'lvl up fast'. Anyway, I'm done with this conversation cause it's obvious you don't know what you're talking about.

[barenski]

seriously? settlers are cheaper than swords? we are probably from different planets. our values are sure very different.

[Wonko]

this is my typical bk loss of that period 108 bo 512 rec 191 m 65s ~ 900 settlers or if i had spare steel swords id have :102 bo 333r 274m 96s ~ 800 settlers
, 1500-1600 settlers is not a problem to cook and you're supposed to swap loot spots so you get extra settlers from loot

just buy drill plan instead of parrots

So if I get this right, you have the equivalent of 33 level 5 farms running completely buffed 24/7 just for settlers. Otherwise there is no possible way you can be turning over 1600 settlers into your army every day. Not to mention the farms you would also have to have running to keep up with more than 16,000 brew each day.

As to why I use guides, humans advantages over other animals is our ability to learn from others. Ive tried the adventures I can take on already without guides. I have a limited time I can invest in this game each day. Being able to use that time more efficiently to plan what I need to make for the adventures makes playing the game more enjoyable for me.
Why does it bother you how other people play Settlers? Enjoy the game the way you want to. If it's more of a challenge, or less than what others are doing, what other people do doesn't affect your game.

[Falconwolf]

Why does it bother you how other people play Settlers? Enjoy the game the way you want to. If it's more of a challenge, or less than what others are doing, what other people do doesn't affect your game.

^^^^This

The problem is that growing up in a western environment (and by that I mean all countries influenced by western ideals), people become very competitive and want what others have and want to be better than everyone else (not everyone of course, but a fair percentage, and no it's not limited to western influenced countries, just more so there). Everything is a competition of who's the best.

It's a mindset just like our own mindset that says who cares if other people are better or worse than us as long as we are enjoying ourselves, and you won't change that mindset...unfortunately. Some people care very much if they are better than others and some people don't!

[TheGodPapa]

The way I see it, greater minds than mind have found the way.
I shall gratefully follow.
I am glad that someone took the time and effort to help me save time.
Does this make me no smarter than a retarded monkey? Meh, perhaps, but at least I am not Canadian!!!!

OUCH! Epsilon Ouch!