What do people in Orcs do in these events??? There wasn’t any major event when my bigger city was in Orcs, so this is my first time. Even though I’ll be focusing on maximizing the feathers, I’m sure I’ll score some daily specials along the way, so choosing random day doesn’t cut it. ;-) The question is: what does this event have for players in Orcs? Is anyone in the same situation? (Or was and still remembers it?)
- There is literally no point trying for any cult/pop/whatever building. (Who doesn’t know what I’m talking about, please just go to Gems or Elvenarchitect webpages and lookup the big jump in stats of event buildings between Orcs and Woodelves chapter).
- There is no point going for Wishing Well as there is literally not a square available for toying around.
I’m currently thinking about 30 KP instants for upgrading wonders; or about 20 squares big buildings to disenchant into spell fragments. I was also thinking about trying some (1 or 2) mana building which I upgrade once I get into Woodelves to produce mana, but that doesn’t seem very efficient strategy for more than very few buildings ... Are there any other reasonable options I’m missing?
Different event have different daily prizes, so it's hard to compare. I agree that cult/pop buildings probably make little sense for you - I only go for them tactically, when I miss a few hundred pop/culture in the total chapter plan, and 1-2 hybrids just top it up until later chapters. I also generally think that getting buildings from events for disenchanting is kind of a waste of event - there are other ways to get fragments (e.g. disenchanting spells from tournaments)
Completely disagree with you on Wishing Wells - unless you pay for diamonds (in this case WWs are nothing to write home about). First of all, there is always room for WWs. I was running Orcs with ~70 farms/5 rally points, and still had 4 WWs operational. I've been running 4 WWs constantly since chapter 3 (chapter 10 now). So there is that.
More importantly, you don't need to place them right away! They can sit in your inventory and wait for their time. Unlike most other buildings, primary WWs benefit (diamonds, also KPs) does not diminish with your progress. You don't get them for their culture
And WWs are becoming more scarce. Previously, you could count on WWs being in daily prizes. Last event you only had them as a Grand Prize (so you effectively could only get 1 per event). I would load up on WWs while I have a chance! I did in last September (got 9 of them), and just placed the last one from that stash yesterday. That's with running 4x WWs at all times. I've got 4-5 premium expansions with free diamonds already.
Other things I'd go for are trading posts and portal profit instants. If you're in Orcs, you probably already have an idea of how good these could be. None are in dailies so far though - but they may still show up later.
And I'd also pick up a few long time boosters - these are pretty useful for upgrading your 24/7 buildings - in particular, barracks. But there are other ways to get time boosters (crafting, chest consolation prizes etc). I wouldn't go for KP instants; if you're active in tournaments, 30 KP instant is nothing. Unless you have absolutely nothing else to get (not true, see above).