A couple of days ago, we released the first episode of our new open beta diary. We hope that all of you guys enjoyed reading Frank’s success story and you were able to draw some helpful conclusions on how to be a successful merchant. His story definitely kicked off a discussion about the most successful strategy in Forge of Empires here at InnoGames. You could easily distinguish the opposing sites into two main fractions: Those of us favoring the peaceful way of merchants and those of us, preferring to lead their troops into battle! Also a lot of stories from our players, forwarded to us daily via your.story@innogames.de, focused on those opposites. Therefore, we would like to introduce you to Philippe today, who rules his empire with an iron fist!
Salut and how are you? My name is Philippe and I play Forge of Empires on the French world Brisgard. I started with the game during closed beta and so far have reached the Late Middle Age. Most of my success comes through overpowering my opponents on the battlefield. I rarely use diplomacy to negotiate with other leaders, as most of the time they are no match for my troops. Due to my military strength, I would also consider myself to be very successful in PvP tournaments. And the medals I have won so far definitely reflect this. But of course, ruling by military strength does not only help me in the PvP tournaments, it is also an advantage in the single player campaign of the game. But my military power did not come by accident, as I developed this strategy a long time ago. Very early in the game I started solely researching new military buildings, leaving goods buildings almost untouched. Wasting my resources for minor technologies was also not in my interest. In order to boost my military growth, I started training my troops in multiple military buildings too. This often helped me to refresh my troops way faster than my opponents. Because of that, military defeats are not that devastating to me, as I always have a pool of defending units left in my city to attack my opponents. At the moment my army consists mainly of four longbow archers and four great sword warriors protecting them. This works exceptionally well for me as I know all the different skills of these units. While great sword warriors overpower opposing forces in melee combat, longbow archers attack them from long range. This is quite successful as most of my opponent’s troops are already defeated while trying to reach my units. You could call this style of play very defensive – I call it successful! Another thing that always helps me on the battlefield is to strategically use the environment to my advantage; taking cover behind bushes and forests often boosts the defense of units. But of course I am not going to tell you all of my tricks – some things you need to figure out by yourself ;)
Hi innogames,
When will the game make it out of the beta stages, do you have a specific time you are reaching for? And how far are you planning on taking the game after the late middle ages? When will they be released?. Thank you.
Hi Cody,
so far we have not announced a date, when the game will leave beta stages. But we will do so very soon. And Forge of Empires won’t stop in the High Middle Age: More ages will follow, up to present and future times.
co?? až do budoucích věků to ne! nechte hru jenom pro středověk a možná malinko tokoví ten novověk s Napoleonem a tak, ale žádná budoucnost nebo přítomnost to nikdy!!!!
Hi guys,
talking about beta version: I think there is a bug on my account. Ragu Silvertongue still claims to do some reseach on military buildings… I did already two or three since. But he still sticks to this task.
Any idea what happens?
Imperissima
Hi Imperissima,
sorry for the inconvenience. If you still have problems with this mission, please report it in the bug report section of our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forumdisplay.php?33-Bug-Report-section or submit a support ticket by right clicking in-game and then selecting support.
won’t let me in after log-in. keeps coming up with Adobe up-grade screen, which i tried. but this computer is brand new, 1 day, and already has it installed. was on the game a couple hours ago, everything was fine, but now, can’t get past adobe up-grade screen.
Hi Kevin,
this looks like an Adobe problem. Sorry for the inconvenience. Have you tried logging in via a different browser? Does this work? If you still have login problems, please also try to reinstall Adobe flash.
Where is the tech support for the site. I reset my password and now it only loads 60% of game and quits. No support to be found???
Hi Jim,
we have some connection problems at the moment and our developers are working very hard to fix them. Have you tried logging in via a different browser? Does this work? Please also try to clear your browser cache before starting the game. You can also find additional help in our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
Normally, you find the support by right-clicking in-game.
Cant complette any fights ? it says there is a intern problem and i have to try again later, it has said that for days now. someone who can help me ?
Hi Minstrup,
sorry for the inconvenience. Please report that bug in our bug report section of our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forumdisplay.php?33-Bug-Report-section
As our developers constantly monitor the forum, they can give you detailed help and feedback there.
I cannot log in anymore since I installed the new new version of Adobe Flash Player. I get this :
“Bienvenue dans Forge of Empires
Pour voir cette page assurez-vous que Adobe Flash Player version 11.2 ou plus récent est installé”
Can you desactive this bug please
Hi pater,
sorry for the inconvenience. Have you tried logging in the game via a different browser? If you still have login problems, please also consider reinstalling Adobe Flash.
Hola!!
llevo dos días sin poder jugar, el juego se queda al 60% de la carga y no funciona …
Hi Fernan,
sorry for the inconvenience. Our developers are working very hard to fix this problem. Here are some suggestions, how your connection problems might be fixed:
1. Please try logging in via a different browser!
2. Please clear the cache of your browser!
3. Please stay at the Forge of Empires tab while loading the game!
4. Please close other tabs before logging in to Forge of Empires!
Does it work? You also can find additional help in pour forum at: http://forum.es.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
Hi innogames,
I have had some trouble in receiving diamonds and medals; when I got the thirty diamond gift, it stayed for ten seconds and then left. Also, when I completed a PvP tournemant I often have trouble recieving the medals: they either just dont show up for half a day or, so far with the last one, not at all. What can be done about this?
Hi Friese,
thank you for your comment. If you still have problems in the game, you can report a support ticket by right clicking in-game and then selecting support. You can also find some additional help in our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
How do i collect diamonds please and if i attack another group PvP do you automatically earns medals as i won one my first battle, and are there instructions, great game (first i have tried) thanks
Hi Wull,
thank you for your comment. You can buy diamonds by clicking on the plus-button in the upper right corner of your HUD. To earn medals, you need to defeat other players in the PvP towers. You can also find additional help in our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
How come you can’t get forge points from battling people?
Hi Noah,
you do not have to fight other players to get forge points – you get them for free. Every hour, we will automatically give you one forge point that you can spend on progressing through the game.
cant come in on Foe, Response error :(
Hi zorwasa,
sorry for the inconvenience. As we have some connection problems at the moment, we forwarded your problem to our developers. Have you also tried to login via a different browser? Does this work?
Hi innogames,
since the last update of the software, some two days ago, i can’t get in to my town anymore. I can log in. however when i have logged in the software starts loading en never finishes it.
So my people have done nothing for two whole days and they are dying to give me some orders.
Are you able to make the nessecary changes?
regards the people of city HK 1976
Hi hilco,
Unfortunately we have some minor connection problems at Dinegu at the moment. Our developers are looking into it and working very hard to fix them. You also can find some additional help in our forum at: http://forum.es.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
an d yes i checked several browsers firefox and internet explorer
I would be nice if hacks wasn’t working. I see people around me growing so fast that I can’t believe it – how?
Then someone told me that there are hacks that give your resources and diamonds – I hope it is not true. Else I would feel pretty stupid for buying diamonds and competing against other there are using free diamonds.
I guess it should be posible to make a check if there is none game diamonds floating around, please make that work and ensure me that I am just a little stupid for buying diamonds.
Best
Jokers
Hi Jokers,
Thank you for your comment. We are aware of these issues and working very hard to prevent this. But you don’t need to be concerned – there is no diamond hack in Forge of Empires.
i am playing forge of empires and when i fight my first fight, and strike the last attack , a error pops up saying calling service has failed, tried logging out, or replaying the battle, nothing works and can not progress forward, please help.
I am either bugged or nerfed myself by mistake – I can not gain/make any “tools/supplies”. Is there a way to delete/restart my kingdom? Please let me know – thank you!