Kolonisering

Kolonisering er en av metodene en kan få seg en ny by på Grepolis. Det er en fredfull måte og involverer ikke angrep eller forsvar av en by før du kan ta den. Kolonisering blir sett på som grunnlegging, rett og slett pga at du bygger en ny by helt fra start. I motsetning til andre aspekter av spillet, er ikke kolonisering av avhengig av hvilke innstillinger en verden har. Det blir gjort på samme måte uansett hastighet på verden, eller om det er opprør eller erobring.

• Merk deg at som med andre måter å skaffe seg en ny by på, så kan et koloniskip kun brukes èn gang. Så snart du har grunnlagt en ny by, vil koloniskipet forsvinne.

Forutsetninger

Før du kan kolonisere er det tre standardkrav som er nødt til å være møtt først. De er; bygninger, enheter og kultur.

Bygninger

Bygning	Minimumsnivå	Formål
Akademi	Nivå 22	Påkrevd for å forske på koloniskip
Havn	Nivå 20	Påkrevd for å kunne bygge et koloniskip

Enheter

For å grunnlegge en ny by trenger du koloniskip (også bare kalt KS). Denne enheten kan du finne i havnen, og blir tilgjengelig så snart den har blitt forsket på.

Enhet	Navn	Pris
	Koloniskip	10,000 10,000 10,000 170

Kultur

Det siste kravet er at du er nødt til å ha nok kulturpoeng før du kan skaffe deg en ny by. Helt i starten vil du ha en ledig byplass som du kan bruke for å skaffe deg din andre by - denne byen krever ikke kulturpoeng, men andre byer etter dette vil gjøre det.

Ankerplasser

Etter hvert som din by vokser og du begynner å sjekke kartet, vil du merke at det er tomme plasser på noen av de større og mindre øyene rundt omkring. Disse ankerplassene er plasser hvor det er mulig å grunnlegge nye byer. Det finnes to typer ankerplasser! Den første kan du finne på mindre øyer, og den andre finner du på de øyene som er litt større. Det alle spillere burde være klar over, er at når du velger en plass å kolonisere en ny by og den blir ordnet så er det ikke mulig å rasere den byen og starte på nytt en annen plass.

Small Island Anchor Points

You will likely have come across the smaller islands in your local ocean when you first started the game. These islands are unihabited and are dotted all across the oceans. Many of them are located near to the larger islands. Colonizing on these islands can prove more difficult as there are no farming villages to gather resources from. Because of this, your new city will be dependant on its resource mines and trade from your other cities.

Large Island Anchor Points

These anchor points appear after a player has deleted their account, or before the island has filled up. Usually it is because of players deleting, or ghosting their account. These spots are more favorable for starting a new city because unlike the small islands, you will have access to the farming villages on the island and so you can focus on creating more troops instead of building higher level resource buildings. You can still trade with your other cities to help speed up the building of the city though.

How To Colonize: Step By Step

Finally, you have a Level 20 Harbour, you've researched Colony Ships, and now you have a brand new colony ship sitting in your harbour. It's time to begin founding your new city.

• First you should locate an ideal place to colonize. Preferably somewhere close to the city that you are launching from so it takes less time to travel there. Or you can pick a spot near to another city or alliance members.
  • Note: The location must be within the 48 hour range of the CS.

• Begin by clicking on the location you where you want to found your city. This will bring up the screen to the right.

• You will need to select what units will accompany your CS. You must send along both land and naval units as escorts to the new city site. These are commonly referred to as escort units. Land units will require transport ships and these transport ships do count towards your naval unit requirements.
  • I.e. You could send a Colony Ship, 2 transports and 40 Hoplites.

• Once you have finished selecting the units, click Found City. Your fleet will set sail for the location of the new city. This cannot be cancelled once you have started it.

• After the CS reaches the destination, it will take 24 hours for the city to be established. During this time neither you nor any other player will see anything which shows a city on that spot until it is completed.
  • Note: The 24 hour build time is not affected by World Speed.

• Once the construction period is over, you will be alerted that you have a new city with a notification and a report (you also lose the CS). Congratulations, you now have a new city!

Your New City

A city created by Colonizing will start out with 997 points and will have:

• Timber camp: level 15
• Quarry: level 15
• Silver mine: level 12
• Senate: level 10
• Farm: level 10
• Warehouse: level 10
• Temple: level 1
• Market Place: level 2
• Barracks: level 4
• Agora: level 1

The only troops in the city will be those that arrived with the Colony Ship as escorts. They are considered support troops, and will not be available for use in that city.

Colonizing as a Strategy

Colonizing is not always viewed as a favourable way of getting a new city. Many veteran and experienced players look down on this method. One reason for this is because it is preferable to take a larger city which saves the player the effort of having to build it up from scratch. As it takes a full day to wait for the city to be set up, a player could in that time potentially take as many cities as they are able to.

However, with colonizing being a peaceful means of expansion, a player is guarenteed the new city without the uncertainty of having to fight for it. Additionally, colonizing becomes an option quicker as you only need a Level 22 Academy, whereas Conquest/Revolt require a Level 28 Academy and the troops to take and hold the city.

Strategically speaking, a colonized city may offer some benefits. Because the city is not marked on the map until after the 24 hour building process is complete, you can place a city in enemy territory and escort it with a large number of Biremes for defence. Alternatively, you can create resource powerhouses on the small islands so your other cities can focus on troop production.

Also, now with the Heroic Tactitian award, colonization is a requirement for that award.