Evony Heroes
At the start you will want to continually check your inn for heros, as you want to get a high pol, atk and int hero asap. The ideal hero has at minimum 68 base of at least 1 stat, and has duality. (to figure out the base stat, use the following formula; stat – (level -1) = base stat); however when first starting out you will have to take what you can get until you find something better.
As time progresses and you have a good gold income you will want to have hero hunting sessions, during these you will recruit and dismiss heros from the inn until you find afforementioned heros.
Remember the importance of rotating your heros. Pol heros when appointed mayor increase production, building speed, and fortification building speed. Int heros when appointed mayor increase research time. Atk heros when appointed mayor increase troop production time. Take note that your atk hero does not need to be appointed mayor to defend your city. When attacked/scouted your highest lvl hero defends, and so long as you farm npc your highest lvl hero should always be your main atk hero.
Notes on hero duality
As mentioned above, the ideal hero has a base of 68 plus. However, it may be to your advantage to sacrifice that 68 and higher issue in order to get a hero that has duality. For example, an attack hero with 36 pol, 70 atck and 21 int is an acceptable attack hero which most users would snap right up. However, you would be better off getting an attack hero with 9 pol, 65 atck and 52 int. The reasons a duality hero is often better is that it offers more possibilities and a wider scope of usage. The higher the intelligence on an attack hero, the better. You will ideally want an attack hero with an intelligence of over 50. The reasons for this are that the higher intelligence heroes tend to lose fewer troops, find more medals and objects, and anything with an int over 50 will get a defense bonus. To learn more about how the int affects def bonus, check out this link: http://bbs.evony.com/showthread.php?t=84773.
Of course, the higher the atck and int numbers are the better for an atck hero, and it is possible to find heroes with very high scores in both areas with significant inn surfing. When you find the best possible atck hero that you can that falls into those stats, designate him as your farm/baking hero as opposed to an attack hero. For example, I find one lvl one hero named hero A that has 5 pol, 70 atck, 61 int; and another level one hero named hero B that has 14 pol 64 atck, 52 int. DO NOT use hero A to attack players with, you can lose your heros even if they have a 100% loyalty. Instead focus on raising this hero up by farming lots of NPC's with him, and use him to bake troops with. Eventually Hero A will become the one that you use to farm your level 10 npc's. Hero B can also be levelled by farming lvl 5 NPC, but he is not your main focus for levelling, and can be used to attack players. Try to get all of your attack heros with a duality score if possible, and you will be formiddable.
Both Pol and Int heroes should have a fairly decent atck score (40+, ideally 50+) as well as a high base. This is so that you can also use NPC farming to level them up.
Make sure to reward your heroes and keep their loyalty high, as the higher the loyalty on a hero the less likely it is you will lose them. Keep in mind that you CAN now lose heroes that are 100% loyal if you are defeated in an attack.
Troop production/mechanics:
Production: When producing troops remember that you want your highest atk hero as mayor when queueing troops (as mentioned previously). The higher your atk the quicker your troops bake. Other factors that help this is your mil science, each upgrade gives you a significant bump in production time. If you have the extra mich scripts it is a very good idea to up your forge to 10 just to get mil sci 10 asap. This game is all about how many troops you have and what you can do with said troops, so it is a smart move if the option is available to you.
As your atk hero lvls up you may want to demo barracks and replace them with cottages in order to not dip too hard into your labor forces. Every minute your labor force is in the red equates to lost resources, some lost resource is ok, but if you are zero'n your population out to make troops several times a day, this hurts your daily production.
To level up your main atk, pol, and int hero's quickly you have several options. You can set up 2-3 lv5 npc that are relativly close (but not too ear, read about NPC building) to your city, and alternate attacking them with your current focus (the hero you need leveled up quickly). As far as your pol mayor goes it will also receive gobs of xp from troops finishing, keep this in mind when appointing your mayor.
As time progresses and you have a good gold income you will want to have hero hunting sessions, during these you will recruit and dismiss heros from the inn until you find afforementioned heros.
Remember the importance of rotating your heros. Pol heros when appointed mayor increase production, building speed, and fortification building speed. Int heros when appointed mayor increase research time. Atk heros when appointed mayor increase troop production time. Take note that your atk hero does not need to be appointed mayor to defend your city. When attacked/scouted your highest lvl hero defends, and so long as you farm npc your highest lvl hero should always be your main atk hero.
Notes on hero duality
As mentioned above, the ideal hero has a base of 68 plus. However, it may be to your advantage to sacrifice that 68 and higher issue in order to get a hero that has duality. For example, an attack hero with 36 pol, 70 atck and 21 int is an acceptable attack hero which most users would snap right up. However, you would be better off getting an attack hero with 9 pol, 65 atck and 52 int. The reasons a duality hero is often better is that it offers more possibilities and a wider scope of usage. The higher the intelligence on an attack hero, the better. You will ideally want an attack hero with an intelligence of over 50. The reasons for this are that the higher intelligence heroes tend to lose fewer troops, find more medals and objects, and anything with an int over 50 will get a defense bonus. To learn more about how the int affects def bonus, check out this link: http://bbs.evony.com/showthread.php?t=84773.
Of course, the higher the atck and int numbers are the better for an atck hero, and it is possible to find heroes with very high scores in both areas with significant inn surfing. When you find the best possible atck hero that you can that falls into those stats, designate him as your farm/baking hero as opposed to an attack hero. For example, I find one lvl one hero named hero A that has 5 pol, 70 atck, 61 int; and another level one hero named hero B that has 14 pol 64 atck, 52 int. DO NOT use hero A to attack players with, you can lose your heros even if they have a 100% loyalty. Instead focus on raising this hero up by farming lots of NPC's with him, and use him to bake troops with. Eventually Hero A will become the one that you use to farm your level 10 npc's. Hero B can also be levelled by farming lvl 5 NPC, but he is not your main focus for levelling, and can be used to attack players. Try to get all of your attack heros with a duality score if possible, and you will be formiddable.
Both Pol and Int heroes should have a fairly decent atck score (40+, ideally 50+) as well as a high base. This is so that you can also use NPC farming to level them up.
Make sure to reward your heroes and keep their loyalty high, as the higher the loyalty on a hero the less likely it is you will lose them. Keep in mind that you CAN now lose heroes that are 100% loyal if you are defeated in an attack.
Troop production/mechanics:
Production: When producing troops remember that you want your highest atk hero as mayor when queueing troops (as mentioned previously). The higher your atk the quicker your troops bake. Other factors that help this is your mil science, each upgrade gives you a significant bump in production time. If you have the extra mich scripts it is a very good idea to up your forge to 10 just to get mil sci 10 asap. This game is all about how many troops you have and what you can do with said troops, so it is a smart move if the option is available to you.
As your atk hero lvls up you may want to demo barracks and replace them with cottages in order to not dip too hard into your labor forces. Every minute your labor force is in the red equates to lost resources, some lost resource is ok, but if you are zero'n your population out to make troops several times a day, this hurts your daily production.
To level up your main atk, pol, and int hero's quickly you have several options. You can set up 2-3 lv5 npc that are relativly close (but not too ear, read about NPC building) to your city, and alternate attacking them with your current focus (the hero you need leveled up quickly). As far as your pol mayor goes it will also receive gobs of xp from troops finishing, keep this in mind when appointing your mayor.