Perusteet

Grepolista voisi pitää 4X selainpelinä. Se edellyttää pelaajia hyödyntämään resursseja, laajentamaan kaupunkeja, tutkimaan valtameriä ja tuhoamaan vastustajan. Monet näistä persutoiminnoista on jo tuttuja usealle pelaajalle, mutta tästä wikiosiosta on apua niille, joille tämän tyyppinen pelaaminen ei ole ennestään tuttua. Exploit resources, Expand their cities, Explore the oceans, and to Exterminate opposition. Tämä osio auttaa Grepoliksen alkuvaiheessa.

Resurssit

"Rohkeille miehille, sota tarjoaa vapautta ja mainetta" - Lycurgus of Sparta

Resurssit ovat kasvavan kaupunkisi perusta. Niiden avulla kaupunkisi kasvaa yksinkertaisen pienestä voimakkaaksi naapurikaupunkeja hallitsevaksi saareksi. Grepoliksessa on 6 resurssia - 3 normaalia ja 3 erikoista:

Normaaliresurssi	Lähde	Kuvaus
Puu	Saha	Kerätty sahassa.
Kivi	Louhos	Kerätty louhoksessa.
Hopea	Hopeakaivos	Kaivettu hopeakaivoksessa.
Erikoisresurssi	Lähde	Kuvaus
Jumalalliset voimat	Temppeli	Luotu temppelissä.
Väestö	Maatila	Fed by the maatilalla.
Tutkimuspisteet	Akatemia	Luotu akatemiassa.

Kaikki rakkenukset, yksköt, loitsut ja tutkimukset tarvitsevat joitakin tai näitä kaikkia resursseja. Rakennettuasi sahan, louhoksen ja hopeakaivoksen perustasot, alat saamaan näitä resursseja automaattisesti. Niden tuottantomäärä riippuu saarityypistä. Jumalalliset voimat alkavat kumuloitua heti kun olet valinnut kaupunkiisi palvottavat jumalan. Mitä korkeammmalla tasolla on saha, louhos, hopeakaivos, ja temppeli, sitä nopeammin saat resursseja.

Koska resurssieja tuotetaan automaattisesti, ne kumuloituvat vaikka olet kirjautunut ulos pelistä. Jotta resursseja ei mene hukkaan tai katoa, on tärkeää varmistaa, että resursseille on riittävästi tilaa. Voit varmistaa sen pitämällä varastosi tarpeeksi suurena. Jumalliset voimat ovat aina rajoitettu 500 riippumatta temppelisi tai varastosi koosta. Varaston tilanteen näet näytön oikeasta yläkulmasta.

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Ensimmäiset askeleet

Nyt kun olet aloittamassa pelimaailmassa, tärkein huolesi on: resurssit. Aluksi kaupunkiisi ei ole rakennettu yhtään resurssirakennusta. Niiden rakentaminen auttaa tuottamaan enemmän resursseja. Tässä vaiheessa peliä jumalallista suosiota ei tarvita. Resurssituotannon rakennusten laajentaminen on uuden pelaajan tärkein huolenaihe. Muista varmistaa, että varastossasi on tilaa säilyttää kaikki resurssit.

Rakentamalla uusia rakennuksia ja olemassa olevia laajentamalla vaatii väestöä. Koska kaikki rakennukset paitsi maatila ja varasto vaativat väestöä, sinun täytyy varmistaa, että sinulla on tarpeeksi vapaata väestön saatavilla. Voit lisätä määrää kasvattamalla maatilasi kokoa.

Tässä vaiheessa kaupunkisi alkaa näyttää hyvältä resurssien ryöstökohteelta. Varaston mukava piirre on, että se suojaa kutakin 100 resurssia jokaisessa rakennetussa tasossa. Tämä auttaa ahneita naapureita ottamasta resurssejasi. Koska kaupunki alkaa näyttää yhä houkuttelevammalta muille pelaajille, haluat luoda joitakin joukkoja suojaamaan kaupunkiasi hyökkäyksiltä. Perusyksikkö tähän on miekkasoturi.

Jotta voit alkaa joukkojen rakentamisen, sinun täytyy rakentaa kasarmi. Tämä voidaan tehdä melko nopeasti, koska se tarvitsee vain muutaman matalan tason rakennuksen rakentamisen. Kun alat rakentaa joukkoja, sinun pitäisi myös alkaa vallata lisää maalaiskyliä, jotta voit saada resursseja niistäkin. Mitä enemmän niitä sinulla on hallussasi, sitä nopeammin voit rakentaa kaupungin ja armeijan.

Kun saavutat vaiheen, jossa tunnet olosi mukavan suojatuksi eikä tarvitse murehtia ryöstöistä, kannattaa harkita liittymistä vahvaan liittoutumaan omalla alueellasi. Numeroissa on vahvuus ja liittoutumaan kuulumisesta on suurta apua tullessasi loistavaksi pelaajaksi.

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Aloittaminen myöhemmin

"Sinusta voi kertoa totuuden vain kaksi ihmistä - malttinsa menettänyt vihollinen ja rakas ystäväsi." - Antisthenes

If you decide to join an older world, you will likely be dealing with players who are much further ahead in the game. A player in this situation will need to find a balance between defending their city, and generating resources in order to grow and expand. Many players will raid cities under 3000-4000 points, so defensive troops are a must. The stronger your defence is the better you will be when you come out of Beginner's Protection. Part of your defence should include building the City Wall, as well as having defensive troops. Remember to keep an eye on your free population to make sure that you can still increase resource production as needed.

Another good strategy for keeping from being attacked is to request to join an Alliance in your area. In the later stages of the game, alliances will want to make sure that you will be able to defend yourself and continue to grow and expand. Each alliance has different requirements so you will need to find out what those are.

Eventually, your city will become large enough that you will be able to expand to a new city. Before you begin to expand your cities, you should make sure that you have adequate defences in place. It is a common mistake to go off and found a new city and leave your original city empty or defenceless. A good strategy would be to invest in creating a highly defensive city in order to protect yourself. Once you have managed to prevent all attacks on your city, you can then begin to look at other cities to take over. The advantage to this strategy is that you will then have a strong defensive city which can help aid your other city if needed.

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Kaupunkikatsaus

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one." - Epicurus

The City Overview is where you can view your city and see what buildings you have built. You can also access the various functions that each building can provide with a click. So you can click on the Barracks to build troops, or the Marketplace to make trade offers.

Number	Icon	Building Name	Description
1		Senate	In the senate, you can build or upgrade buildings. The higher the level of the Senate, the quicker the construction/expansion of buildings. The Senate is also key as a certain level senate is a requirement for most other buildings.
2		Agora	The agora is effectively the rally point for your city. In the Agora you may see overviews of troops inside and outside your city, as well as having access to the simulator to predict battles. You can also summon all the cultural events here (explained in section 11).
3		Farm	The farm is the place which produces food so that your troops can eat. The higher the level of the farm, the more population you can cater for, which eventually means the more units and buildings you can build. You may also activate Militia here (explained in the next section).
4		Warehouse	The warehouse is where resources are stored until they are needed for building/training/researching something. The higher the level of the warehouse, the more resources you may store. Note that the warehouse also has a secret chamber in which it hides resources, in case your village gets attacked by a hungry player looking to loot some resources.
5		Timber Camp	The timber camp produces wood for your village to use. The higher the level of the timber camp, the more wood produced per hour.
6		Quarry	The quarry produces stone for your village to use. The higher the level of the quarry, the more stone produced per hour.
7		Silver Mine	The silver mine produces silver for your village to use. The higher the level of the silver mine, the more resources produced per hour. Requirements: Timber Camp level 3
8		Barracks	In the barracks, you can recruit troops to fight for you. The higher the level of the barracks, the quicker the troops will be recruited. As well as this, a certain level barracks is required to build certain troops. Requirements: Senate level 2, Farm level 3, Timber Camp level 4, Silver Mine level 1
9		Academy	In the academy, you can research new technologies that will help you progress the game. The higher the level of the academy, the more technologies you may research and discover. The academy is a key building, as it unlocks the key researches needed to get new cities. Requirements: Senate level 8, Farm level 6, Barracks level 5
10		Wall	The wall fortifies your city and gives troops in your city a defensive advantage. The higher the level of the wall, the better the defence of your city. Note that you can also see all the troops you've killed and lost by clicking on the wall. Requirements: Senate level 7, Quarry level 8
11		Cave	The cave is where spies can be assigned to scout out enemy cities. You store silver here so that you can pay for their services (section 8). The higher the level of the cave, the more silver you can store. Requirements: Senate level 9, Warehouse level 5
12		Harbor	The harbor is where you can build new ships to explore the ocean. The higher the level of the harbor, the quicker the naval units are constructed. The harbor is key to the progression of your empire. Requirements: Senate level 14, Timber Camp level 15, Silver Mine level 10
13		Temple	In the temple, you can worship the god of your choice. The higher the level of the temple, the quicker divine favour is produced (explained in section 9). Requirements: Senate level 15, Quarry level 12, Wall level 6
14		Marketplace	Through the marketplace, you can send resources to allies as well as trade them. The higher the level of your marketplace, the more ability to trade you will have and the more you will be able to trade. Requirements: Senate level 12, Warehouse level 6, Cave level 5

You can look at the city overview of any of your cities without having to move the map. This makes it easier to know what is needed in each city without having to wait for the map to switch to that city each time. As your city grows and expands, the city overview will reflect those changes in the way you city is presented.

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Uudelleennimeäminen Valtakunta

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." - Plato

The default name for all cities when a player begins is X's City. Not the most attractive name or most creative. However if you want to change the name of the city, just double-click on the banner with the city name. You can change the name of the city to anything you like, so long as it is within the rules of the game. Once you have decided on a name, type it in, and click the down arrow to the right of the name to save it.

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Rakennusten rakentaminen

"It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls." - Epicurus

Construction of or expanding a building takes place through the Senate, or you can use the hammer icon in the lower left of the City Overview screen. If you have the Administrator active you can use the Buildings Overview to build, expand, or demolish buildings in your cities.

The more levels you build, the more resources it will cost to continue expanding and it will also take more time to complete. However, there are many buildings which require others to reach a certain level before you can begin building it. You can view more information about this in the Buildings Portal.

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Yksikköjen rakentaminen

"Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defense" - Alcaeus

Training military units will be one of the main objectives for each of your city once it is fully built. The Barracks is where you will train all of your land based units, and the Harbour is where you will train your naval units. Every military unit, with the exceptions of the Swordsman and Transport Boat, will require their respective technology to be researched.

In order for some of the technologies to be researched, you will need to expand the Barracks and Harbour to the appropriate level. Horsemen require that the Barracks is built up to level 10 before you can begin researching the technology for that unit. Colony Ships require the Harbour to be at level 20 before you can research that technology.

The other exception to this is with Mythical Units as they only require that you have built a Temple to the correct level and chosen a god to worship. Mythical units have many advantages and are much stronger than regular units, but their resource costs are quite high, making it difficult to recruit a large number of them at a time.

For more information about the various military units in the game, see the Units Portal.

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Maatilat

"Every care must be taken that our auxiliaries, being stronger than our citizens, may not grow too much for them and become savage beasts." - Plato

In addition to the other cities on your island, there are 8 Farming Villages as well. These villages can provide your city with resources in the form of tribute and troops. In order to make use of the resources that they can offer you must first conquer them and bring them under your control. Once this is done, you can gather resources from them at your own leisure. For detailed information about gaining resources in this manner, please see the Farming page.

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Pelin tavoite

"Menestys riippuu vaivannäöstä." - Sophocles

Grepoliksen päätavoite on tulla pelimaailmasi merkittäväksi sotilaalliseksi voimaksi ja ansaita vihollisiltasi sekä liittolaisiltasi pelkoa ja kunnioitusta. Vain jättämällä jälkesi maailmaaan voit toivoa yleneväsi sankariksi ja saada jumalten suosiota.

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