Surviving on Final Fantasy: A New Empire

'*Surviving In Final Fantasy: A New Empire'*

As the game progresses and the top players get stronger, it can be hard for players to put up a good defence and survive an attack. I shall be briefly touching on a few points to help you survive.
Something I hear often is people asking why, at a higher citadel level and even more power than me, did they burn and I not only survived, but won convincingly. There are a few different aspects of the game to concentrate on in order to defend, and to be honest citadel level is way down that list and relatively meaningless.
At the current stage of the game, the most important thing to build are essence wells. These give the best combat boosts and with the recent Moogle market events, can be relatively easy to build. Here is a look at the four essence wells and the combat boosts they grant at maximum level 20.

Fire Well: 20,000% Troop Attack +70,000 March Size

Earth Well: 20,000% Troop HP +70,000 March Size

Lightning Well: 20,000% Armour Piercing +70,000 March Size

Ice Well: 78,500% Troop Armour +70,000 March Size

Those are hefty combat boosts. When you compare that to “Troop Attack IV” research, which is what you need to research between T7 and T8, it gives a boost of 5,145% troop attack. Now that is no small boost in itself, but compared to a level 20 fire well, its only around a quarter of the boost.
When upgrading your wells, it is very helpful to have a high level Ravus. Ravus has a skill that reduces the cost of expansion blueprints, the maximum is a 56% discount. Look at the following example of how big a difference having this discount can:

**Full Cost:**
Level 1-20 Essence Well – 107,998 Empire Expansion Blueprints

**Cost with Max 56% Ravus Discount:**
Level 1-20 Essence Well – 47,519 Empire Expansion Blueprints

Granted you need to increase your citadel (and University) level, in order to gain access to new research. However, a high level citadel on its own does nothing to keep your empire safe. My empire hasn’t been set alight since early game, when I was a small player ghost rallying my hero and one march of troops. Here is the things I concentrate on in order:

• Essence Wells

• Research (Incl. Arcanaeum Research)

• Gear/Gems/Hero

• Troops (Guardians are Important)

Troops are the last thing you should make, as without the combat boosts behind them, they are sitting ducks. Currently in my realm, the big players have unlocked T8 troops but mainly attack with T7 elemental troops, as T8 are still too costly, and they can easily one hit zero a T7 player who isn’t set up right.

I know some of these things can be costly to achieve, so my best advice is to be patient, keep an eye out for Moogle Market events, as you can get most of the essential items from there, or similarly from realm bosses and other events. So, it is important to keep your MP as fully charged as possible and I never level up a hero unless there is a market or realm boss event on.

Finally remember, anyone can be zeroed if the attacker(s) are determined enough and willing to take the losses, so don’t log off in your monster gear. If you’re unsure of your setup, ask one of the big hitters in guild to test attack your empire. RvR is not the time to be testing if you’re unsure.

Most importantly, have fun playing with your friends and battling you enemies.