New players in Glory of Rome struggle to learn all the nuances of the game quickly. This is to help you avoid making mistakes that can be costly latter on.

1. Start Up Guide for New Players
New players in Glory of Rome struggle to
learn all the nuances of the game quickly.
This is to help you avoid making mistakes
that can be costly latter on.
When you first log on:
Deities:
When you start a new game on a server, you will be taken to
the deity selection screen above after choosing your avatar. The
only way you can change your deity once you've started playing
is by using specific items which are sold for gold in the "Shop".
If you are a fighter, you want to consider Mars (attack boost) or
Vulcan (Defense Boost)

2. - The sun deity, Apollo increases the benefit from your research.
Researching technologies can improve building, attacking,
transporting and more.
- The deity of growth, Ceres increases your resource production.
More resources allow you to build, train and research more
items.
- The deity of war, Mars boosts the attack power of your troops.
Powerful troops will help you expand your empire and conquer
far off-lands.
- The deity of love, Venus increases your max population. The
larger your population, the more citizens you have available to
train as soldiers or work in the fields.
- The deity of the forge, Vulcan forges stronger defenses for
your troops. Strong defense increases the survivability of your
troops, helping you win battles.

3. Select which ever deity fits your game style. If you want to
battle, then Mars or Vulcan should be your first choice.
Name Change:
Look in ‘Inventory’ for your “beginner” chest. It is not actually a
chest, just items dropped to your inventory. You should find
several items including an item that will allow you to rename
your avatar. Reforged Identity
Click on the Reforged Identity and enter your new name.
Before you hit enter again, double check the spelling and
capitalization. It is 15 Gold in the shop to change it again.
Buildings:
When you initially start, build, build, build. You need to get to
Level 7 which requires only 7500 glory points. Building your
city a few levels will help. This will drop the deed to your 2nd
city. You will need resources. Collect resources hourly.
Building your fields first so you have a steady supply of
resources is recommended, but if you are in an alliance, you
will be helped with resources. The more barracks you have the
faster your troop training.
You need one of each building type. Most players have 6 to 7
villas, and the rest of the space is for barracks. The more
barracks you have the faster your troop training.
Fields:

4. In the fields to start with, have a good mix of the various field
buildings. This will give you a good base of resources to get
going with. Once you start to build troops, they must be fed or
will desert. Make sure you have enough food production to
support your troops.
Research:
Research is very important. It proves you with buffs or bonuses
to help your game play. Always have research going in every
city and always work on upgrading your temple.

5. The Temple:
You can level the temple at the same time as your other
buildings. A high-level temple, along with sacrifices, really
helps with buffs for your city. With appropriate sacrifice, you can
increase your resource production. The percentage of the
increase depends on the level of the Temple. A level 9 Temple
has a 10% buff to resource production for 24 hours when you
sacrifice.
You can get more items for sacrifice by posting to your
Facebook page and having friends click on the link. But be
aware: Facebook will ban you for game posts if you use this
feature too often
Coliseum:
This building is important as you use it to “collect” taxes from
your population. The tax is silver that you will need for research

6. and scouting. Each level higher increases your population’s
happiness by 1%. This increases the silver production. In the
beginning you will need a Coliseum in every city but once you
have completed your research, you only need it in one city to
generate silver for scouting. You can “Hold Events” by clicking
on the Coliseum but the return for them is low.
Wilds:
Wilds are important. You should capture wilds to help with your
resources. The higher the level of the wild, the higher the
increase to your production. 10,000 Conscripts will take a level
5 wild or 35,000 for a level 6 wilds. As your research levels are
higher you can use less. (See Tutorial on attacking wilds)
Swordsmanship (Same level as the level of wild) research and
Conscripts are a good starting point for attacking wilds up to
level 6.

7. Beware of owned wilds. You can not take them away from
the owners by attacking them.
Beginner Protection:
Beginner Protection. Beginner protection prevents a new
player from being attacked. It ends once you build your castle
to level 5. Spend time getting your research, building and
troops buildings as high as possible before you take the leap to
level 5 Castle and become available for farming and attacking
by other players.

8. Generals:
The general determines most of the outcome of a
battle. Generals are assigned from your Facebook friends who
play the game. The higher the level of your General, the
stronger it is. You can level your Generals by attacking
Barbarian camps, Level 3 barbarian camps give 100 skill
points. You also get 100 points attacking dead cities with 1
conscript. Lower-Level wilds will also give 100 skill points It’s
good to use up your general’s energy each day to level up
faster.
ENERGY
Energy for the Generals is LIMITED!! You get 8 Energy a day.
It automatically resets once a day. Once your General reaches
Zero Energy, it can not march.

9. There are two ways to replenish the Energy without having to wait for
the reset. Go into the General Quarters and click on Details. This
loads the page where you can Appoint Generals, check their Status to
the next level, and by clicking on the far-right green button , you
can bring up the Refill Energy popup.
This gives you 2 options for Refill Energy. A token that you can
purchase for 2 gold or posting to your Facebook wall. If friends click
on your post, your general should get refilled, however, this works
intermittently at best. Facebook also frowns on multiple posts from
games and has started to ban players who use it frequently.
General Levels.
Generals need to be leveled before you engage in any warfare. The
higher your general is the lower your losses with barbarian camps and
wilds. A general can reach a maximum of 225. A level 100 General
engaging against a 255 general will be decimated along with most of
the troops. (Tutorial on Leveling Generals soon to come)

10. Third and Fourth Cities:
Additional cities will be covered in a future tutorial. Stay tuned!!
This tutorial was brought to you by Solar. Information in it was obtained from existing tutorials
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obtained through player advice and observation on the game.