Suggested city build……
Cottages – 10
Barracks – 10
Relief Station – 1 - May be the most underrated part of your city. A lvl9 relief station makes a HUGE difference when you’re moving resources and troops around. Cuts down move time by 9x
Embassy – 1 - You want this to be lvl4 by the time your protection runs out. Make sure you check the garrison box. This way others can help reinforce you. The high level, the more ppl can send you troops
Forge/Workshop – 1 - You have to build an upgrade these as you research certain things, so they will take care of themselves.
Market – 1 - Lvl4 is as high as you need. You only have 4 resources to trade, so why would you want it higher?
Beacon tower – 1 – Need to get this as high as possible as soon as possible. Allows you to get more information if someone attacks you.
Rally Spot – 1 – Each level allows to send out 1 attack of 10k troops. As high as poss, asap.
Feasting Hall – 1 – Its level should be one lvl above the level of your rally spot so you can send as many attacks as possible
Inn – 1 – I hate this building, but you have to have it to build your feasting hall. Once you get your feasting hall to lvl9, demolish the inn. Seeing as you can move your heros around easily, having 1 inn at lvl9 in a city can serve as your supply for your other cities. This saves a space for an additional barrack or cottage as well
Stable – 1 – You HAVE to have it to get ur horseback riding lvl to 9, and to get your relief station to lvl9. When those are built, you can demolish all of them.
Warehouse – 1 – Unless you plan on getting pounded by other players you don’t need more than 1
Academy – 1 – Upgrade as you have to. In secondary cities, if you upgrade it first, you will get the research benefits of your main city.
Town Hall – Get it upgraded to lvl4 asap and use all the slots and upgrade them soon. This will allow you to have plenty or resources to build what you need. When protection runs out, get it up to lvl9 quickly.
City Walls – As you upgrade your city walls, you can add defenses. You want to have the following defenses built when the game allows you to: 1k traps, 1k abatis, 500 defensive trebuchet, 500 rolling log. Use the rest of the slots for as many Archer Towers as it will hold.