Building Residence or Palace (Guide) [by Rastus]

First thing to remember on a new server is that you never build a palace in your first village, you build a residence up to level 10 and then build your three settlers and found a new village.

You then build a residence up to level 10 in the second village so as to build three settlers there and then found your third village. You keep repeating this.

You just keep building level 10 residences UNTIL you are certain you know what village will be your new capital, and in that village you instead build a palace to level 10 instead of a residence.

How to know for certain which will be your capital? Well, a cropper tile will be ideal. If you get a 15 cropper this is an absolute no brainer, this is going to be your capital. If you get a 9 cropper, you need to decide whether your likely to snap up a 15 cropper nearby? if not, make the 9 cropper your capital to secure it.

If you have been beaten to the punch and there are no 9 or 15 croppers availiable nearby - you may be tempted to make a mundane square your capital... but, hold off. An alliance mate or neighbour may decide to quit the game tomorrow and your may need to move fast first to grab the vacant cropper, and then secure it by setting it as your capital.

Only if you are very very sure you wont get a cropper, or are not interested in croppers, should you set a mundane tile as your capital by building a palace. Let's face it, you already have your initial mundane tile as a captial without needing to build any palace.