Under attack?

The game is underway, alliances have formed and war is coming. First rule always hunt your troops! Even when you're online keep those troops hunting, you're enemies are constantly scouting you and looking for a chance to gain prestige.

When you are attacked, first thing to do is get your troops out of the city. You can either hunt them or dispatch to another location. Your troops will stay out as long as there are crops in your warehouse.

Next thing minimize your enemy's spoils. When under attack you can no longer transport res to the market ( you can still buy, just not sell).

Train troops to use up those resources.

If you have equal amounts of wood and iron, train archers.

If you have more wood than iron train cats.

If more iron than wood train inf or cav.

Now what to do once it starts. Keep an eye on those crop levels. If they get low you can buy more from the market or transport in from another city.

A little preparation now can make things easier when an attack comes.

You can upgrade your cranny to help protect the resources you have.

You can also use the market as a bank for resources. If you have extra crops you can post them at the market for a very high price and unless someone is willing to pay a huge price. they will  stay there until you cancel the transaction, returning the resource to the city it was originally posted from.

When starting out you may choose to set traps and turrets around your city walls. The traps are a good when you're starting out, but are easily defeated by enemy infantry. Turrets are your second choice, but they aren't effective against cats until they have been upgraded to lvl 9.

Having high scout tech is a great defensive tool as well. If your tech is higher than your enemy's they will not be able to see into your city. Once you've maxed this tech at lvl 10 no one can scout you.

It is strongly recommend to upgrade this ability early on, not only for its defensive application, but for its offensive ability in helping you choose viable targets when you choose to be the aggressor.  

When logging off for the day make sure to leave as little in your warehouse as possible.  If an enemy can see res in your warehouse they will come and steal it, if it's there night after night, they'll keep coming back for easy hits and ALWAYS HUNT YOUR ARMIES.