Collect on time and pay no attention to it if it bothers you. As long as it is a part of the game, there will be raiders just like there are farmers etc. When someone gets mad at a raider for attacking and plundering they are really mad that the game has this feature built into it.

Never take it personal, it’s just a game. Learn to play the game such that you realize all of the playing styles and understand you will encounter them all throughout your game time. Understand this and accept it, do not send nasty messages to someone who has raided you, it will only make matters worse in most cases. Perhaps that is not your style, but it is the game style of some and their style is no better or worse than your own, it’s just different.

There are GB’s and quests which reward raiders in this game. Lastly, this is a game built to accommodate many playing styles, including raiding.

Plus there is no loss for you at all if they collect nothing, your troops regenerate automatically, so no harm if you have collected. If your city never has any items to raid, this often deters the attacker eventually and causes them to skip over you. Secondly, as stated above, there is one full proof defensive llect on time every time. Raiders hate taking damage on raids.even worse some losses. Even if you know it has no chance to win. Put your best defense up that you have, always. Most raiders see this as a player not even trying and it makes them want to attack even more. Never ever defend your city with two spearfighters or some similar foolish lineup.

After over 15,000 battles won in this game, from GE to GVG to raids (perhaps 1/3 from raids), I know a few things now to pass along.

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