Prtecting goods in 3.0

It seems to me the best way to protect goods in 3.0 version is to build a level 1 town hall with level1 shipyard, lvl 1 barracks, GR at least same level as other cities,Hideout as high as you can make it, same with Walls. All the other spaces can be filled with warehouses. No need for tavern or museum because level 1 town with GR's up does not require any wine. Lvl 1 town hall limits how much material can be taken during a pillage. Troops can be built in your other cities and sent to this island for protection. Same with ships. Later in the game, it is OK to increase Shipyard and Barracks. Main cities will still need 1 large warehouse for upgrades, but any goods left at end of day can be shipped to warehouse island.

As for limiting how much of each material is pillaged it works the same as now, based on percentage of each good in warehouse. Keep 4-5 times more wood and that is what they will get.

Any input as to this theory is welcome, we are always looking for ways for our alliance to stand out from the rest.

Any info on warehouse safety storage?

So do people think this will lead to far more raiding/pillaging then before? Should we start building up stronger armies for extra protection? Just curious.

Just some things that initially dropped into my brain when I saw the idea, but it sounds very effective if you can keep the warehouses high enough to get 100% of the goods protected or scary small military in other towns. People could attack the gatherng towns too if your not online often to keep them fairly empty unless goods are in use, I figure that people will realize the extra moving time alone kill people with limited access, but I figure it would be fine for people on several time a day..
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"The most significant change will be in raiding and attacking. There will be no more gold looting any more. The amount of looted resources will not depend on the harbor size of the attacked city, but on the amount of trading ships sent with the attack. Each trading ship will load up 15 resources per minute for 20 minutes. An attacker can now loot every resource which is not protected by a warehouse. As a compensation, you can now build more than one warehouse per city."-Merlin
Where did you get the level 1 townhall impacts level of resources you can get from pillaging? I don't see it... Or did I misunderstand?

Also if your centralizing all of your goods, will this target not make for a more massive loss if someone does decide to break through the defense? An interesting new way to pull people, breaking a military and letting smaller players come with the tradeships to get goods and wipe any quick build troops...

I'm already increasing my ever expanding army in preparation for the new patch ^_^

Cant find the information anymore so posted on Boards for mods, sgo to answer.

Well, if your town has a trading port it can also help to protect your goods. You can always just shove 20k resources at max price into there and withdraw them after the pillage ^_^