Library

• If you wish to own more than one city, the library is essential. By donating resources you eventually get your knowledge level to 100%.
• For every level you upgrade the library, the required resources to achieve 100% knowledge and receive another city point, goes down 10%.
• Upgrading: Decrease the quantity of resources required for another city point.
• No extra space required when upgraded.

Library: Tax Collection

Sooner or later you will have need to perform Tax Collection. You may want to activate Vacation Mode (minimum 5 days) or unexpectedly have to be away from the game for an extended amount of time. In that case, here is a concise summary of the steps that can be taken to hopefully make use of the Game's Tax Collection features.

• Click on the library, preferably in a city you have a hero in with Master Knowledge.
• Click on the COLLECTOR tab

• Note how the "Distributing to: Library Efficiency:" equals 20%

• If you have any heros in this city, they will show up in the top window. Mouse over each of the the heros and find the one with the highest Knowledge level (None, Novice, Expert & Master is highest). Click on the hero you want collecting taxes in this city and their image will appear in the "Distributing to" window, like so:

See how, in this case, the Efficiency increased to 30%! This hero has NOVICE Knowledge! She has a better efficiency rate than having no hero or one with no Knowledge. Selecting a hero with no Knowledge is equivalent to the default 20% tax collection rate. More on this later.

• Now choose the building you want your taxes to be distributed to: Library, Temple, Obelisk, Barracks, Stable, Workshop.

For Barracks, Stable, or Workshop: select the troop type you want created (you can only select one). For instance, in this picture the Barracks was selected

The Archer is selected in this next picture.

Notice how the icon is highlighted in red and the "Distributing to:" window tells you Archers would be created as a 20% tax rate, in this instance.

• Now decide at what resource level you want the Taxes to begin being collected at. In this picture, it is currently set at 10000. Please NOTE! In this scenario, the lowest quantity resource must be at least above 10000 in order for taxes to start being collected.

WARNING: if you do not manage your resources (by using Marketplace Exchange, for instance) such that they are close to the same levels and start collecting taxes, it is possible to lose large amounts of resources. More on this later.

• Once you are happy with the settings you have selected, Click on the CONFIRM button.
• Once you LOGOUT of the server, using one of these two choices (the Logout word or keys):

Tax Collection begins assessing your settings and if all conditions are met, your taxes will begin being applied to the appropriate building at the rate indicated.

Note: If you merely close your browser window and do not logout, it will be some time before the server recognizes that you are no longer connected. Tax Collection WILL NOT start working until the server sees you are no longer logged in! I merely make note of this because, inevitably, some players are going the test this and holler on the Forums an hour later saying this does not work. It may be as simple as you were never logged out and therefore, Tax Collection never started working.

Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it!

Library: Tax Collection: Extended notes

• Optimally, if you activate Tax Collection for whatever reason, it would be wise to put as many Heros with Knowledge to work in as many cities as possible.
• It would also be wise to activate tax collection in all your cities even though you do not employ a hero in that capacity. Twenty percent efficiency is better than throwing the resources away.
• Additionally, you should increase the resource minimum to about 28000 (observations indicated that in certain situation it may need to be set lower) so that upon your return you have the opportunity to apply your resources at 100% efficiency.
• The Efficiency rates of your heros with Knowledge are:

1. None= 0%
2. Novice = 35%
3. Expert = 45%
4. Master = 65%

You can gain an additional 30% by being a Gold Account holder. Therefore your total tax efficiency will be 95% in each city where you have a Hero with Master Knowledge.

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