Veteran General

[peck_ed]

Description
The Veteran General allows you to attack enemy camps by assigning troops to him then attacking an enemy base. He attacks and travels at twice the speed and recovers in half the time. He can carry 250 troops at a time. You can get 1 Veteran General from the Easter Event and 2 from Gem Purchases. However those who purchased 1 from the Easter Event in 2012, will be able to purchase another in the Easter Event 2013.

Type
General

Cost
4,999 Gem or 1,350 Easter Egg

Travel Time
15 Minutes

Recovery Time
2 Hours

Troop Capacity
250

Character Limit per Account
3

[peck_ed]

Updates

2013-04-09 - Added Twice the Speed thanks to Tage - peck_ed
2013-03-13 - Create Guide - peck_ed

[MrBranch]

Without this general, you will always lose battles from players who spent money to get 5000 gems. I understand it's a commercial game, but this general is an off-balanced way to get people spending. You only realize that you need this general once you start reaching level - let's say - 30.
If such was not the intention, then I don't see why there was no smart upgrading mechanism for generals; e.g. once a general gained X experience, it's automatically upgraded to an improved general. Or integrate mechanisms of other games, where you can upgrade your 'hero' by e.g. earning/buying armour-plating.

[peck_ed]

This general is exactly what makes this game no fun for players who don't want to spend a lot of money. Without this general, you will lose your battles. So you need to get 5000 gems. Go check your wallet!

Sadly it looks like you just missed out on the Easter Event, hopefully you will have a chance to get one for free again next April

[drazah]

MrBranch i believe that the science system will probs help with this once it gets applied to gens as well

[stefanceltare]

Isn't the limit now up to 4 for some players who got 1 vet from last year's Easter and a second for this year's Easter plus the 2 from Shop? Might have it wrong on this one though... were players able to get a second egg Vet if they had one from the previous event?

[peck_ed]

Isn't the limit now up to 4 for some players who got 1 vet from last year's Easter and a second for this year's Easter plus the 2 from Shop? Might have it wrong on this one though... were players able to get a second egg Vet if they had one from the previous event?

If you got one from the first Easter Event I believe you were only able to buy 1 additional with gems from the Merchant.

[stefanceltare]

the limit in the Merchant was changed to a max of 2 for all players. so my question still remains...

[MrBranch]

Yep, a donation of 2000 gems today...if that's the way to solve it...

[peck_ed]

the limit in the Merchant was changed to a max of 2 for all players. so my question still remains...

The limit is still 3. 2 via Gems, 1 via Easter Event, if you were lucky enough to play in the first Easter Event, you may have 2 via Easter Event and 1 via Gems