No Upgrade Shrine?

[Valkerion™]

So, I've just gotten a really good run going and I'm at the point where I have nothing I can spend my money on. I have to run past all of my men because they are holding gold I can't carry. I'm pretty sure my upgrade shrine spawned behind a portal. This is my first game that I had the builder and archer shrines on either side and it seems the trade off was I don't get the stone shrine! Pretty sure this makes the game impossible?

Edit: Had no idea I could just run past a portal, but I ended up doing it right when a blood moon horde spawned.. game over.

[hzthzthzt]

it's behind the portal. Run pass the portal to find it and make sure you get enough money to secure your way back.

[videochallenge999]

you can destroy first portals wihout shrines
or during day run past portal to buy buffs for blood moons or portal siege
just throw couple of coins for jawas that spawn whey you pass by it

[Valkerion™]

Originally posted by videochallenge999:

you can destroy first portals wihout shrines
or during day run past portal to buy buffs for blood moons or portal siege
just throw couple of coins for jawas that spawn whey you pass by it

I haven't gotten that far yet but I assume you need the stone upgrade to build knights to destroy portals, and that is what was past the portal on my game. I realize now I actually had a good setup but I didn't realize it was a blood moon when I ran past the portal. They all just camped me and I couldn't get home.

[videochallenge999]

that was unfortunate
I'm not 100% sure but on the blood moon day only 1 portal is active, and you can see it during the day.
So you know which side to defend. In the meantime you can explore whole other side past both portals.

[Valkerion™]

Also does the merchant only give you hammers or what? I've got like 14 builders now because of him, I'm probably screwed...

[hzthzthzt]

Originally posted by Valkerion™:

Also does the merchant only give you hammers or what? I've got like 14 builders now because of him, I'm probably screwed...

random,don't bother with him.

[videochallenge999]

it is random
merchant better be avoided
in the early game hammer overflow can do serious economical damage
in the late game scythes are useless

so only hire him, if you will be happy to receive ANY of the three tool types

[Valkerion™]

Well thanks to that advice I now have probably 80 archers right now, and I've always got money to hire more people and top off the buff altars... On day 26 now, last two blood moons were a joke. Gonna try to rush the portals but my west portals are so far it takes more than a 24h cycle to reach. Last tried on day 23 and my knights got hit by a two hordes before they did much damage to the portal. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198026322892/screenshot/639868605284158692

I just got hit by TWO waves of enemies before my knights even reached the portal. How am I supposed to destroy it? It was definitely the middle of the day when they sent a second group..

EDIT: Just realized I need to make my initial launch point closer is all.

[Dor]

In my last game, I destroyed one portal on each side, still no access to either shrine. Screwed by RNG, definitely a buy.

[Subtle Shift in Emphasis]

Originally posted by Valkerion™:

Well thanks to that advice I now have probably 80 archers right now, and I've always got money to hire more people and top off the buff altars... On day 26 now, last two blood moons were a joke. Gonna try to rush the portals but my west portals are so far it takes more than a 24h cycle to reach. Last tried on day 23 and my knights got hit by a two hordes before they did much damage to the portal. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198026322892/screenshot/639868605284158692

I just got hit by TWO waves of enemies before my knights even reached the portal. How am I supposed to destroy it? It was definitely the middle of the day when they sent a second group..

EDIT: Just realized I need to make my initial launch point closer is all.

Send your knights to the far away portals on the day of rest (day after Bloodmoon). That's how I killed my far away portals, expanding toward them only makes you weaker.

[Valkerion™]

Yeah I can see how the AI screws you for expanding, because about half your archers are sent to the opposite site each day to simulate roaming forces. However, I'm pretty comfortably around 200 pop or more, I have more mone than I can spend from farms and archers now, Probably gonna see how long I can last since I couldnt get that portal down before day 40. I'm on 53 right now.