You will be scouted and attacked. This game is designed for such things. It is a basic struggle for supply and demand. The key is you do not want to be the supply to someone else's demands. If they do not get much from you or you make it painful for them, they will not continue to attack you.
A) So that attackers do not get too much
1) upgrade your storehouse!! This may be the single most important tip to safeguarding your goodies. Get your storehouse level to at least 5 or 6. This will protect five to six hundred thousand of each product.
2) Research Shrinking Powder. When you research this to level five, you will increase your storage capacity in the store house by fifty percent!!! A level 5 storehouse and level 5 Shrinking Powder will hold 750,000 of each commodity.
3) Keep your taxes low, low, low! Only tax enough to maintain your knights. When you need cash, go to castle screen and click "get more gold." You will levy your population for the gold you need for research. Your happiness will drop temporarily but, you won't have a pot of gold to tempt an attacker.
4) Hide your resources in your wilds. This is my least favorite recommendation since it can lead to a false sense of security. You move your resources to a wild or plain that you own. My recommendation is you get a level 4 plain or higher for this technique. No one looks at plains when attacking someone. Everyone looks for wilds that they own when attacking. Hide your resources in a plain. If you hide them in an owned wild, you will run the greater risk of detection and loss. You hide resources in your plains or wilds by having troops reinforce that location and take the goods you wish to hide. Again, this is my least favorite but it can be useful if used wisely.
B) Make it Painful
1) It is recommended not to defend your city with troops early on. They are easily killed as the attacker has the advantage. Instead go to your castle screen and select "hide in sanctuary". Your troops will appreciate the respite and you will maintain that might you have worked so hard to build. Later, you can select to defend your castle when you have wall defenses to support your troops.
2) Upgrade your walls. The higher the wall is the better.
3) Build wall defense. You will need to research various technologies to be able to build strong wall defenses.
If you do these things, you can sit back and watch your attackers roll through your town, stop by the gift shop and sigh as they leave empty handed. You can then send them a thank-you note for stopping by.
II) When Attacked
Attacks are part of this game and will start coming more frequently now that cities have troops to feed and blacksmiths to pay. As an Alliance, we will strive to quell multiple attacks from the same person and alliances. You, as part of this alliance must also play your part. So, without further delay contact one of the officers.
