Buffer zones

A buffer zone is a strategy you can use to protect our alliance. When resource tiles spawn right in, or beside our alliance (iron, fuel, copper etc) we can leave them to fill a space. Similarly each person can use one of their marches (you get more as you get more powerful) to send out a single troop to set up an encampment to fill a space in our hive.

If we leave empty spaces in our hive that is an opportunity for big players from other alliances to teleport right into our hive and gives them much easier access to attack us more quickly.

If you see an empty space in our hive ask in chat for anyone with a farm to teleport it into the space. If no cities are available and you have a march you would be willing to spare then send a single troop on an encampment to fill the space.

NOTE: encampments can easily be attacked and the space taken by an enemy. It is always better to have a city in a space in the hive rather than an encampment.