Alliance Center & Diplomacy

Mandatory for HQ upgrades and massively speeds up development. More alliance help for build / research / heal — max it first. If you must invest, focus on "Diplomacy". ■ How alliance help works When you start a build, research or healing, alliance members can tap help to cut the time. The higher your Alliance Center, the more helps you receive per task. This is the biggest "free speed-up" in the game, and it grows much larger when your alliance is active. ■ The power of Diplomacy With high Diplomacy stars, a 24-hour build or research can finish with just one alliance help. Start during peak online hours and you may finish in ~2 hours. Compare: a 24-hour build without help means waiting a full day or burning a lot of speed-ups. With Diplomacy and the right start time, it finishes in about 2 hours. That is why this guide says development speed starts with Diplomacy. Development speed starts with Diplomacy. Even if you skip build points in Alliance War, if Diplomacy appears in the two free daily refugee recruitments — spend everything to recruit. ■ How to apply it 1. Put the Alliance Center in the HQ chain and raise it as high as you can. 2. Use the 2 free refugee recruitments every day. If Diplomacy appears, recruit it right away. 3. Time it: start long builds or research when many members are online, usually after work hours and in the evening. 4. Help your teammates every time you log in. The more an alliance helps each other, the faster everyone grows.