Things you should know...
but found out the hard way! A newbie's trip through Vikings CoW
1)The Clan you joined will be gutted, changed, or fall apart...
By politic's or by game mechanic's. In Mine, the leader of the clan, taught me a bit and was the reason I stayed in the game for more then a few minutes. Game was "nerf'd" in a way that rewarded Biggie's in a Clan Of Biggie's. Clan lost half it's member's and here I am now without the leader and mentor I thought would be great way to start up.
TL:DR Newbie's have no access to the players with the most know how. Ok maybe minimal access.
2) No Tile Hits... but not really.
Kingdom Rule No Tile hits allowed. Whats that mean? Well you cannot attack or be attacked at rss. Sweet, away I go gathering to help me build up. Really my response was "whats rss?" but i'll get to that later. Yep, you guessed it! Clan Vs Clan event popped up, me new and unaware what that even is, tile hit at lvl 6. Crippled my army I've been working on. 80% losses. Not happy but it was my error.
TL:DR Kingdom/Clan rules are not always THE Rule. Follow up make sure you get the whole story.
3) cvc kvk kvkr rss WTF?!?!
cvc - Clan Vs Clan - watch out for exceptions to the 'rule'
kvk - Kingdom Vs Kingdom - same
kvkr - ?? no idea yet what the r is for
rss - resource supply stash
sh - Clan Stronghold
More to come I'm sure.......................
Canti