dvdljns said:

I was doing alright at gathering but had to send a lot more troops so I built all high capacity legendary gear and added legendary gems for speed and capacity.  Now I am getting beat by castles with low level gear or gear with only a piece of legendary gear. Watching the castles doing beating me I think I have identified the problem.  They can send out more trips in the same amount of time. I am pretty sure there is a sweet spot using capacity and speed. I just don't know yet what it is.  I know I have beat every castle that uses the gear that provides a little cap with a lot of speed.  So I am thinking a mix of that and high capacity legendary gear.  Anyone know what is the best capacity and speed to add. I am not good enough at math to figure it out on paper but there is a point where speed and capacity is optimised. 

What exactly do you mean you're getting "beat" by other players? Are you saying they can yield as much or more than you in the same amount of time? You mention they can send out more trips, marches? As for yielding speed gear is important but focus on your spoils of wars, hero and shaman skills and then equipment. Also keep in mind where you farm from and the level of tiles are also factors. For example if you send your troops from the Valley of the Aesir you will get a bonus for yielding. 

What I'm suggesting is there could be far more to what you're seeing or more to the point, not seeing, from the others you're comparing yourself to. They could also be using a yielding boost.  

Yes  what he wrote and asked takes some understanding ,but I think I might have finally figured it out.

You really need to know more details to answer specifically

You cant go on Palace level (castlle size) alone.

There may be many reasons that someone else appears to be moving faster on the map.

The simplest being they are sending cavalry and you are sending siege.

They may have done more research and have more boosts to give them more speed.

As the the optium troop to send this will depend on

the age of the kingdom , if tile hitting is not sanctioned, where you are in the kingdom,and what compettions are running.

You can waste a lot of time  just on the march there and back, and It can dangerous to send out high level,slow moving troops.

Low level and faster moving is often the preferred choice.

Some of the hero equipment is better than others, have you got the fastest?

You only get the hero speed bonus if you send the hero out with the troops, many dont.

Since the introduction of the Shaman there are extra yielding bonuses to be had,so this could be another reason they accrue more points than you do.

As to getting beat, if you mean they are making more points than you, that could because they are yielding a different resource to you,or from a different level of tile, or they may have more troop marches than you.

You cannot directly compare without knowing  what are the differences,between yourself and those that do or dont "beat" you.

You can optimise your yielding strategy.

Ah, now you get to point. Optimizing my yield.