When scouting barbarian cities you only need to send 1 single scholar to get a report back. This is bcs there are no troops. You should start out with a min of 25 then work towards a goal to have min 250 scouts in your Main City, you don't need to train them in every city, but they are handy in your main cities.
Keep in mind you need at least 250 to survive a scout atk to view over a lvl 22 or higher wall to spy building levels and troops outside the city.
Scouts are also the only thing that defend against someone trying to spy you. I personally feel keeping your enemy blind is the best defense. If they don't know what they are walking into, they can not plan properly and will need to throw everything at you, thus showing their hand. There is nothing better then your enemy throwing wave after wave and not getting any troops or report back. Keep in mind that they will be able to purchase the Instant Spy from the store, but any time you force your enemy to spend real money on a free game is always a win in my book. Please note that you will not get a report saying you were instant spied, I personally think that you should just like any other attack, it is an unfair advantage that your enemy can instantly see your stash just because he paid for it. At very least you should be made aware that your enemy is planning a strike against you. Espionage IS a form of aggression!! Furthermore, I also think that an instant spy should fail if you have X amount of scouts in city, there shouldn't be a rich kid advantage. That isn't the way it is, but its my two cents on how it should be.
Keep in mind you need at least 250 to survive a scout atk to view over a lvl 22 or higher wall to spy building levels and troops outside the city.
Scouts are also the only thing that defend against someone trying to spy you. I personally feel keeping your enemy blind is the best defense. If they don't know what they are walking into, they can not plan properly and will need to throw everything at you, thus showing their hand. There is nothing better then your enemy throwing wave after wave and not getting any troops or report back. Keep in mind that they will be able to purchase the Instant Spy from the store, but any time you force your enemy to spend real money on a free game is always a win in my book. Please note that you will not get a report saying you were instant spied, I personally think that you should just like any other attack, it is an unfair advantage that your enemy can instantly see your stash just because he paid for it. At very least you should be made aware that your enemy is planning a strike against you. Espionage IS a form of aggression!! Furthermore, I also think that an instant spy should fail if you have X amount of scouts in city, there shouldn't be a rich kid advantage. That isn't the way it is, but its my two cents on how it should be.
