Any beginner tips? I seem to struggle a bit with troops as they get killed too easily even in the early stages and you have to skip a bunch of days to get enough gold to replenish them.
Someone early in the thread mentioned you can purposely buy troops until you bankrupt, NG+ to come back with starting gold and same amount of troops, and repeat until you have a shit ton of troops. Other than that, save scum like a mofo. Got less than 2 thugs per 100 gold? Time to save scum. Dungeon had too many no-drop enemies and they murdered a week's worth of dudes? Time to save scum. Boss didn't drop their specific drop? Time to save scum.
Also, try to get Charon as soon as possible. With her, you can just steamroll every dungeon and replenish their numbers every 3 days or so (assuming you're also save scumming to maximize recruitment numbers and minimizing casualties).
P.S. Your income is equal to (fame + 1)x100. Your fame is equal to the sum of Food, Room, and Intel divided by 4.
- Fame score is rounded normally. So if your sum is 10, your fame would be 3.
- Clearing floors and reaching new areas adds to your intel score. Try to do anything that's easy to clear as soon as possible.
- Try to save your best food option (or even 2nd best, if you don't have enough) for attracting girls. Cook your 2nd or 3rd best food for fame.
- Avoid serving alcohol unless you're trying to attract girls. The ingredients are harder to come by and it's not worth buying the lowest tier mat.
- Kill the manticore (First Cave, floor 2) for its wing to get the 3rd tier bed. Room lv +10, lasts 6 days.
- Run the 2nd dungeon for its twigs when you're able to clear the first floor of it. Room lv +6, lasts 5 days.
- Buy Pretty planks from the 2nd town. Room lv +2 only (costs 200 each, lasts 4 days), but kinda worth it, especially if you're trying to meet girls early in.
With just the manticore bed, twig, and pretty plank, that's a guaranteed +18, which with base starting stats, is 5 fame! That's already 600 gold! Whatever you serve for dinner and whatever floors you clear will add to that.