How to use and manage Rubies

How to Use and Manage Rubies
This is my advice to newbies. If you do not plan on buying rubies or very little this is how you should use your rubies. First off just because you get 300 as a gift dose not mean that you should use them to complete buildings. Let them finish on their own. Secondly while town houses may look and sound good don't spend rubies on them. Third don't buy ruby siege or defense tools, because while they are better than regular tools if you have a good defense it shouldn't matter that much. Fourth don't use rubies to repair damage make to your castle while it will take longer resources do the job fine.

You SHOULD save your rubies for: Bakeries, they reduce the amount of food your soldiers eat and therefor mean you can make more. Stables, they considerably speed up the speed of your soldiers when attacking. Unlocking kingdoms, while the stone, wood and food should be easy to unlock if you want to save a lot of time and gold use them for unlocking gold instead of actual gold. Open gate, they save you from losing battles that you have no hope of winning and no damage is done to your troops or buildings. Lastly drill grounds, they speed up the recruitment time of your soldiers making for bigger armies in shorter amount of time.

Just save up your rubies until you have enough to either upgrade your existing bakery or build a new one. You can have 1 bakery per castle.

While browsing through the forum today I found a wonderful guide on how to manage Rubies and which buildings are important and what things are a pure waste of rubies: Original post: http://en.board.goodgamestudios.com/empire/showthread.php?41941-Complete-Empire-Guide-Teaser-(Intro-Tools)&highlight=soldiers