The most usefull thing to buy is probably the horseshoe, you get much better value bying these and getting lucky than to buy other items directly. With the new feature you can even get troops using these horseshoe coins, as well as lots of other cool items of course.

If you get treasure maps, make sure you don’t use them until you can manage to beat the troops in a level 10 wilderness. It really suck if you can not manage to kill the troops and get your prize, what a waste of coins. When it comes to treasure you can only dig up your own, not other players treasures. To get the treasure you have to occupy the location where the treasure is, gather for 1 hour and then pick it up.

One last thing, it is possible to get any type of item just from pillaging and occupying. This is cool, so you don’t have to spend money on the game if you don’t want to. However, it can take ages to get the item you want without going to the shop, so many people do it to speed things up.

PH – Physical – Marching consume physical points. These points recover slowly and medicine can increase the recovery rate.
CMD – Command – This determines the amplyfying effect, effects 100 troops and 1000 soldiers.
OFS - Offense – Amplifies siege by 1% for every 10 OFS. Hero weapons increase the OFS score.
SAL - Salary – The amount of gold you have to pay the hero every hour.
TAL - Talents – Every upgrade increases Talents by 1, and it’s used to increase officers attributes below. Every level increase gives you 1 additional talent points.
PLT - Politics – Politics of mayor accelerates resource production, construction, and fortification of building by 1% per point.
CBP - Combat Power – 1 Combat Power of mayor increases troop training speed by 1% and Offense by 10, and 3 Combat Power regain Officer’s Physical by 1.
SAG - Sagacity – 1 Sagacity of Mayor increases research speed by 1% and Defense by 10. 3 Sagacity regain Officer’s Energy by 1.
ENG - Energy – Applying stratagems lowers energy which recovers slowly, medicine can quicken rate.
SPD – Speed – Amplifies tempo of troops by 1% for every 1 SPD
DFS - Defense – Amplifies guard by 1% for every 10 DFS. Equipment could increase DFS.
FDL - Fidelity – Affects rate if mutiny or not, you can increase with items or gold.

There are three types of military officers, the mayor, the commander and the tactician. If you don’t have either a commander or a tactician the mayor vil act as such for both of them. This does not work the other way around so it’s important to always have at least a mayor appointed. The mayor increases the production rate of resources and also accelerates the speed of constructing buildings, walls and fortifications. The commander accelerates the speed of training troops. He is also important in defending a city under attack. The tactician speeds up your research.

The Battle of Toulon!

Starting on November 23, 2009, you can click on the battlefield feature at the top of your game page to enter this new and exciting Quest. You must be at the level of private or above, and use one pearl and one coral to enter the battlefield. You can undertake this Quest yourself or have team mates join you in this adventure. During this battle, you will move through a series of adventures that will challenge your playing skill, tactics, and ability as a military leader. You will face opponents that will challenge your skill, your wit, and your will to win! So make ready your forces! Muster the troops, load the muskets and sharpen your sabres for The Battle of Toulon!

Each of the servers has about 40,000 players, so it looks like the total number of players is about 100,000 now, assuming not too many players play on several servers. This is pretty good for a game that has only been out one month! I expect the game to be growing even more in future month and new interesting features to be added frequently. During Halloween they had a pretty cool event also, here is what they say about it at their website.

As Halloween is approaching, FOW is proud to announce our first annual Halloween celebration. 

Between Oct. 28, 2009 00:00 to Nov.7, 2009 23:59 Napwar server time (CDT), we will be having a series of activities to celebrate with the Nap War community. Players who log into Nap War daily will receive a Halloween Box. When you complete a few simple quests, you will receive even more items and “candy”.

Activity 1: Halloween Box awarded to players who login during the celebration.

During the activity period, all players will be awarded a Halloween Box every other day if they log on to the game. By opening the box, you could randomly get one resource, an item, or a Halloween costume. Or you can buy the box in the Shop, or exchange it for candy. 
What is candy for? See Activity 2.

During the Activity Time, every player can own up to 5 Halloween Boxes through daily quests. The box will only be available on Oct. 28, Oct. 29, Oct. 30, Oct.31, and Nov. 1 Napwar server time, one per player per day. Do not miss any of them!

Halloween Box Tip: Available to players at the rank at Knight or above.

You could randomly get one of the following after opening the Halloween Box.

Resources:
Food 100,000;Wood 100,000;Stone 100,000;Iron 100,000;Gold 100,000;Voucher 10;Voucher 50;Voucher 100;Voucher 150

Items:
Chesterfield’s Works;Kyng Alisaunder’s Works; Aristotle’s Works; Bag of Black Powder;Relocation Scheme;Emergency Recruitment Notice;Recruitment Notice;Golden Key; Imperial Edict; Retraining Manual

Activity 2: Lightening jack-o-lantern, looking for candy, and applying your the Halloween Boxes.

During the Activity Period, you can buy jack-o’-lanterns, candles, or candy or get them by pillaging or occupying a wilderness. Use candles to light jack-o-lanterns while looking for candy and the Halloween Box.


Required items: jack-o-lantern, candle, and candy

Item Tips: 

1. Buy from the Shop: You can buy jack-o-lanterns, candles, candy, and Halloween Boxes in the Shop. 
Jack-o-lanterns cost 30 coins
Candles cost 30 coins 
Candy costs 6 coins 
Halloween Box costs 50 coins.

2. Receive jack-o-lanterns, candles, and candy from battles in a Wilderness or a City.

Quick Guide: 

Get the coords of a nearby wilderness by using candles to light a jack-o-lantern, then occupy the wilderness and gather for more than an hour. You will then be able to receive one Halloween Box and some candy.

You will randomly get 1 item out of those mentioned above after you open the Halloween Box.

Resources or Candy? You can exchange resources or Halloween Boxes for candy. Exchange rates are as follows:

1 candy=Food 25000=Wood 20000=Stone 15000=Iron 10000

10 candies=1 Halloween Box


Activity 3: Bite apples and seize the first strike.

Get Halloween Apple by pillaging or occupying a wilderness or a city. Or you can purchase them in the Shop. You will get items, resources, or vouchers when you “eat” the apples. 

You will randomly get one of the following after openning the Halloween Apple:

10,000 Food;10,000 Wood;10,000 Stone;10,000 Iron;10,000 Gold;10 Voucher;50 Voucher;100 Voucher; Recruitment; Horseshoe Coin; 3 Transportation Team; Combat Notes; Military Doctrine; Gist of Battle; Recruitment Notice; Civil Law; Relocation Scheme;Adv Relocation Scheme;Hippocrates’ Works;
Little Marengo: Level 1 +10 Speed (Napoleon’s favorite horse);
Guardian Robe: Level 1 +2 Command, +2 Combat Power, +2 Sagacity, +2 Defense;
Precious Gem Ring: Level 1 +1 Command, +1 Politics, +1 Combat Power, +1 Sagacity, +1 Physical, +1 Energy, +1 Defense, +1 Offense;
Guardian Sword: Level 1 +13 Offense, +3 Command, +3 Combat Power.


Enjoy our Halloween celebration where everything is all treats and no tricks!