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Military Academy: Researching Beyond the Basic Academy
How to choose Military Academy branches that support the account role instead of burning advanced materials across every page.
Learning Objectives
- Prioritize role-specific branches.
- Plan prerequisites and material bottlenecks.
- Coordinate advanced research with marches and defense.
Why This Matters
The Military Academy is where scattered account planning becomes painfully visible. Advanced technologies are expensive enough that “a little of everything” can delay the branch that would have changed real combat performance.
Military Academy research should follow the account’s primary marches, defense identity, rally role, and battlefield responsibilities.
How Evony Actually Works
Advanced research branches require building levels, gold, special materials, and long timers. Later levels often produce stronger marginal gains but only after substantial prerequisites.
Step-by-Step Walkthrough
- List the account’s primary combat roles.
- Map the branches that directly support those roles.
- Identify prerequisite technologies and material walls.
- Complete one meaningful chain before opening several unrelated chains.
- Coordinate research pushes with events and buffs.
- Re-evaluate after new troop tiers, generals, or battlefield roles.
Optimization by Spending Style
Free-to-Play
Depth in one useful branch beats shallow progress everywhere.
Low Coiner
Use purchases to close material walls in a planned branch.
Heavy Coiner
Sequence branches around the complete account design, not package availability.
Common Mistakes
- Researching by visible percentage alone.
- Ignoring prerequisites.
- Building offensive research that the march gear and generals cannot support.
- Neglecting defense or reinforcement when those are actual roles.
Elphi's Recommendations
Military Academy research should describe the account you intend to play.
Quick Reference Checklist
- Roles listed
- Priority branches mapped
- Prerequisites recorded
- Materials counted
- Event timing checked
- Plan reviewed after major unlocks