Use of Menhir

This article is about how many people a Kingom should Menhir at the start.

My opinion is: As many as there are places left in the first 3 Treasuries that are made as Cities. Given, that there are people available to be Menhired.

This relates to contradicting opinions, where many people see others spots than 4446 locations unavailable to use on Menhir. But how i see things, it is always adviceable to Menhir as many people as possible, even t would mean no Robber Camps at all in the first 1 to 3 waves. New members generate a lot of Treasury to the King and Dukes with Robber Hideouts alone. At start, i would even say the amount that is gained from Robber Hideouts easily tops the amount that is gained from Robber Camps.

What this basically means, you will start to play with 10+ more Governors than the opponent who restricts the amount of people they can Menhir. I do value 10+ Governors way more than first few waves of Robber Camps. Only later on, they become more important but then you have opened new Treasuries that enables plenty of them to spawn.

This is a sensitive topic for people, and the public opinion defends heavily on not Menhir on anything else than 4446. My opinion as usually, differs from them. So what i say, is that there is no need to restrict the Menhir until you have more Treasuries later on.

The only qualities i see why early Menhir should be restricted because of the Robber Camps is selfishness and individual greed (to gain more Stolen Goods as a Governor). I am certain, that playing with less Governors to gain more Robber Camps in the early game does not hold any benefit for the Team. 

The arguments that was used to defend only Menhiring on 4446 was that more Robber Camps early on results as more heavy hitters later on. I see this as redundant when you compare it to around 10 new Governors. (which can grow to become these so called Heavy Hitters too).

If they argument, that you can Menhir them after you open the fourth Treasury, i think it is too late then and the time to Menhir Governors is as fast as possible for them to start developing their Governace from the start.

So, Menhiring more people in first few days, will surely result as a stronger Kingdom. Given, if those people that you Menhir are active and know what they are doing. As in, amount to anything.

If we would calculate how much those first waves of Robber Camps would actually affect the growth of the Governors, i would think there are lots other factors that can affect it more. So the effect itself at this point, should be a minor one and when this is calculated, the loss of Troops when attacking them should be taken into account too (and the Hero Damage and Exp that is not gained).