So I started a new city on Rugnir to test this out,along with a few other strategies I have learned from reading the CR HQS guide.
I started early morning on Friday the 29th, and by the end of the day yesterday I had planted my ToB, went to bed in sticks and woke up in bricks.
I managed to time my collection of ToB prints perfectly in line with finishing the last expansion tech in BA, as well as having Slingshots prepped for upcoming event. I have a total of 5 techs saved for Events in case the alternate is to donate goods to treasury (or no alternate at all).
I spent the majority of my day Friday and Saturday hopping between Guilds while getting my Blacksmith farm prepped. On Saturday I also decided to keep 1 Spearfighter Barrack and use my troops to terrorize my hood (80ish players to tackle). With only 2 left in the tourney I was able to overtake 1st place by about 5k points earning my extra 10 medals.
I do not have players in my hood on my friendlist, being able to attack 70+ players with only 4 Spearfighters will ensure I can snag 10 extra medals a week with little issues. (This is also the first world I have been plundering players in, and I'm confused why someone would have 2 different goods buildings as not their deposits)
On day 1 I filled my friend requests with players ranked over 1mil, and on day 2 began adjusting to ensure at least 90% of my friends have red cloths in Tavern, the remains few have blue. I now have 79 players on my list (with 1 still not accepted and he is next to replace). This will help me continue to gain higher era prints after I stop my guild hopping. They range from PE to OF so I have a large variety, and when I settle on a guild I will be adjusting again to ensure I have 79 guildmates different from my 80 higher age friends.
The red cloths have paid off in giving me about 7 fps per day, and on Saturday when adjusting I felt I got around 11 from Tavern visits.
So far I have received Diamonds from both the collect coins and supplies quests, the forge point and research quests, the Blacksmith quest, and the UBQ. (120 in total). I did have 500 to start with so I used them on premium expansions to give me the most amount of space to work with. I also did the Browser/Mobile quest to gain the free 50 medals for 2 Victory Expansions total, and currently have 80/200 for the next.
At the end of my 4th full day I have 134.3k coins; 3k supplies (only because I have been doing UBQs when collecting Helmets and spent the rest on Spearfighters); 12 fp packs; 80 medals; 42 Blscksmiths; 12 Chalets; 3 Taverns; and kept my Longhouse (for the extra 8 population for the present time); 1 Spearfighter Barracks; 208 BA, 114 IA, 25 EMA, and 10 LMA goods (Checking each Guild market as I swapped Guilds allowed me to find a few steals on trades listed).
ToB is also 22/60 to level 2 at the moment. I have no desire to take on Zues at the present time. I will be adding LoA when I gain the requisite prints and goods to allow me to balance coijs and supplies to do a UBQ after each Collect Coin and Spend FP quest I do, and not just after each Helmet Quest.
The Goal I have set in mind is to continue Guild Hopping to obtain full sets of prints for Arc and CF, with enough Goods and FPs stashed away (or enough coins to supplement the missing packs) to place both within my first week inside of IA.
This will eventually turn into a varient on the CR HQS city, with a spin of my own design. Starting here using Glarg's and Algona's advice, paired with bits of CR's, should allow me to ultimately surpass my original city on Sinerania in 6 months time.
PS: forgot to mention somewhere I've also been using the Treasure Hunt and have gained mostly FPs (hoping for medals but hey who wants to complain about free fps?). Thought this was a good idea to add into the strategy, though I do know it will be taken from us soon enough.