Spying Question

  • If the tower is not up in a city that your city spies on, do they still get your information?


    Also, if you don't get a report from a spy attempt on your city, does that mean their spies were successful?

  • If the tower is not up in a city that your city spies on, do they still get your information?


    The function of the Watchtower structure is to be able to see the detailed list of troops when an attack is approaching your cities (it is defined by the Tower levels of both players) ; it's not related to espionage functions in any way. So, if you haven't built the Tower, it has no consequence whether you opponent can spy on you or not.


    The espionage function depends on the following factors:
    1) the espionage levels difference (research) between both players (this is the most important factor);
    2) the amount of spies being sent;
    3) the amount of units in the city of the player being spied.


    Also, if you don't get a report from a spy attempt on your city, does that mean their spies were successful?


    You will always receive a notification about a spy attempt - it doesn't matter if it was successful or not. Please check here for examples of such notifications.