How Not to be a "Farm" in Travian

"Do you remember how much fun it was to beat up some other players and take their resources? Well, unfortunately, bigger players are going to be doing the same thing to you. You need to make sure you have a good strategy in place, how not to be something that other people call a 'Farm'. Somebody that they regularly attack and take resources from. You have three options if someone is attacking you. Diplomacy, hide your resources with crannies, and try to mount an effective defense. I'll address each of these in turn. The simplest way of stopping someone from attacking you is to ask them. Please don't attack me, I'm a new player. This doesn't work for everybody, but fortunately, some people have guilt about beating up small people and taking stuff that doesn't belong to them. This allows you to hopefully avoid any sort of attack at all. The second option is to hide everything you have by building your cranny. Your attacker cannot take your resources if it's under the maximum allowed by the cranny. The third option is to build up a strong defense, but this is usually impractical during the early stages of the game. Your best options right now are to hide your resources by building a cranny and message anyone who attacks you and ask them to stop."