What's better than sending out a raid on your favorite farm? How about sending two? But what if you don't want them to land at the same time? Then you take advantage of the catapult raid strategy. Let's say you have 100 mace men, 1 catapult, 1 ram and a farm that 33% of the resources that 100 mace men can hold.

Instead of sending your 100 troops to farm all in one shot, send them in batches of 33. Now, most players at this point would get up at 1:00AM to send the back out again. They would also get up at 4:00am to fire those raiding mace men out a third time so they can get as many resources as possible for the night.

I have a better idea.

Since a catapult moves very slowly and a ram is just a little faster than a catapult, you could in fact send all your troops out in one shot by combining them with the catapults and rams. You could send all three attacks out at once but they would not land all at the same time. This way you can go to bed and be sure that you are the one who is getting all the resources from this farm.

Sending out more than one wave also shows your farm that you're a smart, serious player who knows how to take advantage of all the resources at his/her disposal. You definitely want to be communicating this message to the other players around you who might be thinking of getting some revenge and attacking you. Take advantage of all the troops in your village and leverage slow troops so you can get more sleep at night and be fresh the next morning to play more Travian.