How long does it take to accumulate the 3 or 6 bonus turns for leaving the country alone?

12 hours from the last time you got the 12 hour bonus (+3 turns).
18 hours from the last time you got the 18 hour bonus (+3 turns).

The game does not tell you which bonus you got when you get +3 turns (the 12 or 18 hour one), but if you didn't login for 18 hours, you will see +6 turns.

See http://www.earthempires.com/...change-31871?t=1404950261 for more information, this is a very recent change (less than 2 months ago).

log in after 6 and you get 6 turns

Not sure but I get 6 turns every 12 hours on tourney.

you get 3 turns if you log in every 12.1 hrs not 6, to get 6 turns you need to either login every 18.1 hrs or login after 12.1 hrs since last time you got bonus turns and then 6.1 hrs later and then 12.1 hrs from that etc.

thanks

is there any other ways to get bonus turns?

no there ain't but you can get extra turns via spending your bonuspoints on turns.

if you log into your country every ~6 hrs then you get more bonus turns than logging in every ~12 hrs.

Err so to maximize Bonus turns gains I'd need to login every 6.1 hours?

nope, you can get only 6 bonus turns inside 24 hrs (outside start of set or restart) and after you have gotten 6 turns you get next bonus turns when its been at least 12 hrs since you got bonus turns last time (in the meantime you can play turns or not) and next bonus turns you get 6 hrs from that.

you can get 6 bonus turns twice a day occasionally but that requires logging in every 18 hrs (or 12 hrs and then 6 hrs) and once your last login when you got 6 or 2nd 3 bonus turns was before 6 am your time (for example if server gives 1 turn every 20 mins then 5.20) then to get another 6 turns you'd need to login at 23.40 but on next day you'd get only max 6 hrs again.

Ah ok, go it. Thanks Marshal.

np.

its very confusing, if i log in all the time do i still get the same amount of bonus turns?

yes.

if you get 3 bonus turns at 1pm and then next time log in 3/4 pm and then at 8 pm you get another 3 turns at 8pm login and if you login then at 1am and then at 9am you get 3 bonus turns on latter login.

its waste of time to login every hour unless you are restocking.