(copied from very experienced player in another world. found it to be good info and somthing to think about!)
So as I was playing GE5 in beta, here are some tips to keep in mind before rushing to add city defense to your city:
- GE5 is much easier to fight in the lower ages but almost impossible in the higher ages
- People have said it is possible to fight all 16 encounters if you have hovers as advanced units in Indy to PME tho
- if you plan on fighting, you probably need to manual battle
- if you plan on negotiating, the bonus fort that erases one option is worth it, but the fort that subtracts the cost of negotiating is not worth it
- at the moment it costs approx 10k misc goods per week if you plan on negotiating
- blue defense potions stacks
- a level 80 SBC gives you 65 DA/DD which is really a drop in the bucket.
- At the current GE 5 stats you may need to add 500 to 1000 DA/DD which is not worth it atm
- 500 DA/DD would be something like 400 squares of space or 15 eagle mountains to give a reference
- the forgotten temple gives you 20% FP bonus but it doesn't apply to GBs, town hall, and anything that is rounded down
- in my beta town in Indy that produced 550FP, but after I minus GBs and everything else that means 350FP that qualify for the 20% bonus
- that means that silly thing would give me 70FP per day
- 70 FP is about 42 fights per day in GBG
Just some stuff to think about before rushing into revamping your entire town