@JJ597 - this is rapidly becoming a "Gee, I should have had a V8" moment for the people here, and the game.
Modern FoE has changed so much, and I still see this "old paradigm" of veterans telling newbies that are building new cities to get going right away with a family of old FoE Gbs... So newbies, not knowing much, are salivating for and getting absolutely every classically need GB from OLD FoE.
Its frankly. hilarious. Putting down Hagia or Inno towers in IA. Insane - drinking the game KOOL AID.
The subset you need that both start and stays productive - is tiny. The order you need them is very well defined (IMHO). The FP and goods flow from even just 1 event building, and all the sidecars around the event itself is dazzling. The myriad of daily side venues in the game: Daily challenges, Castle System, GbG, GE, even Rival - etc catapult you into a rapid start concept that obviates the need for the classical perspective of the GB.
In fact, IF you play the old game of getting and lifting the 3 sisters (or as you call them: Trinity), you will actually retard your growth because the new game is much faster, and the old game designs do NOT deliver a good power over time generation you need.
So here's an idea, and I can't wait to hear the howls of "oh no, it isn't so..." but OH YES it is... (because I've done it with new cities and it's amazing...
If you're in a good guild that allows, then actually helps newbies, they will step up and give you some goods for GBs, and even help you get them to 10 relatively fast.
IN THIS ORDER:
I'm a big fan of the
Chateau - so that would be the first thing to get. YES - the first. Learn to recur quest immediately, and recur each day for collections etc - to get goods, 5FP packs - yes everything the CF offers. Take it to 10. STOP. Wen you're ready to up level or seriously quest for AAW (Advanced Age Warriors), then lift it - hard and high before you do.
Get a
Zeus - cheap, small, and take it to 10. Stop. It's a token lift. A quick 30/30 attack/defense to help.
Get an
ARC - first 10, then 30, then 80... but in reality - this is what you do for 3-4 months. Lift the ARC. Once done - you can play with the big boys and girls: Medals for a bunch of land expansions, BPs to build out 2 other buildings:
Then think
BG - first 10, then 38, then 92. It's mathematically essential to BOOST what you're collecting each day and rapidly propel your city. Until you can do GE 5 religiously and get the FT from there, the BG is your boosting tool.
and fially if you do any fighting -
HC (it's insanely productive @ 10) and it's fun. Take it to 10 and take all 5 charges each day. and Double DIP as you lift it.
Then - an
AO the new boosting gem. It's big, but take it as high as you can, and when you have pain, keep lifting it
That's it... Forget the "I need, I want, I have to have" mentality. YOU WANT EVENT BUILDINGS and all the children they make/spawn and grandchildren too going forward, and yes, there are goods one from even 6 months ago that will make your city shine. Microbuildings are the FUTURE. 90% of the GB's are atavistic.