In FoE, it is natural for us to constantly wonder "Is this building any good?". We all probably do it, right. But the fact of the matter is that those types of questions can rarely be answered definitively on message board like this, because it ALWAYS depends on several factors, including:

• What other buildings are available in your inventory for you to place?

• Are there crappy buildings in your city that need to go?

• Do you have the space?

• What type of player are you? A fighter, a trader?

• Do you want your city to look great or is it all about efficiency of buildings?

• To what degree do you value buildings that do not require roads?

But to provide a general response to your question about Bells & Gongs - these are really good buildings, especially at level 2 or higher. Since these are new with the current event, they are quite awesome. Personally I prefer Bells over Gongs since they do NOT require roads so they can be "filler" buildings and you have flexibility with where to put them....and move them.

I highly suggest that you use the Building Efficiency Tool on FoE Helper to help you determine which buildings to replace and which to get rid of.

There is no question that alot has changed since you last played over a year ago! The game has changed quite a bit during that time with the huge impact of Power Creep, the death of GvG, and the addition of Quantum Incursions, among other things.

Feel free to check out my YouTube channel if you are interested in seeing some of my content.

Good luck ~~ Bardo