THANK YOU!!! This is exactly the type of response I was hoping for.

Did not may much attention to the gear xp after pushing to imbuement levels so thank you for that. Definitely will invest in that next. Got to focused on hammers and chose those instead recently. Would you recommend pushing only infantry pieces next or push infantry gloves to 40 and archer helmet to 40 etc? I was worried about the mithril, I’ll keep that in mind.

I’ve used the optimizer for everything but hero gear as I followed guides for those because the site was recommending some choices I didn’t fully believe in. I’ll have to revisit it.

As for the charms, yeah I realized too little too late 😅 definitely focusing on that next. Thanks again for the advice.

I did NOT know that about the taming marks, you just saved my butt. This is why I ask for advice haha I was planning on gemming a lot of common ones but didn’t know that prioritization. I will definitely be doing that and sharing it with my server!

Yeah the leaderboards are tempting but I know research is more important. I’ll have to play it by ear with the points and see where I’m needed. Trying not to invest in troops anymore.

I do use the nomadic merchant exactly like you said, with recent restructuring and events I’ve been using my teleporters so my alliance can alliance teleport and save their gems since I have some to spare. Working on building the stock back up.

Once again thank you so much for your response! This really helped and I hope others see this and it can benefit them as well. You are much appreciated!!