@ Narasn. Gotcha if you started last July you lack a frame of reference. Early on we only had generals with a max of 200... no MMA's etc and no double buffs for production houses to make endless settlers. The overall losses from adventures are maybe 1/3 now compared to what they were, and the ability to x3 buff the rax x2 buff the production house means there is literally 0 downtime between adventures whereas before you would sometimes have to wait days to run an adventure.
Also back then there were only nobles. So to get any pop you had to have no production. Now FM.. pop and production. In short trust that the game is insanely easier since content has remained just as simple. Heck premium didn't even exist, just by doing anything now its 50% easier.
Making 50 shouldn't have changed really, nords doesn't even need cannons to still be efficient....
As for buying the ES swords don't be stubborn or silly, 10k is peanuts. (look at your comment about ls not being easy, I was suggesting you sell them which is insanely easy) It literally would take you 2 RB runs which if done efficiently should take you 2 hours of play time (more if you dont have enough tav generals but still) All this aside losing cannons or ES really should be 1 off situations, I cant remember the last time I lost a cannon or an ES, I think maybe 2 years ago to an outlaws block I sent to the wrong camp.
@Plumz lol partially true. I dont get how it could ever be viewed as hard by new players. Even without out an established economy the game is insanely easy once you get a barracks & prov house to lvl 4 (5 better). From there simply selling even the most basic of LS (bk, RB) gives you enough cash to buy all sorts of items at deflated values on trade (from too much supply) to restock for weeks and then upgrade some buildings.. back in MY day a LS barely paid enough coins to upgrade a 500 coin building to lvl 4.....
If that is too hard, there are soo many established economies looking for buffs (due to inactivity of buffers) that you could simply do that a few times a day and be rolling in cash....