Quote Originally Posted by Abaddon View Post
that's because the idea of the game isn't for you to be able to get what you need from NPC's. you're supposed to trade between your own cities and to attack other players. The NPC's are only there as a means to assist, which it does do.
Yet you need to attack NPC's to get medals for promotion, It is possible to get them from valleys but the HIGH level medals are extremely rare from valleys. So making it near impossible to win against NPC's is making it near impossible to advance in the game without buying stuff.

Resources are not the issues here