... well.... I'm stuck at 2 cities because no matter how many valleys I take over, I can't get the required number of medals to get the next to the next title after knight.

With each attack on a valley taking an hour or so to get there and get back... well... its just plain boring - and still not a single extra Rose medal to my name yet.

I'm don't think that this game has staying power for players who don't want to stump up the US$ to accelerate the gameplay. Maybe thats the idea.