Please do not put words in my mouth. I have never asserted that farming NPCs is "cheating".
I have stated that I don't see how farming lvl 10 NPCs is cost-effective, in terms of resources-gained vs. troops lost.
You are correct I didn't factor gold into the equation. However, I still feel it is a nominal difference... 1.5mil gold buys 150k iron or lumber on my server at current prices, which translates into another 215 archers.
Thus, with 600k lumber/iron gained, I can regen 1714 (600k) + 215 (75k), or roughly 1930 archers from an NPC lvl 10 run.
In the long term this seems cost ineffective... In order to make up the troop loss (including the rainbows) I would have to farm several lvl 5's on top of the lvl 10 just to get the resources required to rebuild the troops.
IMO it seems easier to simply hit multiple lvl 5's with no losses.
Unless I'm missing something, that is. I'm always open to new ideas, so if I've missed something obvious, by all means please enlighten me.



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