Why I chose to start doing the crisis quest on the Newfoundland server:
The Fallen Army - Crisis Quest - In Numbers for lvls 46-50
Reconstitution (15 h.)
Requirements:
Produce at least 150 Aunt Irma's Gift Baskets. (0 gc, produced anyway for regular buffing)
Pay 5000 Salpeter from your storage. (1k gc, based on highest price on trade sheet)
Rewards:
400 Exotic wood planks (80 gc)
What once was lost (24/48 h.)
Requirements:
Earn 30 Granite through the very long treasure search. (0 gc, free search)
Sell at least 20000 resources through trading with other players. (0 gc, trade with friends)
Rewards:
150 Coins (150 gc)
Sharing is caring (24/48 h.)
Requirements:
Produce at least 500 Sausages. (0 gc, produced anyway)
Buff at least 200 of your friends' buildings. (0 gc, buff 150-225 buildings each day)
Rewards:
150 Map fragment (675 gc)
Call to battle (2 h.)
Requirements:
Complete 1 Epic Adventures. (1,75k gc, to buy a BK)
Buy at least 20000 resources. (o gc, trade with friends)
Rewards:
300 Titanium ore (o gc, worth almost nothing)
Selling Lootspots (1,7k gc)
The finest equipment (24 h.)
Requirements:
Produce at least 50 Damascene Swords. (100 gc, loss of materials to produce swords)
Have your friends buff 200 of your buildings! (0 gc, buff 150-225 buildings daily)
Rewards:
1000 Brew (10 gc)
100 Coins (100 gc)
Standing army (0 h.)
Requirements:
Own 250 Military Units of any kind. (0 gc)
Pay 10000 Exotic Wood from your storage. (2k gc)
Rewards:
100 Map fragment (550 gc)
100 Coins (100 gc)
The enemy's scheming (24/48 h.)
Requirements:
Complete the adventure "Secluded Experiments". (2,5k gc, for additional troops normally not used during other adv.)
Own at least 2000 Sausages. (0 gc)
Rewards:
400 Granite (600 gc)
Selling Lootspots (3k gc)
Royal acquisition (24 h.)
Requirements:
Produce at least 250 Settlers. (0 gc)
Have an army of 1800 or more units. (0 gc)
Rewards:
100 Exotic wood (20 gc)
Perseverance (12 h.)
Requirements:
Produce at least 300 Exotic Wood Planks. (0 gc, produced anyway by exotic wood sawmills)
Own at least 12 Adventures. (0 gc)
Rewards:
300 Bronze swords (0 gc)
50 Settlers (0 gc)
Revelation (24/48 h.)
Requirements:
Experience at least 5 new Adventures. (0 gc, play advs anyway)
Pay 5000 Steel from your storage. (1,25k gc)
Rewards:
700 Granite (1050 gc)
250 Gems (1500 gc)
To sum up the costs/benefits:
Total costs: 8700 gc and 7-10 days to complete
Total profit: 9535 gc, 4 medipacks and loot from BK and SE (~3k gc worth)
In all I will enjoy playing the quest chain and make a profit at the end as well :-)