The best way to ply the game follows in order 1, never log on everyday only log on every other day. when you build a building take it str8 to lv5 and leave it sleeping the zzz will help you sleep at night. once your island is upgraded and sleeping buff all the buildings only use your x3/x4 buffs on pinelogs or wells specially if there about to collapse. if you do decide a barracks is for you only produce cavalry troops for all adv only use cav troops the rest are waste of efficiently and only stick to ali adv or SE. only build 1 store huse a sec don't worry about storage 5 units 5million units all the same. with your well earned gems buy settlers from the shop don't bother with anything else this will soon disperse into cav than into nothing in no town. Or just do what I do and stare into a blank green island and let nature take its course.