building any amount of troops is a non-starter for me.
My armies are mainly ready to go for any adventure, but I see no purpose in building a hundred extra besigers then "donating" double the amount for xp when I can get said xp on a few MCC advs without losing any beseigers (normally) and having to waste time rebuild them.
By all means make us produce the weapons, but I refuse to kill armies without letting them lose fairly in a fight - am I not merciful?