your one sided comments are not needed.
But your one sided comments are needed? Kayleegirl provided outstanding information that any new player can benefit from. You just told them
you can just wake up to the fact that you are NOT going to win battles anymore
That is not excellent info, in fact, that is false. Unless a player takes your advice and starts buying their way through provinces that they are not far enough along in the tech tree to beat in battle. If a new player takes your advice, you are right, they will never win again until they let their tech tree catch up to them.
@SilverbugLuxor
Both styles of playing are very valid.
Negotiating or Fighting- The further you get beyond the province count for the next chapter, the more expensive it will become, in resources and troops.
Fighting will become impossible three rings beyond this point.
Negotiating will allow you to expand farther/faster than fighting, However, negotiating provinces in advance of your tech tree will come to a dead halt in ring 11. You need orcs to negotiate past that point. So until you hit chapter 8 you will be stalled.
If you decide to battle, here is another link for you...
https://us.forum.elvenar.com/index.php?threads/mykans-guide-fighting-guide.4205/
This is a player created battle guide.
Hope that helps. You are currently in a difficult section, chapter 2/3 ring 4/5. Allot of players are having issues in that area, it needs to be re-balanced. My advice, if you want to fight, hold off till your near the end of your tech tree and have all squad size upgrades for your chapter.