I know I would negotiate - because my skills and strategy apparently suck... BUT you shouldn't be faced with that. Now I know that your ring and placement on the tech tree play into this, but still. Come on. It shouldn't be the only option. Increased enemy troop size and strength was always part of it, but the weights in their favor have made even thinking of battling very depressing. Facing odds and warriors well above you shouldn't be what you encounter. Warriors, strategy and a whole heck of a lot of hope and luck do factor into it all, or used to and I get that, but what they have done is reduced my entertainment and fun and even the challenge of fitting it all in AND occasionally playing warrior into nothing more than collecting coins and supplies. And that should NOT be the only thing available in a city building game that also offered battling as part of the game and a means to advancing. What is there to keep you here while you wait? Where is the fun? Isn't this supposed to be fun? Interesting? Exciting enough to keep you wanting to play? Frustration should ONLY EVER be part of the game when you can't find the right combination of warriors to battle an equal number and level of opposing enemies. Frustration should also only enter when you can't quiiiiiite fit that new building in. It's all about the challenge of it, but it should NEVER be stacked completely against you. And right now it is.