@Mookz ,
What server... heh ..
Yeah sounds like you're overscouted.... there is a sweet spot before
you finish CH3 ( and don't take the last forced SS upgrade, so yes you
will get research stuck...) where you can chill for a few weeks and get
your city better situated, and perhaps do 1-2 of the Adventures to win
better buildings that will help your city alot.... before you move on...
As a CH3 player, I'm just learning fighting better playing tournaments.
I am also learning/playing in the Spire each week, and getting those rewards.
For that you will need to be in a FS, even if you start your own, but better
to leverage your learning in a FS for better rewards for same effort/cost.
@ CH3 Spire is avail, that will help you earn stuff for the MagicAcademy,
and I reccomend a couple CH3 GotOS (orcs) and/or ValVal ( Val guards ).
its bonus troops you can't research at a rate thats doable at that level....
and lets face it... a CH3 GotOS is 370 culture for 2x4, and the better 3x3
basic culture bldg is only 400, so for 30 less culture, you get 7 Orcs in 6hr
or 15 in 12hr. They really add up over time if you use them sparingly.....
So get thru CH2, the game opens up @ CH3, then see if you can do Tournaments
at a respectable ratio where you can learn combat again... Find a way to cater
thru lvl-1 in the spire, even if you stop there.... if you never spend diamonds,
thats where you can make 50-200 a week just doing all of lvl-1 each week...
I'm way more overscouted than you are, and tournaments are doable for me.
BrinD