I use the face of the ancient and gate of the sun god (both level 2) as my baseline for how much atk or def I want, which is roughly 1% per 1 square of the building size. Note that city atk/def is noted by blue swords/shields). I've only been playing for a few months, but these are the general rules of thumb I follow with regards to what parameters I look for in buildings.ġa) The top priorities are attack for your attacking army and defense for your attacking army (note attack for your city army and defense for your city army are low priority. LMA and Progressive are both great camping eras earlier in the game and are great spots to stop level up buildings, and get your attack up. I made the mistake of camping in Iron Age for 9 months and the biggest regret about it was not having access to the Antiques Dealer. There are a ton of good attack buildings and sets you can get in there and you are doing yourself a big disservice by not jumping to EMA and gaining access to it. The antiques dealer is perhaps one of the most underrated aspects of the game. Zen Zone - keep, the spring event will likely allow you to build those sets and they are decent for attack gain.If you do have the main reward building at level 9, work on another settlement like aztecs or egypt for their attack buildings Only work on a second one if you don't have the Ygdrassil at level 9. Greater rune stone - place it in city.Sacred skywatch - if you have an abundance of space place them but if you're already tight on space sell them.Gate of the Sun God - Same as above for face of the ancient.Face of the ancient - place the level twos in your city and don't sell the level ones (keep in inventory until you get another upgrade from GE).Road to victory - place them all in your city.

Here's my take on all your buildings if you want to maximize your fighting ability:

Fishing hut forge of empires