well, there was first the hero only for year... shaman is a not so old thing... introduce for player player who was already done with almost everything

as for item of armour for shaman, they are similar to the super armor from the stronghold for hero who was introduce recently...

each new thing added to the game must be more difficult else old and already big player will have too much easy...

i am only level 29 but i have already research who cost billion in silver and take years... 50 mil silver is nothing for me, maybe 1h production in my cities...

I don't think many players will last that long, nearly a month to learn 1 lvl knowledge is ridiculously long and most of us are not multi millionaires so cant just buy our way through the game.time needs reducing and costs,ps have you looked at how many bases are inactive?.

Even if you know the game and are smart, the amount of resources needed, and the amount of time to level up will take longer and longer, thats where the gold option kicks in.Though am not advocating you do this, thats for the mega spenders .

Before then, you need to reduce knowledge and build times. by aquiring as many game time reducers as possible, something you might have overlooked, if you have been more of a hare than a tortoise.

If you are patient you save your bonuses for the longer processes, 1/3rd off an hour , seems a good option, but a third off a day, week, month, year, is much better.

Also, picking your times and days to start processes will help.

As would  a second builder or prophet and use of the time boost bonus, and time taken reducers.

I think this game is more about being a money farm as soon as I have spent what I have I,ll delete any production buildings and then not come back,this game is not fun especially when ppl who bought their status are bullying lower players because they can(Russians)

Cant fault your point of view ,or your observations,nor as a result your resolve to leave the game.

Relik said:

why is research for shaman knowledge taking over 3 weeks for basic knowledge and items of Armour costing 50mil in silver ridiculous.

Shamans are a specialist item. You can play the game without a Shaman but not without a hero.

This means all their perks are harder to get e.g longer upgrade times and cost. If it was just a day or so and a few K silver it would lessen the importance of a Shaman as anyone could get max knowledge and gear in a short space of time.

As to the upgrade time I'd recommend a good hero set and as for the cost just ask ypur clan for help.