About a year ago we had a season where infantry was boosted. A guy in my alliance ran All APC for speed hits in war. It was kind of all or nothing. If he failed, it was 3 stars at best, and if it worked, it was hella fast.
You can get 30% off gold and food-based skills from Mansa and Hiawatha. parliament grants another 10%. Leo Capstone is 10%. Microprocessor in library is 5%. I run 4 artifacts, plus have Leo and the other buffs to get 85% time reduction on all research. Had Space needle until Leo was...
For me it depends on what I'm after. NTG, or which RSS. Occasionally I'm hunting medals either to get to a "Safe" range, or to get to a specific league for the next rewards. So for NTG, I'm looking for easy 5 star bases. When I'm hunting oil, either easy 5 star with army or easy looting with...