I suggest changing the way dragons are funded. Make them like rituals. Since you can activate a ritual at 50% effectiveness, you should be able to launch a dragon at 50% effectiveness once half funded. It can be called the "Quasimoto" dragon or something like that since it will be launched at not full effectiveness. I also suggest adding recognition names to the dragons like "Kingdom Recognition". For example:

-50-74% Effectiveness - "Quasimoto XXXXXXX"
-75-100% Effectiveness - "Gimpy XXXXXX"
-100-115% Effectiveness - "The Valiant XXXXXX"
-116%+ Effectiveness - "The Invincible XXXXX"