Im going elf/mystic this age. Ive played elf once before and i remeber i had big problems with the economy over 3000 acres. And i remember sitting with 60% mana,never having any runes. Hopefully the economy part will be solved this time with -50% wages, still runes...
I believe the problems mainly comes from low BE, so this age ill try and stay around 100% BE. Still this means i will need 34% towers to be able to cast a MS every hour. It also means i need to have at least 11 peasants or more, with high wpa not leaving much for my def/off.
Do you have any suggestions about how to handle this problem, and dont tell me "go DE" cause i did once, and never going down that road again.