Dragon realms - what have you learned?

[Dover]

I am seeing people beat me with 100k attack. What is the best way to level troops up? Merge 2 troops at max level two times and then merge them together to get to level 3 or merge 2 troops to max level and then another 1 troop at max level?

I am wondering how to max out the stats of the random drops I get and wonder which are the best troops to max out (once you get them).

The random drops are tough. I see a lot of people with 4-5 purples but I am stuck at 2. No purple drops or not enough blues to merge up to purple.

When are we getting our own forum for this game. Lots of good data to be shared.

Also, to move troops from reserve into the 50 we can level and merge. Is merging or leveling a few the only way to move a green troop out of reserve into the active 50 list? It cost money every time I move someone out of reserve. Am I missing something?