Originally Posted by
whitefire
Well, a couple of things: always participate in the xp-friendly events: wars, box events and boss events and go all-out in them. show some restraint with the other events. They are nice and gove good units, but they make yo level up too fast. Use your stats per level ratio to ascertain when to quit to to proceed.
Next, stack up on cheap units with high def. also start building all the boost buildings. It's a bit difficult to find a good balance between upgrading unit buildings, boost buildings and money buildings, but hey, its not supposed to be easy.
When you get any money (remember that you can also use Tapjoy to get free gold!), spend it on the composite. Upgrade it and never look back. It was the first building I got to ten and I still enjoy that every day.
This way should enable you to reach a 2K stat/lvl ratio fairly quick. That's not the ultimate goal, but it's decent and a good goal to go for. After that: 3K, 4K,...
Good luck