In no particular order, things I genuinely wish someone had told me earlier:
1. Check the job market every day.
Wages between companies vary like crazy. I spent two weeks working for the same company out of habit while better paying jobs were sitting right there. That's free money I just left on the table. Don't be me.
2. Pills are underrated.
An 80% damage buff sounds insane because it is insane. I barely used pills for the first month because I thought they were too expensive. Then I did the math on what that buff does to your damage pool contribution during a high-priority battle. Now I keep pills the way some people keep emergency cash — always have some, use them when it counts.
3. Join a Military Unit early.
The MU headquarters bonus alone is worth it — up to +20% damage just for being in an active MU. Plus coordinated battle orders from both your country AND your MU stack together. New players trying to solo-grind are leaving massive bonuses uncollected.
4. The third round of a battle is skippable.
If one side wins the first two rounds, it's over. So in close battles, everything is decided in rounds 1 and 2. If you're going to use your pills and peak effort, use them in round 1 — not when the battle is already decided.
5. The grind is real but it compounds.
This is the one I wish someone had told me most. Early levels feel slow. Your damage feels small. Your income feels tiny. But every skill point, every level, every company profit compounds over time. The players dominating the leaderboard today were exactly where you are six months ago. They just didn't quit.