Basic copper sword is quite a bit better than my +18 wood, the copper armor however is total crap. +18 leather is almost 3x better all around, with 46x as much hp.
Do the arena asap for more stat growth before you gain levels, there is a button in the shop. I didn't see it for a while. The first few are really easy. You can + your equipment if you have the materials you need to craft one, I didn't know about this for a while either xD
Those upgrade bars are mean, you can't even fill them up if you've got all the kongpanions. I certainly don't need any more upgrades, but it looks like there is room for another 100 with the bar lengths.
Jeeps are so disappointing...If there were three guys trying to fight an army and a vehicle with a mounted gunner rode up you know it'd go a lot better for them. Here though, dude likes to shoot one bullet. Sometimes