how to conquer cities early on:
first grind on thieves dens to earn money and equips (recommend forest or redheads as they are very tanky and can even solo early dens)
lvl and add to masteries as needed then to stats needed to wear decent armor
then recruit a bunch of archers and dump rest points into CON and buy up on some medium heal scrolls
after battle starts run up closer to enemies than ur archers so they target u
attack and spam scrolls as needed (the medium scrolls are hella cheap for their great healing power)
you should be able to conquer all the starting cities this way (including captials)
lastly besure to get some enrage scrolls to make ur archers more powerful
tempest storms in my expirence melts thru moabs faster than sun gods
but that doesnt stop me from placing 13 sungods
anyways the hold fast button is annoying. we need a speed switch and an non apocalypse auto next wave would be helpful too