If you're having difficulty, even on casual, go to the mods section and turn on Laptop Difficulty and Tighter Crosshair. after you've earned a few medals and learned about the game, go back to normal and turn off the mods, when you've earned a few more medals and learned a bit more, try hardcore.
sorry for double post but Ragnarok+Holy Grail of Jurex4 as sheriff at any level is pretty much guaranteed victory and massive exp/gold gain. Just did it with my sheriff level 4 with my Damage lv.3 Shotgun mod and level 3 doc holliday.
"Today my little sister decided to blow herself up to save this castle" *Next day* "Today, that same little sister decided to blow herself up to help save this castle...again...wait what?"
The gambling game is a total rip off, the only numbers you ever get are 6-7-8-9-10 the ones that are dead in the middle and you never really know if it's lower or higher.
If you're going to make it REQUIRE a divine edge or max armor+max weapon+elixir to kill a dragon, at least make it so that a new dragon doesn't spawn until you've had the opportunity to buy a divine edge. Coming across a dragon and having no chance to beat it is kind of irritating especially when I haven't even been given the chance to buy a divine edge.