Dragons of Atlantis - Is it better to upgrade garrisons or build more?

In Dragons of Atlantis it is far better to build more garrisons than to upgrade current garrisons if you are looking to lower the amount of training time.  Upgrade one garrison as needed to be able to train whatever troop you are working on but after that it is far more efficient to build a new garrisons.  As an example.  If you try to train 1000 conscripts with a single level one garrison it will take something like 7 and half hours.  Upgrading to a level 5 garrison will only reduce the time down to somewhere around 7 hour and 15 minutes.  But building a second garrison will reduce the time down to around 3 hours.  That is an incredible difference.

I recommend you make about 15 garrisons depending on your play style.  You can make up to 19 if you know what you are doing.  Dragons of Atlantis Heirs of the Dragon is all about managing your buildings to have the most efficient troop training times while still having enough population to train troops.

Dragons of Atlantis Heirs of the Dragon: How to get a guaranteed Epic general for free.

Having an epic general on a new realm is very important.  No only will it instantly raise your level to level 10 or above and give you access to the arena, but it makes winning battles in the arena far easier.  With this in mind there is a method to guarantee that you start off with a epic general.

You have three chances to roll an epic general when you start a new account.  In my testing, the odds of getting an epic general was about 1 in 30.  So these means you will need to create on average about 10 accounts.  Each account should take 3 minutes or so to create, and roll your general chances.

Start a new account.  Quickly run through the tutorial which should take about 30-45 seconds.  Change your realm to the realm you want to play.  On the new realm enter the officer's quarters.  You will be required to do a small tutorial on generals which includes hiring two generals and enhancing your rare(blue) general. This takes about 45 seconds.

Once you have done the tutorial exit the officer quarter and go to your quest log.  You will gain to level 6 or 7 and have several quest completed.  The reward for some of them is 3 recruiting tokens.  Go back to the officers quarters and hire the three generals.  If you get a epic(purple) general you will gain enough power to get to level 10 or higher and you have access to arena and an epic general.  If you don't get an epic general you go to the account settings, create an account and put in a bogus email address and password.

If you are on android you go to your app manager and clear the data.  This resets your game.  The next time you log into Dragons of Atlantis Heirs of the Dragon, you will have a fresh game.  Repeat the above procedure until you get the epic general you want.  You now have a guaranteed free epic general.

Once you get the hang of the process you should be able to get an epic general in 30 minutes or less.  It is well worth the time to do this when you start a new realm.  Having an epic general is a huge bonus at the earlier stages of Dragons of Atlantis Heirs of the Dragon.

Here is a more in depth explaination How to get free epic general.