And noblemen are 4-5 times more expensive than Colony Ships.
Yes I know normal troops are way cheaper but that only makes the game way too fast and 2 months after the server starts there are millions of soldiers romping around killing each other. And the lack of sea units makes TW a bit one-dimensioned.
It's better to have one on an island, but 2 on on island would be easy to send support to the other if it's a pure offensive city and the other is pure defence.
Im aiming for 3 on each island im on that way i get one of each type of village def,off,naval.
And no i dont bother farming now either ive 18 vilages and another 2 on the horizon.