Some do all quests. I skip most of the regular ones. I haven’t done the math in a while but collect food, iron, and recruits just aren’t with it compared to the seasonal farming.
I do collect gems, recruits 2 with ETT, and battle items 2 with flask.
I don’t particularly enjoy dragons but tournaments generally add more value to dragons. I have done quite poorly in rush but they’re free attacks to complete path challenges and come with decent loot.
I’ve done 1/1, 3/70, 4/80, and even 4/85 I believe. It’s mostly about who was the best choice and I accepted the cost.
With timing well known nowadays I can better prepare for 3/70 where a good amount of the cost is mitigated while saving feeders.
This is how minions and fiends have worked since the start. It’s not a bug.
But if you need Vege fiends to replace the latest fiend first that’s a buff for them.
What now? Post and respond as you would usually. I think there's some quote like "the best time to plant a tree was many years ago. The second best time is today". Regardless of all of the missed forum knowledge, seems like the bes thing to do is to just use the forum.