I just did a quest in the Land of Earth, and had a random encounter with some Earth Bandits. I defeated them, and now have an Earth Bandit in my army. Maybe it's because of the Earth Orb? I've never had anything like that happen before.
It might be a tie in, but I do not have an Earth Orb and I've gotten 3 bandits so far. These things seem to be auto wins if you have a pretty full elite guard. Just noticed in the battle history you only take as much equipment as you have elite guard in these little events.
Earth is mandatory for summoning Genesis…..Which makes it a very Valuable item. Since he drops one of the best if not the best main handed weapon in the entire game….. But then again. That all depends if you want to get the genesis sword or not.
these free shards have 3 attack, 4 defense, or vice versa, and sure beats paying 500,000 coins at the blacksmith for one comparable piece of armor x 500 for your entire army.
in an invasion, you take one soldier, one item, and one spell with you into battle. if you don't have money, better to have a dragon equipped wtih an earth orb/shard/ice orb or other free gift in your army rather than having a measly paladin with an expensive steel plate in yoru army.
sorry, it's 1,500,000 (not 500,000) coins for a comparable piece of armor "steel plate". if you only had $3,000,000 to spend on a soldier and/or equipment, i'd rather spend it on a dragon 16att/14def equipped with a free earth orb 3/4, instead of having two measly foot soldiers 1att/1def each equipped with a steel plate.