GBG Strategy After the Update – Will Combat Balance Change?

With the Great Buildings Evolution update approaching Beta servers, most discussions have focused on the new prestige tiers and ranking changes.

But among veteran fighters, another question is gaining attention:

What will this mean for Guild Battlegrounds?

Because if the new system significantly strengthens Great Buildings, it may quietly reshape the entire GBG combat environment.

A Potential Surge in Combat Boosts

Under the new system, Great Buildings can progress through Copper, Silver, and Gold prestige tiers, potentially adding entirely new layers of bonuses.

If these tiers offer meaningful combat boosts, players could reach higher attack and defense percentages than ever before.

For some long-time fighters, that raises an immediate concern.

As one player joked during a late-night discussion:

“I’m already doing thousands of fights on level one sectors. If the boosts go any higher, I might never leave the map.”

The issue isn’t just power — it’s scaling.

The Current GBG Reality

In many advanced guilds today, combat power has already reached extraordinary levels.

High-end players often push:

• Hundreds of fights per session

• Thousands of fights per season

• Entire sectors cleared almost entirely through automated muscle memory

  
  

The result is a system where the limiting factor is often time and stamina, not difficulty.

If prestige tiers significantly increase combat strength, the gap between top fighters and average players could widen even further.

Could GBG Difficulty Increase?

Some community members believe the update may eventually force the developers to rebalance GBG itself.

Possible adjustments could include:

• Higher defensive scaling on sectors

• More challenging unit compositions

• Increased attrition mechanics

  
  

None of these changes have been announced, but several experienced players believe they may become necessary if combat bonuses increase dramatically.

As one veteran put it:

“If they give us bigger weapons, they’ll eventually need bigger enemies.”

The Impact on Guild Strategy

Beyond individual fighting power, the update could also influence how guilds organise their battleground strategies.

Currently, many alliances rely heavily on a relatively small group of highly active fighters.

If the new prestige system rewards long-term investment in Great Buildings, guilds may start seeing clearer divides between:

• Elite combat specialists

• Support and infrastructure players

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This could push some guilds to rethink recruitment priorities and combat roles.

What About New Players?

While high-level players are debating combat scaling, some members see the update as an opportunity to give newer players clearer long-term goals.

If prestige tiers provide structured progression beyond level 100 Great Buildings, newer fighters may gradually build toward the same combat strength that currently takes years to achieve.

That could eventually make GBG participation more accessible across the guild.

But again, everything depends on one key detail:

the actual bonus numbers.

Waiting for the Numbers

Right now, much of the debate is speculation.

Without knowing the precise values attached to Silver and Gold tiers, the community cannot yet determine whether the update will:

• Slightly improve combat power

• Significantly shift late-game balance

• Or completely reshape GBG strategy

  
  

As one moderator commented while preparing calculations for the Beta release:

“Once the numbers arrive, the spreadsheets will tell the story.”

One Thing Is Certain

The Great Buildings update is not just about buildings.

It could ripple through the entire combat ecosystem of Forge of Empires, affecting how battles are fought, how guilds organise, and how players plan their cities for years to come.

For now, the battleground remains unchanged.

But when the update reaches Beta…

The real test will begin.

Stay with Nexus News at Six as the new era of Great Buildings unfolds.