Searching for the Rune Sphere (remake)

Okay. I'll slightly reduce the guard on the starting island.

That won't help. You have unmanageable stacks everywhere. Engaging in resource gathering for weeks and simply overwhelming with brute force, like other players have done, isn't interesting. It's an artificial way to prolong the game. The game should progress, not slow you down. And with your current setup, you can't break out because you have nothing to counter what's behind that initial defense. There simply aren't enough resources, even if you take all the chests filled with gold, to build up your castle and army and start taking action. You can't break through the garrison against the elves; they have two powerful heroes at the start, and the dwarves are the same; you can't even attempt to attack them. The guard protecting the quest item is also impenetrable.
Essentially, there's nothing to do on the second week on the allocated piece of land. The castle isn't built, there's no army, but there's also nowhere to go. The pace drops to 0. It's unclear which direction to move in. I'd rather not have to fight through an armada for some piece of wood and lose most of my already small number of archers in the process.