Discussion about Sylvan (Wood Elves).

No, comrades, it's foolish to put all your troops on defense from the very first turn. Especially if the enemy is a mage. Especially if he's a dark mage. And it's even worse if he casts a mass expert confusion spell. Readiness isn't used that way at all... In the early turns, you can put no one on defense at all. But later, it depends on the situation, depending on the circumstances. The main feature of readiness is that, despite the creature being on defense, it still counterattacks first, i.e., it essentially makes a normal attack, to which the already weakened enemy will respond, and the damage will be reduced because defense increases when on defense. And the most important thing is that your opponent won't know that you have readiness upgraded, i.e., he might launch a very strong first attack. Unless it's not your first battle, or if he has a perk from education that allows him to learn your skills and abilities.

Valkyrie, I don't see a significant difference between hot-seat and online in terms of the ease of upgrading readiness. The percentages don't seem to change. Wingael, with his already upgraded and relatively rare attack, is still around... Please explain