now i quit the game a year ago and missed all the updates with equipment, can someone please explain to me whats up with them? like is it better to get equipment from eb's or is it better to buy equipment with mithril? if i plan to war a lot and get lots of mithril is there even a point in getting eb equipment? can someone just please help me with the whole equipment thing?
Having equip in a slot thats empty is more important than if its war or eb equip. Find the eb guide under strategies and determine what equip you want. Only way you will get war equip is if you have plenty of xtals to max out in every war and an actually good clan to take you in
Some players like to go mith eq on all. Some like it half mith eq and eb eq. Wateva is best for you really. Me personally I like both
EBs drop a range of equipment which have greatly different stats, however if you plan to war a lot the mithril equipment is arguably a lot better and the rate at which you get them is a lot quicker if you do a lot of wars per week and win. All equipment can be upgraded in the Mage. EB equipment is upgraded using aqua and inferno, which also drops from EBs. War Equipment (given at the end of a war season or can be bought in the alchemist with mithril) is upgraded in the Mage using mithril from wars, meaning that it can be fully upgraded without need to do large EBs to acquire aqua and inferno. The devs have also introduced new equipment which drops on the first time you do Smoke Signals with stats that are 1 or 0, but has to be upgraded using bronze bats and scrolls which currently only drop rarely from the Smoke Signals EB to be any good. In my opinion, the war equipment is better if you can be part of a clan which wars and wins frequently, and so you can get a treat amount of mithril.
If you look at the leaderboard players, they often have the best equipment layout possible, although many have equipment which is no longer attainable.
EB equipment is usually more defensive than mith equipment, so what you want to go for depends on your style of playing. Here is a guide to equipment where you can find their stats.