Well, I'm losing this war. It took me almost a week to get 4 shields in my #2 kingdom and I'm crafting the warrior now. In my #1 kingdom I'm currently crafting the second warrior. With a day at work with no chance at playing ahead, I doubt I'll get much further. I had the higher requirements in both kingdoms, but I don't think that made much of a difference. I needed too much time to make the shields.
Do the bulls drop anything useful other than the fur? If not I won't even bother buying them.
I didn't read all of this thread, so it might be mentioned before, but it looks like S8 got some of their ideas from Game of thrones...(and I have a feeling this wasn't the first time).