Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159244-20150523094938/@comment-1577342-20150604002013

Mass feeding is never a bad idea, however it should be approached with an understanding of the cost versus the return. This whole game is tied to resource management and allocation, but at its most basic, it is about breeding and feeding monsters which are the basis of your in-game income stream.

As you have discovered, it is relatively inexpensive to level up monsters to level 9. In fact, I generally feed them up to around that level immediately after placing them. Why? Because they start producing meaningful amounts of coins from the instant I do, and they produce that stream of coins without further investment forever. The sooner I level them up, the sooner they help to fund other in-game goals and strategies.

I have relatively few monsters at the level 15 cap, because levels 14 and 15 are extremely expensive for the return on the investment of food at 10¢/treat. There are a few good reasons to top them out, however. If you plan to place one on the Gold island or teleport one to the Etherial or Shugabush island, then go ahead and top them out. If you run out of beds, it may be more worthwhile to teleport a monster or two, rather than selling them outright.

As an ongoing strategy, I don't recommend that you stockpile resources, unless you are saving up for something costly. Funnel your coins into your ovens to keep the treats coming. Treats = levels = higher income = faster progress toward your goals. Like many games, progress in MSM is directly tied to the SPENDING of resources, rather than the having of resources to spend.

All that said, it sounds like you still love the game and are moving toward your goals. That's terriffic! Have fun and let me know how you are progressing!