the black market

We've got a new type of rebel target, the "black market".  At first, it works like a normal rebel target, giving you rewards for attacking it.  But once you get it down to zero, you can enter the black market store to purchase items with credit.  I made the mistake of max attacking the store... once you breech the perimeter, you don't get any additional prizes... I'd recommend going one hit at a time to maximize the amount of black market credit you receive.

Inside the store, there is a note about how to get additional credits... #1 is by attacking black market stores.  #2 is through sales, which I didn't see as available yet.  #3 is through the black market shooting gallery, but I haven't been able to figure out where that is yet.

This is an early update, so I'm sure more to come.

trading coin tax free

There is a neat little trick to trade coin while dodging the tax man... using bounties!  The steps are as follows:

1. Set up a farm with say 100-1k troops.  It must be in a different alliance than the account from which you are trading coins
2. Attack this farm with your commander and 1 troop.  Your goal is to get captured.
3. Send away troops from the farm on a war rally to protect them.
4. Place a bounty on your commander's release equal to the number of coins you want to trade.
5. Have your trading partner attack the farm, releasing the troops and gaining the coin.

There is some risk to this strategy, as any player could attempt to free the bounty, in which case you lose your coins.  But to save that tax rate for a large trade is really worth while.