Ignore the order of operations. That's the not the pertinent part.

The key part is that a hospital isn't on the battle scene reducing casualties the way JS does, they are off-site healing the would be dead back into battle ready armies again.

Thus JS immediately provides a % refund (25% if maxed out), and then from that left over, Hospitals should provide a refund (flat rate based on your # of hospitals & upgrades) from that pool of armies.

Btw, as an aside ... the blend of Attack benefits from both AP advancements (JS) and in-level progress & upgrades (Hospitals) is nice.

I don’t mean to sound stupid here, but I’m up to the Africa map and have no clue what you are all talking about. What hospitals?

I don’t mean to sound stupid here, but I’m up to the Africa map and have no clue what you are all talking about. What hospitals?

Map buildings and items are locked in the safe file when you start a level. If a new feature gets added while you are playing a level, you will have to start a new level to be able to use those features.

Thanks, I just updated the app, signed out, and signed back in. Now there are hospitals and several other changes. :)

I feel like hospitals are essential in the earliest levels, somewhat useful later, but over time, they become forgettable and inefficient in mid-game.

I'm at ~56% of a map and hospitals have saved me 30% more than I got from army camps. So definitely significant.