I so desperately hope the Warlord gets some good level 1 and 2 creatures. That will help out his barrack tactics for sure, while leaving more SBP room since currently, you have to go out of school, paying more SBP for good 1 and 2 soldier creatures.
Every attempt I have tried with the barracks has ended in failure. The startup costs in order to generate mana really set you back. you have to spend a minimum 20, to generate 3 a turn. You need to last past 7 rounds in order to break even.
I want a good goblin swarm book as bad as the next guy, but I just cant get the barracks to work. I wish they would have released the Promo card "Tunnel" in a set, that would add to the incentive to play with the various outposts.
I will say that there are some nice level 1 and 2 creatures in the academy set. but I think that the barracks and other outposts are just too cost prohibitive. and I've had this discussion with other people who want the warlord to be really good, but the outposts are just really hard to work with.