Since this thread was needlessly bumped, might as well update things a bit for 2018:
1. Traditional Big Money is garbage unless it's Gear, Modern Money tends to use less draw and more treasure gaining like Treasure Trove and Amulet
2. Engines are just silly good, even more than people first assumed, and this includes pre-Dark Ages; new sets just made the conclusion more obvious
3. Moat and Mine/Mint are both contenders for worst meme in all of f.ds
4. Sandwiches are just entire meals contained within a hand, and are thus superior to meals on a plate
5. Bumping old threads is sorta in, both for nostalgia and to laugh obnoxiously at bad opinions from years ago
That's about all the top-tier advice I can give for one day.