simply put IMHO i think personally that neither are perticually great as a stat on thier own!
however both show skills when combined together and with points ranking and continent stats and awards (for newer worlds) these give a good indication of the skill the player is capable of
As stated before peeps can hid behind a tribes and be a complete defending noob! and get tribal support from their tribe basicly meaning that their ODD sky rockets
however typically these people usually have a very poor ODA and other rankings too, therefore giving you a picture of weather there capable or not....
however...
Some players have a poor ODD cos people are scared to attack them, allbeit because of huge points, personal or tribal reputation, or the other stats... and these players in comparison have no ODD at all (kinda like me on world 3) however this does not mean that they can not defend.... just not been able to prove it...!
take me for examle, im sure theres people from w1 who remember the w1n vs ORC war first time round, w1n backed me 100% and defended against a continent, but that defence doesnt last forever when you have more than 500 incoming daily for months... losing less than villas than i could count on my hand... and still have a ranked ODD account and i left 6 months ago.... and more recently W4... where i had a tribal op take place on me and i only lost one low point villa, defending without tribal support for the majority as it was short range and mass organised,
my point being for years ive seen people argue on external forums that ODA is superior and ODD doesnt matter because you can just get 'stacked'
well i just want to air my views...
YOU PEOPLE ARE WRONG! neither mean anything alone, anyone can throw nukes around and anyone can get stacked... however if you really want to know someones capabilities do your homework... look at all their stats and tw stats history graphs etc, or simply attack them and see if there as good as you think... it always the most fun and lets face it! this is after all tribal wars,
if you wanna know if the dude with no ODD is an easy target - try him, ;-)
same as
Also - just cos someone has good stats doesnt mean that theyre a good player, at this stage in a world, many players have handed thier accounts over to a 'new' player to take over, or been a co-played account and then separated etc... best to go off gut and balls and go get some....
happy warring people!