well we are all intitles to our own opinions nauz.
But ive the outcome of numerous early wars and they have very rarely benefitted either tribe
That's because
most early wars aren't well coordinated, but a well coordinated cat op, or coordinated mass-clearing (coupled with the ability to backtime and dodge backtimes to ensure your own members aren't also cleared) can be incredibly effective.
Example, W32, the two most hyped premades joined NW.
One of them (Hate.) absolutely dismantled the other (iP.) before nobles and forced all of its members to restart to the rim.
Nearly three years later Hate. (now called Time., but still essentially the same tribe) is still rank 1, and has been ever since.