Ok, I am not looking to enter into a debate here, but I will try to point out a few things...
Firstly, do remember that this is an English speaking server, so naturally NET is UKs 'parent', with UK picking up NETs trends and habits. Now I was not around in the early stages of TW, but I do not think the same ancestory can be traced from DE to NET.
And what about the possiblity that it is because NET had already 'written the book' that UK has not needed to do so? TW is and always has been an evolving game. Naturally it was the early stages of it's growth that the largest changes were made, the basics shaped. Using LC to farm. Moving away from mixed villages. Noble trains. All of this we now take for granted, and yet it was not always so.
But what now? Have there been any ground-breaking new strategies or ideas in recent years that have changed the way we play? And if someone was to make such a breakthrough, chances are it would be someone from NET, which has the more experienced players and a larger player base. Sure, some small changes might be developed here... but nothing of much consequence. For better or for worse TW is becoming refined, and the onus should not be on UK to develop it further.