I see everyones quick to discount every tribe if they aren't rank #1 after 3 days aha. Here is my own take on the current tribes at the top but ill only bother to do the top 5.
1.) HD - Started off well, grabbed the best point growing players that there was at the time, feel some have played together before but due to the fact they are scattered all over the place, its difficult to work out how long the tribe could last, definitely have the capability to see the world out but it remains to be seen. Possess some really experienced players though, downside is location and the fact a few of the members are serious res buyers (This isn't uncommon by the way) - But hard to predict how long someone could do that for. ODA reasonable.
2.) SLAP! - Played against this tribe before, always typically gage me as a tribe that starts off well but doesn't stick around long. Again possess some good experienced players, but again possess some huge res buyers which is a downside. Location wise they seem to be in a reasonable position, however would argue they are in a difficult K, with IBF and some of the HD members on their doorstep. ODA reasonable.
3.) EST. - Really dominate their own K at the moment without much opposition (Blessing in disguise or curse?) - Seem to have some good players, and really look like a sort of dark horse sitting in third position. Looking at rankings though they only seem to be at the top when it comes to points. Regarding farming and ODA they never seemed to be anywhere near (ODA has picked up slightly recently).
4.) =T= - My own tribe so I'm not going to be overly biased or waffle on. Read some comments on here of us being really spread out and compared to HD, if anyone looked at the map properly (No offence to HD here) but we arent as spread out as people keep saying. Obviously know personally that there is some good players in my tribe so don't mind being judged as the dark horse, watch out
5.) IBF - Tribe has a lot of positivs in my eyes, possess some really good players appear to be really going for it regarding farming stats, and their ODA coincides with their current point rankings (Rank 5). Played with/against some of the tribe before so know that they will definately be playing to win. Downsides would be the fact they're sandwhiched between SLAP! and HD so will be interesting to see how it pans out for them
So yeah good luck to everyone.
On a little side note regarding what others were saying above, it is naturally a tad unfair on people who play solo/co-play when theyre up against accounts that have 3+ people on the account because i mean just how can you compete with that aha. But it happens so deal with it i suppose, its all the more sweeter when you rim those type of accounts though!