when i first started my tw career it was tabboo to recruit then enemy, and naturally any tribe taking on a player whom was at war was naturally a refugee, and most tribes obliged to kick (unless already part of, or due to be part of said war anyway)
that was a long time ago and now we see tribes recruiting enemies, tribes recruiting refugee's and no one bats a eye lid.
sure theirs strategy behind doing so, but this trend is further proof that people are not confident in thier tribes ability and feel the need to recruit and lock in points.
why did tmn and owned share a k at the start?
why did WG at rank 1 play in thier k and not do much south or west
why did firm merge in wg after coming ahead on the stats?
why did WC/LR/n others all merge and do nothing with thier new found size in nation?
why did firm become a family tribe after beating down on tmn?
see any hidden link?
why are we playing recruit/merge/barb/diplo wars and shying away from as much war as possible.
i personally dont see it as the best strategy to win, these things slow people down create boredom and instability and do not create a solid world winning team. but even if they did, is the cost of winning worth not having a proper scuffle?
perhaps im too old school, but back when i started where you pick your team and either win or lose, players like im2x3 and various others would long since of been nobled out.
In answer to your question, xprd is probably the least noobish, they have recruited enemies, have used diplo, albeit not as much as most, yet they start a war they finish it, they may recruit some of their top fighters, still not ideal but ok, but they dont do some inter tribe super merge then huddle together, infact xprd came about by killing off a few nooby tribes, and since then have took on less members than most, have eaten less barbs than most, have had less diplo than most and just look at the difference in war stats.
even with firm at their peak with rank 1 and rank 2 to their family, i would of backed xprd to take them out.
So in essence im2x3, your a refugee, whom old schoolers consider you a noob who got beat and ran, are criticizing the least nooby w13 tribe, thats not a criticism, i appreciate the game has changed, but from my perspective of how things should revert to back to in tw's golden era, i think your wrong
