An example of this was when I attacked strategically to hit your outer NW most rim. While i timed my CS to land one second after Red Revolt, I still ran into 15000 troops and 1000 br. This quick response which was all based off of a tripwire most likely, shows your advantage. However, I thank you all for the BP.
For us, we have to be tactical. Would it really make sense to have an ongoing war with 3 top five alliances? The fact that we stayed neutral to you was the smart decision.
I can see what you mean when it comes to strategy, and yes, that surprisingly high level of defense you saw displayed was partly influenced from a strategy I started employing for SF about 6 months ago, but did not take full effect up until 3 months ago. That isn't to say that attacking SF is impossible, there are flaws to every method that any alliance can take.
Keep in mind that this strategy has been maintained, alongside some strong offensive play as well. Our rivals instead prefer to turtle up and don't even do a good job at it by comparison. This should say a lot about the 'competition' here. They are doing what is safe and predictable, nothing ballsy.
Ryan. Don't feed the troll. Horus/Age of Enlightenment is one of the most egotistical, bad-mannered players that Grepolis has had the problem of having. It's a blessing that he's taking yet another break. He actually makes talking with Tbro/Maratto look like fun. AoE thinks that it's the turtles' fault this world turned terrible, but really it's the players like him, who, despite not even being active in the world, like to yell at and belittle other players over personal opinion. These unnecessary attacks have led to a large number of people quitting the world. With those people Psi would have been much more interesting.
Well we can eliminate any prospect of you having substantial knowledge of this game, as even on a bad day, there have been far more abusive, egotistical, and arrogant players than me by a country mile in this game, past and present, including the world of Psi. Although better to keep calling me a troll while lurking the forums without any sense of irony. I have actually been described by several players and leaders whom I have played alongside with often that I am markedly neutral compared to many who could get a mention for 'ego' here.
There are only a very small handful of players I have ever been aggressive in intention or tone towards, so your claim is quite farcical in nature and far from accurate as to what has been a cause, but I know plenty of players who have left this world from different alliances due to shameless turtling, simming, and refugee-harboring employed by 4TRESS and friends. It takes considerably less skill to be successful at defense than it is to succeed offensively, and less bravery as well, that is something that a considerable number of players know and have known for years in this game. I have had the pleasure of playing alongside some much better defensive players than the kinds you see in 4TRESS over the last 2 years in various worlds, so my arguments are not a statement of trolling or ego to simply get BP, but something I can judge with considerable experience. Yes, I am not active at the moment, but who cares? I have been active more than a few times in this world from the beginning up until last month. Since you also seem to be pop up every time I have posted lately in these forums spouting all sorts of nonsense, you should know I left months before many of the excellent players in SF, BE, and FS had left (January to May of this year), and I know others within the core early on in this world who left because they had difficulty maintaining multiple worlds (like many players in TUQ, TIG, DA, RE, etc...). Yet again, this is evidence to the contrary of your claims.
Sweeping that aside for a moment, you know who I am, but who are you exactly? Have you actually played this world before? I copied and pasted your name into Grepostats and get no results, so unless you can provide an in-game name of note, your word carries as much as your presence in this world.