This is too all the people out there complaining.
if all you want to do is fight and have wars and
don't care about the crown ... guess what???
All the alliances that are so called cuddled ... are your targets....there is your war!!
But NO... you want to battle with someone who you think you take or roughly your own size so you battle with number 7, 8 or 9 alliance because you don't want to bite off more than you can chew.
What you are really saying is that you want to see the top 4 battle so you can pick up the scraps because you don't want to do the heavy lifting.
Quit whining and get on with the it and see what the end game will deliver.....
I led a small alliance of noobs in an ocean completely dominated by one alliance and we defended our little hearts out and every now and again we also attacked. It is called survival and being opportunistic.....there is your strategy.
anyway i'm rambling now......good luck to you all!!!