Hello again. Thanks for your comments again, and here's the next update:
As predicted last time: BDL is gone. It dropped down to 13th place, so they have been removed from the list. I did change the colour of ARC to red (from brown), so that the contrast is better. This also brings us back to a top 8, ignoring BAR and REE.
I also decided that a good metric to check are the bashpoints, which can show that a tribe leans more towards offensive, defensive, or even if the expansion was done mostly without blood (by taking weak players and barbarians, as apposed to fighting for the villages). Here are the rankings:
1. SFU (+17 villages, -1 players) - Still expanding at a pretty quick rate, SFU holds first place. They currently have 1.6M obp (1st place) and 311k dbp (3rd place), which shows a clearly offensive mindset, their conquest coming through battle. 6 players in the top 10 (-2) and 9 players in the top 20 (-1).
2. Hip (+13 villages, +0 players) - With the WAR merger done, Hip continues to expand quite well. They have 1.1M obp (2nd place) and 373k dbp (1st place), so again, a lot of offensive capabilities, but also first in terms of how much they had to defend so far. 4 players in the top 20 (-2).
3. DOA (+7 villages, -1 players) - The former first place of the world has slowed down their growth after the merger. They have 641k obp (3rd place) and 312k dbp (2nd place). While their spot is well deserved from the bps, the small disparity between obp and dbps seem to indicate that DOA is not as aggresive as the previous two tribes. 3 players in the top 20 (+2).
4. NWT (+24 villages, +4 players) - A massive expansion by NWT this time around, as well as some recruitment. 298k obp (5th place) and 146k dbp (7th place) indicate that they are not involved in a lot of battles, probably due to their rim focus. 2 players in the top 20 (both in the top 10) (+1).
5. AOD (+11 villages, +1 player) - The academy tribe of DOA is still expanding at a steady rate. They have 265k obp (6th place) and 156k dbp (5th place), as well as 1 player in the top 20 (no change).
6. EOG (+13 villages, +8 players) - Heavy recruitment is again the thing that saves EOG from dropping down faster. Only 11k obp (8th place - and it would be much lower than 8th if we were to count tribes outside the top 8) and 149k dbp (6th place). It's pretty clear what kind of tribe this is: a farm for the other tribes. No players in the top 20 (no change).
7. NEW (+8 villages, +2 players) - Seems to have stopped their decline, and their bps at least shows that if they are going down, they're going down swinging: 472k obp (4th place) and 262k dbp (4th place). No players in the top 20 (no change).
8. ARC (-1 village, -3 players) - Maybe assigning them the red dots is having an effect, but they have started a slow decline. In terms of bps, it's not much better than EOG: 33k obp (7th place - though again, lower if including other tribes) and 125k dbp (8th place). I don't see ARC surviving too much at this rate. No players in the top 20 (no change).
Note: obp (offensive bashpoints), dbp (defensive bashpoints); increases and first 3 places in bashpoints are green, values with no change and 4th-6th places are orange, decreases and last spots in the rankings are red.
Some player rankings news:
* Flokii from SFU dropped from 10th to 34th
* killerking from NWT climbed from 22nd to 10th
* BullsBears from DOA climbed from 44th to 17th
* allissomshow from SFU climbed to 11th from outside the top 50
The top 10 is:
And now for a closer look at the regions:
NW
Keeping in mind that the old red was BDL and the new red belong to ARC, we see that some of the old BDL villages have been conquered by SFU. More ARC and EOG players have expanded the NW map a bit. One DOA dot is now SFU, 2 old BDL dots are now part of EOG, and one NWT dot was taken by Hip towards the West. Overall not a lot of changes.
NE
The NE is also stretching, NWT dots pushing up North and East, with ARC and NEW players also popping up towards the East. Some visible conquests are AOD taking an ARC dot, NWT taking an SFU dot and AOD taking a former BDL dot. The rest of the expansions are either new villages, barbarians, or players outside the top 10 tribes.
SW
The SW has gone through some changes, with both new players towards the rim from various tribes (NEW, EOG, AOD, ARC, Hip) and some dots changing colours (Hip -> SFU, BDL -> DOA, NEW -> Hip).
SE
SE continues to be the most boring one, the most remarkable thing being the amount of dots that have gone dark. Two ARC dots are now SFU, but all other new dots seem to be in place of dark dots (barbarians, players outside of top 10, or just newly founded villages). This does make the SE the best place for a summer house right now.
I did try to add a bit of colour this time, let me know if that looks better or not. See you guys on Sunday (most likely).
As predicted last time: BDL is gone. It dropped down to 13th place, so they have been removed from the list. I did change the colour of ARC to red (from brown), so that the contrast is better. This also brings us back to a top 8, ignoring BAR and REE.
I also decided that a good metric to check are the bashpoints, which can show that a tribe leans more towards offensive, defensive, or even if the expansion was done mostly without blood (by taking weak players and barbarians, as apposed to fighting for the villages). Here are the rankings:
1. SFU (+17 villages, -1 players) - Still expanding at a pretty quick rate, SFU holds first place. They currently have 1.6M obp (1st place) and 311k dbp (3rd place), which shows a clearly offensive mindset, their conquest coming through battle. 6 players in the top 10 (-2) and 9 players in the top 20 (-1).
2. Hip (+13 villages, +0 players) - With the WAR merger done, Hip continues to expand quite well. They have 1.1M obp (2nd place) and 373k dbp (1st place), so again, a lot of offensive capabilities, but also first in terms of how much they had to defend so far. 4 players in the top 20 (-2).
3. DOA (+7 villages, -1 players) - The former first place of the world has slowed down their growth after the merger. They have 641k obp (3rd place) and 312k dbp (2nd place). While their spot is well deserved from the bps, the small disparity between obp and dbps seem to indicate that DOA is not as aggresive as the previous two tribes. 3 players in the top 20 (+2).
4. NWT (+24 villages, +4 players) - A massive expansion by NWT this time around, as well as some recruitment. 298k obp (5th place) and 146k dbp (7th place) indicate that they are not involved in a lot of battles, probably due to their rim focus. 2 players in the top 20 (both in the top 10) (+1).
5. AOD (+11 villages, +1 player) - The academy tribe of DOA is still expanding at a steady rate. They have 265k obp (6th place) and 156k dbp (5th place), as well as 1 player in the top 20 (no change).
6. EOG (+13 villages, +8 players) - Heavy recruitment is again the thing that saves EOG from dropping down faster. Only 11k obp (8th place - and it would be much lower than 8th if we were to count tribes outside the top 8) and 149k dbp (6th place). It's pretty clear what kind of tribe this is: a farm for the other tribes. No players in the top 20 (no change).
7. NEW (+8 villages, +2 players) - Seems to have stopped their decline, and their bps at least shows that if they are going down, they're going down swinging: 472k obp (4th place) and 262k dbp (4th place). No players in the top 20 (no change).
8. ARC (-1 village, -3 players) - Maybe assigning them the red dots is having an effect, but they have started a slow decline. In terms of bps, it's not much better than EOG: 33k obp (7th place - though again, lower if including other tribes) and 125k dbp (8th place). I don't see ARC surviving too much at this rate. No players in the top 20 (no change).
Note: obp (offensive bashpoints), dbp (defensive bashpoints); increases and first 3 places in bashpoints are green, values with no change and 4th-6th places are orange, decreases and last spots in the rankings are red.
Some player rankings news:
* Flokii from SFU dropped from 10th to 34th
* killerking from NWT climbed from 22nd to 10th
* BullsBears from DOA climbed from 44th to 17th
* allissomshow from SFU climbed to 11th from outside the top 50
The top 10 is:
And now for a closer look at the regions:
NW
Keeping in mind that the old red was BDL and the new red belong to ARC, we see that some of the old BDL villages have been conquered by SFU. More ARC and EOG players have expanded the NW map a bit. One DOA dot is now SFU, 2 old BDL dots are now part of EOG, and one NWT dot was taken by Hip towards the West. Overall not a lot of changes.
NE
The NE is also stretching, NWT dots pushing up North and East, with ARC and NEW players also popping up towards the East. Some visible conquests are AOD taking an ARC dot, NWT taking an SFU dot and AOD taking a former BDL dot. The rest of the expansions are either new villages, barbarians, or players outside the top 10 tribes.
SW
The SW has gone through some changes, with both new players towards the rim from various tribes (NEW, EOG, AOD, ARC, Hip) and some dots changing colours (Hip -> SFU, BDL -> DOA, NEW -> Hip).
SE
SE continues to be the most boring one, the most remarkable thing being the amount of dots that have gone dark. Two ARC dots are now SFU, but all other new dots seem to be in place of dark dots (barbarians, players outside of top 10, or just newly founded villages). This does make the SE the best place for a summer house right now.
I did try to add a bit of colour this time, let me know if that looks better or not. See you guys on Sunday (most likely).