So we all can see the big tribes of the world (SETO/Sur/ADD). This thread is for the "other" guys out there that are kinda under the radar. Maybe a rim tribe that shows alot of promise?
I know on 3 we started as a rim tribe and went on to be one of the most prominent tribes. So do we see any of that happening here? Or are the core tribes just too strong being that they are all world winners?
I don't know the answer to your question, but this is what i've learnt (and still learning) from being there.
Since the "Balancing" Update, the rim became a hard place to be in, the building times are harder if you're starting from scratch, because on the rim your development is depending on your newly "born" players/neighbors, as long as they keep building you have a jump start when you conquer them, the peace & quiet from large wars in the middle of the map only makes the rim weaker and less experienced, those in the middle are always on their toes from attacks and have fun playing the game, attacking/defending/chatting/winning/loosing, on the rim is more like Farm-Farm-Farm-Recruit-Farm-Farm-Farm-Build-Farm-Farm-Farm-Farm, well, you get the point.
Clicking our way from boredom until a decent villa rises up from a player that decided to stay for a week or so, not those who are playing no more than the first minutes of the game, like most of the rim residents (51 pointers).
So if your Points/Kills rises exponentially when you are in war, those on the rim are basically staying on the same spot. If Diplomacy decides who to attacks who in the core, on the rim you need to take the "best from the worst" villas because now its harder (or slower) to get to the point where your new villa can be operational almost instantly (less than a week), now you'll need weeks just to click & click for the low point villa and send your valuable Resources inside to keep it running in queue and hurting older villa developments.
Hope it points you to the right answer to your question, but time will tell for sure