Quote Originally Posted by Zauper View Post
Except they stomped every single war/honor kd that would fight them, including all the big names and the others were afraid to?

i.e. they stomped last ages ww winner, the prior ages honor winner, kd that won honor the age or two before that, etc.

Ultimately, one of the significant issues with the honor/war tier is that there is no consequence to deciding to not accept a fight. In the honor tier, you can just decide you're not interested in fighting a competitor and walk away. Not even a question of inferior prep, was just embarrassing.
It wasnt this simple. Giraffes that age took advantage of kingdoms that weren't war ready. 3 out of 4 wars they had were against kingdoms that were not prepared to war elite kingdom. The wars were not started on even terms what so ever. Elite kingdom didn't need any such advantages to war, but they still searched for such . That's the reason people declined wars with them. Giraffes of course could have won the wars anyway, but they basically only warred when they were in superior position against their opponent.

For example if I remember correctly Spartans were pushed (or forced) to war and Stoners were weak as they were just gotten out of another conflict. In short, Giraffes poached for kingdoms that were weak at that point. We didn't war, but they tried to push us into war while we were pumping up in fort. Giraffes wont of course agree with this statement but thats how other side felt and this was shown in the quite heated debates that happened in forums.