Quote Originally Posted by WickedL View Post
If nobody in the top 10 would CF there would still be a crownwinner tho... It would just take a lot more planning and strategical insight.
It's been mentioned a few times in this thread:
1. Currently, dicing > warring
2. If you dice, you get more acres than people that war
3. If you wait and pump your kingdom you will be stronger than kingdoms that war.

If no one CFed, the winner would STILL be the kingdom that acted last and did not get involved in wars. Additionally, navigating your CFs properly is considerably more strategy than no CFs - vulturing is a solid tactic that will gain acres most of the time for the kingdom that sits patiently and waits. CFs provides a better opportunity for all kingdoms involved to compete and generally provides better gameplay (with the current game mechanics).

Btw, I just don't get why some kd's keep joining in this CF-fest because they always lose. For instance (inso, OS, Simians) why do you guys agree with this playingstyle? It's pretty obvious that you guys are weaker in it than kd's like rage, hoh, ... It seems like you guys are happy with a 4th, 5th place every age....
This is not immediately obvious. Kingdoms change rosters and fluctuate in strength consistently... also with a leading alliance Abs, there has to be an anti-abs in order for the rest of the kingdoms to be competitive. If they are strong that age, they will do well. If not, they will lose. The past few ages Abs has been stronger and has gotten the win (and likely will win this age) 3/4 ages. Doesn't mean it won't be different next age with a (hopefully better) lineup on each of these other kingdoms...