Can't say I'm surprised to see COD declare on another small tribe.
As if every enemy that they have.
And building on what Cinders said, at the time of declaration, ~I~ was about rank 7, $CoD$ was maybe rank 10. ~=I=~ was rank about 14 or 15, and Cod~A was just barely in the top 20.
At the start of EXP, $CoD$ was, I believe, only one rank higher than EXP, and =CoD= was one or two ranks higher than EXP-V. It was pretty much as even a war as you can get between only two tribes... So I'm not exactly sure where you're coming from :icon_confused: