Well all i ever seem to get in response is, players have left due to poor leadership, or maybe look at your tribe and you might figure out why they are leaving. When we all know the real reason is to save yourself, which i do understand in certain circumstances. But when your tribe is still fighting hard to come back into the war, and putting in alot of effort, that is not the time to leave. When everyone else has quit and there is no communication then yeah jump ship.
But i think there is also a responsibility to the other tribe to refuse entry to more players, and not just willingly accept every player that comes knocking at their door with information and an offer to switch sides. Do you not want to work hard for your victory? Are you really going to be proud at the end of it all in the way it will be achieved.
The thing is, it is never as simple as recruiting 1 player. Because it has a ripple effect every time, same for when players quit. And the dynamic of the map changes, very rapidly making villages easier to cap. So as much as Four have nobled ALOT of villages, and worked hard for some of them. For the most part it has been down to players quitting (mostly due to just not having time for war), but some due to players switching sides, some to being turned on by friends (personal NAP) and four has just nobled all these easy targets, which causes a knock on effect and it just continues.
And just when we start to bring ourselves back together, and holding up a bit stiffer resistance, and other tribes are having an effect on four, they go ahead with more recruitment, and open up an entirely exposed front line, leading to more quitters... just going for the easy route.
And you may say it is a strategy in itself, does not mean it does not effect the people that have won in this manner, like you have been branded. I know many of them say it is their last world. But for those that it isnt, i will never work with them, and i will fight against them at every chance i get in future worlds. I am sure many more will feel the same desire. hopefully i get to rim a few of you personally in HP soon