Influence Analysis
My Analysis of the tribes that I feel have a say in the future of the world: (In order of rank, not importance)
1: Jager
Jager has been receiving enough hate on the externals to make them shy in their real lives. Yes, I know - nobody playing TW has a real life. That was a joke :lol: Despite all the hate and criticism they've been receiving lately, which is largely due to their leader being rekt on the forums, it cannot be denied that Jager have done well. They've held the top spot, and even in war time have continued to widen the gap on #2. Good job guys. They have some top class players, that's for sure. They are currently at war with se7en and SUBV, as well as recently TDA. The TDA war is too recent to tell anything from, but Jager has done well enough against se7en.
Jager has an impressive spread on the map, covering almost their entire K, and spilling out into the surrounding K's. Their core is very clustered as a result of lots of barb nobling, and as much as it pains me to say, the barbling has made Jager have a formidable cluster. It will not be easy to break through their core.
I think most are surprised that Jager are still around in such a big way, and I even think that they will be able to fight se7en and TDA at the same time, at the same time as maintaining an aggressive growth rate. So as things stand, their future isn't as doom and gloom as the externals would make it seem. However, their leader, Nubzz, is becoming ballsy and arrogant, having mentioned that he plans to declare on 4 - 5
more tribes! Props for the work you've done so far man, but you're setting your tribe up for a gangbang if you go ahead and declare on more tribes. Nice and easy does it. Don't jump the gun and let arrogance sink you.
Despite the mostly good review, their leadership is a bunch of nubzz
lol
There is some information that I have that literally made my jaw hit the desk. I'm not sharing this information at this point, but trust me when I say that you'd literally bang your head against the wall. Unless there is a leadership change, Jager is not a contender for the world win.
2: TDA
I'm not yet sure what to think of TDA to be completely honest. They have a really great spread, pretty much dominating the south of the map. While they do have a largeish front with the current top tribe, who they are at war with, they have a relatively safe backline on the rim, with plenty room to expand. They are very unclustered though when compared to other top tribes, and this leaves them with plenty of room to expand within their own territory to cluster up and maximise the efficiency of their churches. We will see within the next week or two if they can live up to their rank, as the fighting with Jager will surely intensify.
3: Se7en/SUBV
In all honesty, I expected either se7en or Jager to crumble quick, but alas, I was wrong. Although Jager is doing better than se7en, se7en has managed to recover from the initial failure to hold a front, and have slowed the Jager front a lot. They have done very well against Rehab. Despite this, they are vulnerable. If CGI or KIAN hit them now, I don't see how they could last. However, it is more beneficial for those tribes to allow se7en to continue to hinder Jager and act as a buffer between them. They are fairly well clustered, but they have nowhere to grow other than on their war fronts, which will force member participation in the wars. I do expect them to be around for a while.
4: CGI
Wow, what an awesome spread! With a rim K pretty much secured, and a core K also mostly secured, they have massive potential. They do however have a lot of work ahead of them. Their core K is riddled with clusters of smaller tribes, which will need to be dealt with. This will probably have to wait until after Rehab mostly, but at this rate, rehab won't be around long anyway. They have plenty of expansion room, both outwardly and inwardly. It will be interesting to see if they war colour or KIAN, both of which they have a front with.
A merge is likely on the cards in the foreseeable future, which will see them put the top under one roof, and eat the rest. This is a family to watch for sure.
5: FFF
FFF is fully a rim tribe, but they seem to be a solid bunch. They are untested however, as they have had no major conflicts, and don't seem to be interested in jumping the gun either. Can they work as a solid team? We will have to find out. They do have some powerhouse players in that tribe though, so I watch with anticipation to see what will become of them.
Their cluster is not nearly as tight as the large tribes they are near, and I think this will be a problem going forward. They have a border with a few big name tribes, like Jager and Colour. They will run out of outward expansion room soon, as they are approaching the outer rim, and are boxed in by Jager and colour. It will be interesting to see how they handle that.
6: Colour
Of all the tribes, colour is my personal favourite for the win. This is a serious group of players, and they've done incredibly well to be where they are with only 16 members. While this is fine for now, Colour will need to recruit more, or even have a merge at some point if they want to win. As the world progresses and players grow, they will not be able to keep up with the combined growth of top tribes if they only have 16 players. They will still be a powerhouse team, but they will fall behind points and growth wise. Despite this, I still expect all of their members to remain top ranked players.
Colour can pretty much pick whatever direction they want to expand in, but going at CGI will be a tough one. I fully expect them to win that conflict, but it would be so time consuming to eat 2 whole K's worth of CGI. When they are finished in K35, they will have to find the Next target. My guess would be KIAN? That would give them access to the rest of the world, and if they crave conflict as much as I think they do, that would be a fun option for them. FFF is another option, which would give them a front with Jager. But then we'd have to watch Nubzz become the next Jinxsta, spamming the forums with complaints of how they are getting rekt.
Colour has a gap between their 2 clusters, but it has been gradually closing, and there is nothing in that gap that threatens them either.
7: KIAN
The last on this list is only here begrudgingly if I'm honest. KIAN doesn't strike me as a tribe that will be around in the end game, but for now they do have the potential to significantly impact the world's power stage. I say this because if they were to attack se7en, se7en would not be able to survive this kind of a multi front war. Or at least not easily. If they survived that, I'd be hugely impressed. Not that warring se7en would be a good idea for them though, as se7en is acting as a good buffer for them, allowing them to focus on expanding to their east, to where -V- was. This is their only real expansion option, as any other direction would cause wars that I really don't think they could win.
Their cluster is brilliantly clustered, so it would be damn hard to crack the cluster. This being said, I don't think they will be around all that much longer. A war with either CGI or Colour will likely be the end of them.
So in conclusion, the world is still young, and we cannot tell who will or will not be around end game. Many of the above tribes will not be a part of it, but their members certainly will. Wars, mergers, internals etc will happen, and many of the tribes will be involved in the merges. I look forward to seeing who.
Just a reminder that the tribes above are not supposed to be the top tribes analysis, its more the tribes who play a major part in the future of W82.
Thoughts?