As a former R4ki member here is opinion the reason why R4ki lost the war in order of significance:
1. Not to take anything away from anyone, but the primary reason was inactivity from the largest R4ki players. Our top two players were not active (I was 3rd at the time). Perpetual Inebriation was #1 at the time was inactive and said he was quitting, Formz who we had fought internally and committed troops to fighting, only to have him come back and join us was also inactive. Our duke, Matt was inactive. Those are the three most significant inactives, but the list by no means stopped there. Every day another player was quitting and I was struggling to find replacements constantly, many of which worked out for a few days only...
Having said all that, I'm not saying that R4ki would have won the war if everyone was still playing, but I do believe that the war would still be going on right now.
2. The 2nd reason, was due to the efforts of ONE.
3. The last reason, was due to the efforts of all other combined tribes
Good job to all who participated in that war. I know all tribes have their own challenges with inactivity and it is not a problem that was unique to R4ki, but the timing of it was perfect or awful depending on your perspective.
To get this reply back on track here are my opinion on the top tribes:
1. ONE - I think we are doing well. I'm happy to be in a more active tribe.
2. Chocho - Mitsche is a beast. I knew he was going to be #1 on this server about a month ago. I think they are a very strong tribe.
3. Omen - Strong tribe, but I wish they would stop expanding into K55
4. P-Ctrl - They obviously did a great job against Fremen, but I did get the sense that Fremen were not even fighting back. Will be interesting to see how they do long term.
5. Pub - With the risk of being cocky and sounding like adzdev (just kidding), I have more ODA then their tribe. Their position, spread out on the rim is not enviable.
6. Vroom - Not trying to be mean, but what's the point? A decent sized pocket in K65/K55 and then the rest all spread out in the NorthEast rim. I'm not sure I see why you would want to build a tribe like that.
7. =Dark= - I don't know anything about these guys, but given their position I wouldn't be surprised if they became the food of P-CTRL and Omen
8. WB - Another rim tribe. I don't know what their long term prospects are.
9. ~SHDW~ - They have a decent consolidated position in the north
10. ~FOUL~ - From my personal experience with some of their players, I have serious questions about their knowledge of the game. I don't see them lasting.