Entirely too early to tell:
We have rumors of Glad and Party merging. TSA and Chik3n merging. Bug! and Chik3n merging.. RT and PE merging. Patryn! and RT merging... does anyone else see the logic to the chaos of asking which tribe is best, which tribe will be around.. etc....
Truth is.. the world is still very young.. there are some promising tribes appearing... I could name them but to be honest, emerging hasn't proven anything and so.. if I'm asked which tribe I see as the best on W54? My answer would be Chik3n as its the tribe I call home and like me, I'd hope everyone feels the same about their tribe but.... realistically speaking, we are at least a month away from knowing which tribe(s) will be around 6 months from now. Yes chik3n has skill but so too does, party!, TSA, RT, Patryn!, GLAD, Punch!, Rum, and many small lethal tribes.
I can say this with absolute certainty..
1. Its a speed 1 server that slows the game down and causes many of the more experienced players to leave. Especially the speed 2 gamers.
2. With the server speed, wars (even K cleaning), will be much longer and drawn out.
3. More so then wars and which tribes have the most "skilled" players is
Longevity of leadership and
activity level of "all" members that will dictate which tribes are around a month from now.
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My first "real" world (W8) was a speed 1 world and is still considered one of the more difficult worlds. I see W54 as having a chance to be the same... A very congested, highly contested and well played waring world of strategy and honestly, I hope the other experienced dukes out there also see this and like me decide to stay around making W54 one of the better worlds.