I have been pretty much amazed playing on the Alliance server this set. Having achieved their land goal people embark on stocking and, of course, they have to decide how much military to carry. Stock behind secure defences and reduce your final networth or take a chance and cut expenses to the bone? Well on the Alliance server everyone I spied had the same anser to this - drop defence to a pitiful level. Rely on tag protection and the land for land retal policies and the intricate web of pacts to keep you safe.

Now what about solo servers?

Well there is no tag protection, no-one to retal for you if you are hit and no pacts.

So what to do when you reach your 20k target; make your decision about how much defence to carry and you get hit?

One thing to do is to examine your decision on how much defence to carry. Or to wonder if sitting a bit lower in the scores list might help.

Another thing to do is to focus your disappointment outside yourself, think hard thoughts about the people you play the game with, post complaints and insults, generally look for as much self justification as you can get and reinforce your belief that the world owes you.

The retal policies in 1a are not an honour code. They exist so that clans can create tag protection and to provide a framework for negotiation when squabbles break out. They have nothing whatsoever to do with solo servers.