1. Savage: First in points, first in BP, overall a good group. They will stay course for the next month or 2 before any real competition will rise for them to face, I like the way they play and they seem to be winning all of their fights (although I don't see much action outside of Parosi which is a slow battle it seems), will be interesting to see what they are like the next 3-4 weeks, that is crucial time for fighting so I suppose we will see.
-Swim-
2. Reapers: Good group, I like the way they play, seem to have a good control on ocean 55, only concern I see moving forward is the same concern most of these top 5 groups will face, the rim alliances eeking in on their oceans. Reapears need to push their borders and get a good wall up then they will hold well, good core group of players mixed with some weak links that will be filtered out, see them going for a while though,
-Swim-
3. Parosi Nasilja : 3rd in points, 2nd in BP, I see they have come out ahead in ocean 45, seemed to have made it clear they own the northern part, only issue now is where do they go? Looks like a possible push into 55, maybe even 44, they have some hard borders to hold though, look out for that as they can be pushed from reapers who are east or Savage from the south, with the 2 big boys on both sides they are always at risk, no idea their diplomatic situation so cant tell you which side will give first, but be weary... they will keep swimming but I don't think as long as the other two groups above.
-Light Swim-
4. The Infected Goats: Torn on the group. Love their leaders on a person level with their personalities, but some seriously BAD diplomatic choices threaten relations with one of their NAPs. Only a small NAP they probably don't think much of but one that could bite later if things break down, I think they have one of the best top 5 cores of the world, but they have small and quiet players that could be an issue, also they have a few loud mouths that haven't been controlled which can be a serious issue down the road once they get into a closer battle than they are in with HH now. I like the group overall, in ocean 54, beating down HH, however again diplomacy is huge in this game and if it breaks down, bad things can happen.
-Light Swim (Diplomatic issues prevent a full swim)-
5. Lukovi Nasilja: Sister to #3, see above.
-Light Swim-
6. Lords of the RIM: Mixed feelings on the group. Great core group of players, but SO much new blood amongst them, basically it will be up to the leadership to teach the new guys before they are consumed by those new guys inability to hold their ground, if they keep getting pushed back they risk internal issues as well, nobody likes losing cities. They are a long term team though, I don't see them giving up or losing that horribly, so they will float along until the WW stages where they will be at their strongest from my guess.
-Floating until the WW stage-
7. Hellhounds Unchained: Simple answer here is they are the fastest sinking ship on this list. Losing every war in numbers, 2-12 vs the goats, 5-6 vs DL, 0-4 vs JFL, and this is not including their 2 sister alliances in chosen and HHUnleashed that have been ran over to the point to where they are nearly out of members in both alliances. They are getting rolled, need to figure something out soon to save their game otherwise they wont make it. Good top 3 or so of players but they cant save them from the pressure they are under, need to figure something out, as it stands the definition of a sink.
-SINK.-
8. Savage II: Sister to #1, see above.
-SWIM-
9. Macedon: South 55 / north 56 oceans, for a group out of the core they aren't doing well, only reason they are still up and going is the fact they don't have the pressure of any top 10 teams on them, if they face any real competition it looks like they would be completely rolled over. Sink long term, maybe they can float along if nobody attacks them but seems that isn't the case
-SINK-
10. adunati primun: Ocean 43 alliance, I cant even assume what they do over there, they are ranked 10th in points, 22nd in bp... I don't know how to properly rate them as they seem to be fighting nobody but themselves with internals, good for them for having fun in ocean 43 I guess, but float just because they have no competition,
-FLOAT-
11. Just For Laughs: My group of guys, my rating will be favorable of course since its mine so will only leave with the stats, 11th in points, 9th in overall BP, 9th in attacking BP, 10th in DBP. 8 Players, 120k average points (#1 in the world by over 30k)
-????-
12. Renegades: Smaller 45/46 group, max players but smaller points since they are more of a rim group. I think I recognized a few of their players but nothing special overall, 12 in points 19th in BP, not much to say about them until they fight people,
-FLOAT-
I Tried keeping it as unbias as I could, some distain towards some more than others but overall hopefully this is a fair representation of the top 12.
C
JFL Family