rank ....
alliance....................points (average) ... cities (average)
1..
Rim Express .................. 1995788 (66526) .... 244 (8.1)
- still top dogs in points, they have ocean 55 pretty much on lockdown now. Player movements have been pretty stable, and the members who are there are pretty active for the most part (looks like maybe 3 on VM and a couple semi-active). they seems to have a fair few consistent attackers, which is always good, and they've conquered a ton of cities since the last update, second only to SF. again, looking at the list it seems to be all from small alliances, mainly the demolition of warchild, or inactives/ghosts, but i guess there's probably not much else in ocean 54. i still go with what i said last time, it'll be good to see which direction they choose to go, will they try another core ocean, or head rimward? would be nice to see them fighting other decent alliances.
2..
Shadows Fall ................ 1969078 (67899) ..... 251 (8.7)
- located in a semi-circle around the core in oceans 44 and 54, but they've grown their territory quite a lot since the last update and seem to be well on their way to taking 2 core oceans at the same time without too much trouble... also not much change in the member base over the last week here. their conquest rate has accelerated quite a lot since the last update and they've averaged 1.5 conquests each, which is pretty top notch, mainly from forsaken and n00bs on the loose (see top conquest losers). more cities per player than anybody else, which is still my fav stat. would also be nice to see them taking some cities off top alliances, but it seems as though they're waiting until 44 and 54 are dominated. they have a pretty good activity level, possibly 2 on VM and 1 barely active player, and a good proportion of members consistently contributing to their ABP. SF is still my call for best alliance atm, by a bit more than last time
3..
The Unknown Quantity .... 1672924 (57687) .... 210 (7.2)
- they seem to be more focused in ocean 45 than previously, which makes sense as the resistance there would be less than against SF or RE, althoguh they do still have some cities in every core ocean by the looks of it (and a few rim oceans). no recruitment or bootings since the last update, nice and stable there. conquests sheet shows cities taken mainly from UN and Pacman, although i did notice a few elite phalanx cities in their, which is arguably the most exciting thing happening in psi conquests atm other than SF demolishing the forsaken
they seem to have a really good activity rate, hardly any zeros on their members point movements, although on the ABP movements it's not quite as good. they only seem to have a handful of players attacking with any real vigour, so they'll need to step that up a notch if they're to compete with the top 2 in the long-term.
4..
T.B.A ........................... 643978 (32199) ...... 96 (4.8)
- o43 rim alliance, although they have splotches a bit further south and west, and even members as far away as ocean 36!!!
bearing this in mind, it's quite surprising to see that their player movements page is not very busy at all actually. conquests page is about what you'd expect, mainly small unallied cities, and a city lost to TUQ on the ocean 44/45 border, far from the rest of the members. there are very few zeroes on the members pint gains page, but the ABP gains page is rather bleak with 1k+ gains from members an extreme rarity. overall i'd say the alliance has potential, but probably a bit inexperienced at a guess.
5..
Union of Warlords ........... 595120 (20521) ...... 101 (3.5)
- i said ocean 36 last time, but i'm pretty sure that was wrong
o35 rim alliance, mainly based along the 35/45 border so in a pretty decent position to make a move into 45 if that's their aim (and why not, ocean 45 seems to be the most readily available of all the core oceans). their members list has been a little unstable since the last update, but mainly among low-point players. their conquests are largely unallied players, although they've taken quite a few from the elite warriors. activity level is good, but with only a couple of players doing the majority of the heavy attacking.
6..
The Greyskull Gang ......... 552129 (19719) ...... 91 (3.3)
- o65 rim alliance along with olympus returns (who seem to be sharing the ocean rather than fighting for it), they seem reasonably positioned for domination on their ocean. again, not a whole lot going on in the last week in terms of player movements or conquests, although they haven't lost any cities. inactivity creeping in and maybe one or 2 members doing any significant attacking. still neither particularly impressive nor really bad.
7..
Olympus Returns ............ 508035 (16935) ...... 86 (2.9)
- o65 rim alliance along with the greyskull gang (sharing not fighting, etc). they've been taking more cities than the GG by the looks of it, so maybe a temporary peace is not such a bad thing for them. players seem pretty active, but looking at the ABP gains suggests extreme simming. they're probably about as good as their friends, the GG.
8..
elite phalanx ................. 480657 (22888) ...... 88 (4.2)
- still positioned along the border of oceans 46 and 45, they seem to be growing in density rather than expanding their borders for the moment. they've recently had a bit of a mass booting (and brought in a player or 2), but their core group seems pretty stable. they've been having at sweet chariot and the unallied cities in the area at a pretty good rate, although lost a city to TUQ. activity seems very high and with a good number of attackers (manny the murderous has been generating more ABP per city than just about anybody, including AoE!). they seem to be a pretty solid rim alliance.
9..
The Shadow League ........ 463783 (18551) ...... 71 (2.8)
- o56 rim alliance, virtually exactly the same as before due to not much happening in member movements or conquests. pretty sim-ish judging by the members ABP gains, which has zeroes in abundance.
10.
Visigoth ........................ 457353 (17591) ...... 75 (2.9)
- o66 rim alliance. their conquests sheet actually gives me some hope as they seem to do well at targeting alliances, as they've done with bloodseeker and silmarillion (not impressive enemies, but good intentions at least). that said their conquest rate isn't very fast, but then they are quite close to the edge of the rim and probably haven't been around too long. activity looks good, attacking prowess... well, the top few seem to enjoy it, but nothing from the rest really.
11.
Legion of Death .............. 454908 (15686) ...... 88 (3.0)
- o53 version of the above really, but with more unallied cities conquered.
12.
The Forsaken ................. 426289 (18534) ...... 80 (3.5)
- SF's o54 whipping boys. they've tried recruiting, but then they had a number of players leaving too. conquests sheet doesn't look healthy - losing cities to SF (and a cheeky one to RE
) and taking only small ghosts and inactives. looks like a few may have hit VM, and of the ones who are playing only
1 member has managed to gain over 1k ABP in day over the last week! i will be most surprised if they are still around for my next update...
top 3 colonisation winners and losers: these numbers will show the cities gained by conquest over the prior 7 days.
(note: internals conquests are counted as both 1 gain and 1 loss)
winners! ............................... conquest gains .... (per 100 players)
1..
Shadows Fall ................ 48 : net
gain of 45 (155%)
2..
Rim Express .................. 40 : net
gain of 40 (133%)
3..
The Unknown Quantity ... 35 : net
gain of 34 (117%)
losers
1..
n00bs on the loose ........ 12 : net
LOSS of 5 (-63%)
2..
PacMan ....................... 10 : net
LOSS of 9 (-450%)
3..
SWEET CHARIOT ............ 9 : net
LOSS of 5 (-26%)
all info taken from in-game, grepostats and grepolismaps