Oct 14th 2010, 14:44:07
I grouped this into tiers of rankings. a distinct #1 or #7 is not possible, at all, considering the history of the clans in this game. Trying to rank them as such is completely pointless.
#1
LAF, NA, SOL, SOF
All 4 of these clans have shown solid war performance and solid netting ability (for SOL and SOF, for the short periods of time that that actually net, they do know how to make countries). They have all dominated the politics of all major wars for the past few years.
One set of poor performance means nothing in the grand scheme of things, be it NA's lackluster netting for a set, or LaF's horrid warring for 1 reset. Each of these clans has beaten and been beaten by each other in different sets. Any of these 4 clans in any of their decent set performances would have completely annihilated any other clan that exists right now in a 1v1. Each one has maintained top10 in membership for the past 4 years of EC 2025+ EE time. Each one has set multiple records in the game, be it netting records or warring records.
Each of them has been led by solid, unwavering leadership, that has held their clan through thick and thin for years. For all the above reasons, there is no way to rank 1 of them higher than the other in my opinion.
#2
Evo, Imag, LCN, Paradigm
This tier of alliances are clans that have been around for years as well, and their leadership is some of the strongest in the game. The loyalty of the members in these clans is definitely to be envied by others. They are the types of clans that can swing the balance of a war easily upon them joining. (regardless of PDM's random AB FS's I know they have it them to do well in war) They are clans that will not fold easily when war is brought to them, set after set after set. They are clans that have really strong netters in them that although their ANW might not always be top, they do have the resources to get there. Of course except for imagnum. They are a tier 2 alliance in my opion though, due to their loyalty to their cause, which is usually to die as much as they can every set and have fun doing so. They miss the top tier due to their constant lower size compared to the tier 1, compared across the last few years, which affects their political pull in the game. LCN is coming into a more dominant phase right now, and Evo has been dominant at times as well, though I'm looking at a longer time frame in general.
#3
Sanct/Collab, Rage, Omega, Monsters
Rage: If it were the Rage of a few years ago, they would be tier 1. They just don't have the size and forceful political leadership they once had.
Collab/Sanct: Collab/Sanct for the past few sets has shown much promise in moving way up as a strong clan. They just don't have a long history of being a powerful clan, but they are starting to build that reputation and definitely have that potential. If this ranking was based off of just Earth Empires, they would be a tier 1.
Omega: Omega is great at throwing up ANW finishes, but if they warred for an entire year, I fear how many of them would be left. They just have not faced as many enemies in my opinion as the higher tier alliances. They don't have any other records than ANW that I know of. The higher tier netting clans would have beaten omega in many sets if they dropped their membership to the same number of members in omega, therefore there are more, better netters as a whole in the larger clans.
Monsters: Monsters are a great group that keep to themselves. They don't care what we think, they leave us all alone, we leave them all alone. They aren't into the politics at all, but they do know how to put up good finishes. I don't see them changing or going anywhere, so I rank them at this level.
the rest:
Fist, Neofed, RD, ICN, Elysium
These clans all have promise, but are small, and a couple seem to be dying off. ICN is at the top of these clans, close behind a tier 3. It is RD's first set, and they have never played EC, so they can't really be ranked.
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feel free to agree to disagree if you don't like these rankings.
#1
LAF, NA, SOL, SOF
All 4 of these clans have shown solid war performance and solid netting ability (for SOL and SOF, for the short periods of time that that actually net, they do know how to make countries). They have all dominated the politics of all major wars for the past few years.
One set of poor performance means nothing in the grand scheme of things, be it NA's lackluster netting for a set, or LaF's horrid warring for 1 reset. Each of these clans has beaten and been beaten by each other in different sets. Any of these 4 clans in any of their decent set performances would have completely annihilated any other clan that exists right now in a 1v1. Each one has maintained top10 in membership for the past 4 years of EC 2025+ EE time. Each one has set multiple records in the game, be it netting records or warring records.
Each of them has been led by solid, unwavering leadership, that has held their clan through thick and thin for years. For all the above reasons, there is no way to rank 1 of them higher than the other in my opinion.
#2
Evo, Imag, LCN, Paradigm
This tier of alliances are clans that have been around for years as well, and their leadership is some of the strongest in the game. The loyalty of the members in these clans is definitely to be envied by others. They are the types of clans that can swing the balance of a war easily upon them joining. (regardless of PDM's random AB FS's I know they have it them to do well in war) They are clans that will not fold easily when war is brought to them, set after set after set. They are clans that have really strong netters in them that although their ANW might not always be top, they do have the resources to get there. Of course except for imagnum. They are a tier 2 alliance in my opion though, due to their loyalty to their cause, which is usually to die as much as they can every set and have fun doing so. They miss the top tier due to their constant lower size compared to the tier 1, compared across the last few years, which affects their political pull in the game. LCN is coming into a more dominant phase right now, and Evo has been dominant at times as well, though I'm looking at a longer time frame in general.
#3
Sanct/Collab, Rage, Omega, Monsters
Rage: If it were the Rage of a few years ago, they would be tier 1. They just don't have the size and forceful political leadership they once had.
Collab/Sanct: Collab/Sanct for the past few sets has shown much promise in moving way up as a strong clan. They just don't have a long history of being a powerful clan, but they are starting to build that reputation and definitely have that potential. If this ranking was based off of just Earth Empires, they would be a tier 1.
Omega: Omega is great at throwing up ANW finishes, but if they warred for an entire year, I fear how many of them would be left. They just have not faced as many enemies in my opinion as the higher tier alliances. They don't have any other records than ANW that I know of. The higher tier netting clans would have beaten omega in many sets if they dropped their membership to the same number of members in omega, therefore there are more, better netters as a whole in the larger clans.
Monsters: Monsters are a great group that keep to themselves. They don't care what we think, they leave us all alone, we leave them all alone. They aren't into the politics at all, but they do know how to put up good finishes. I don't see them changing or going anywhere, so I rank them at this level.
the rest:
Fist, Neofed, RD, ICN, Elysium
These clans all have promise, but are small, and a couple seem to be dying off. ICN is at the top of these clans, close behind a tier 3. It is RD's first set, and they have never played EC, so they can't really be ranked.
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feel free to agree to disagree if you don't like these rankings.
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