So I came back midround after not playing for about 25-26 months to see that much of the community doesn't know shit about playing the game especially having to do with attacking.  Not saying everyone because there are those who do have a clue but just in a months time or so I've encountered SOOOOO many people who just due to stupidity got themselves killed.  I'll post this just because the game obviously needs more competition so people knowing that they are idiots and how to fix it will add to that next round.   I won't be playing so I won't get to see first hand but this round was just pathetic.

Tip 1:  If you are banking especially with tax offices, do not have planets that look like:
523 Mining Facilities
123 Hydroponic Farms
253 Research Centers
200 Tax Offices
63 Living Quarters

Tip 2: If you are going to be a banker, take atleast 50% income if you go custom.

Tip 3:  Soldiers are now your way to defend your portals, build some.  I don't know how many people I ran into who had solely droids that I would kill 10 times as many as I lost per attack when some soldiers would have made that a lot harder to do.

Tip 4:  Don't Draft Artic.

Tip 5:  You tend to want to send bombers to take out a laser trap rather than just send all your ground and hope to god some make it past the lasers.

Tip 6:  Never expect Whiteshadow to wake up for the right time for a banker raid, always tell him that it is 1 hour earlier than you planned it for.

Tip 7:  Send a fighter test fleet to test for defense stations before running your whole fleet through it.

Tip 8:  If you hit the defense station once with your fleet, don't hit it twice in the same tick.

Tip 9:  Never tell KT she is any of the following:  Old, Antique, Over the Hill, Ancient, or comment that you saw a class picture of her and Jesus together.

Tip 10:  If you don't have many fighters of your own, don't just go full fleet into an attackers portal without making sure they are stationed first.

Tip 11: Don't Draft Artic.

Tip 12:  If you have more fighters than someone that hit you but you only have 10% attack bonus, do not hit them back thinking you will win, you will just lose far more than the attacker with 50% and he will now have enough to run you.

Tip 13:  Don't think that just because you have no shares, that a good attacker won't stick his foot up yours and your bankers ass.

Tip 14:  If you have a considerable sized fleet to contend with an enemy that is attacking you, don't just sit there doing retakes, take some portals.

Tip 15:  Sab Portal and CpFF are there for a reason, use them.

Tip 16:  If you go to war, don't just jump 1.2 million soldiers as your families main attacker and sit there watching them get run, jump a fleet that is useable and take some damn portals!