Sol, you are implying that much of this is common sense but you don't know how many times even in the past month that some of those things have happened.
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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.
wow, did you figure this one out all by yourself?
Just to name a few that did this, Icynightmares, War(before he fought back against WS), Blackdog won't fail, Artic, and I know there were more that I just can't think of atm. There were many times where they could have taken portals in our conflicts yet they decided to only do retakes with their fleet.
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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!
I just thought you could go inactive when you have 1,2 mill soldiers or more...
Ask 45 how well this strategy went for them, Sol =p
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As much as you think I was just giving common sense tips that everyone knows, every single one of those tips is backed by the past month or so of this Capricorn Round and most of them on multiple occasions.