If power was based on commas, I would have no doubt at all about you being the strongest person in the game.


lol

I'm not trolling just kidding so please don't get offended. As for the whole "group spy" thing after a server has been around long enough players will pretty much get to know all the heavy hitters in great detail. You will know the ins and outs of your opponents, as they will know you. I mention this because after its all said and done, placement is the only thing they can really even try to report on.

I typically switch around the lands when the time to start combat draws near. Any information outside of that being used could actually potentially hurt any would-be spying, because either they stack to directly counter a old placement or they move around to a place I truly intend to attack hard and give some lands for free.

At the start of the game spying was a big concern for my group, but back then the white list didn't exist. Even then it was almost impractical...to the point where I found it hard to believe that players would actually try to spy. What is truly important to me (even more than getting rid of "spies") is having active players who contribute. In the past even if I suspected someone was trying to spy on the group, as long as they contributed to our group funds I did not care.

TL;DR Spying is pretty pointless as long as you apply careful counter-measures shortly before match begins. Other than that, use players for Group Activity and Group Funds to help the group grow.

I don't usually share my strategy for war with anyone. But what I will do is tell people who their teammates are for war and have them work out a solid strategy and team synergy for each other. I even make up little team names for people.

But sadly I've been doing that less and less as time has gone on.