Off Season Alliance Wars and Tanking and War Rating
This post is meant to be addressed to Kabam and the MCOC community.
I find it very concerning that Kabam hasn't addressed (to my knowledge) about most top alliances tanking essentially all Alliance Wars in the off-season. This not only is detrimental to most alliances in Platinum 3 and lower alliances but to the foundation of what Kabam is trying to accomplished: to create a competitive yet equal playing ground in AW. When alliances tank in the off-season it debilitates lower level alliance in the first few wars of the season when they are matched with P1/Master alliances when they should be matched with alliances respectfully in their own league. They tank in few different ways from not placing defenders to not participating in attack phase of war. Alliances that are not tanking are effectively put at a huge disadvantage once season starts because they are matched against alliances much better than them because of a FALSE inflated war rating. So in turn, if you are a Platinum 3 alliance or lower, if you don't take you risking losing the first several wars once season starts which in turn demoralizes your alliance and creates distaste for the game and AW. In a sense this is a form of collusion and cheating but to be a successful alliance you have no choice to tank unless you want to set yourself and alliance for failure once season starts again.
Solution: Freeze war rating in the off-season or punish alliances with tanking. This is only solution I can think of at this time. The season is a time when you as an alliance realign yourselves and figure a strategy or game plan for the next season. Its also a time to recruit and vet recruits skill set in the game to ensure you have the right members for the next. You can't do this unless alliances are not tanking.
