For Pete's sake, form the horde where it's needed.
The frickin' irony of MA hordes is that every horde avoids the other.
A huge enemy attack approaches.
What do people do?
Abandon the defenses, flock to where there are no enemies nearby, hit poorly defended/undefended enemy bases, and then call it "strategy".
*feh*
I'm a strat guy, but I'm the orthodox kind.
Flanking enemy territories and hitting undefended targets is indeed, a good tactic. But such moves is only legitimate when the defenses are strong enough to hold the line until a flanking maneuver works.
Abandoning the entire front, and flocking off to hit another enemy country, is NOT strategy. It's stupidity. And people wonder why the average skill level of the MA is low... how can it ever be high when people prefer to not fight at all?
The Uranos offensive of '42 worked because the troops in Stalingrad held. What the average horde in the MA is doing somewhat akin to emptying the entire South Russian front, sending the forces to Turkey, and then go claiming around, "We'll flank the Germans by attacking Turkey, make it through Greece, climb up the Balkans, and reach Austria and South Germany by foot. It's good strategy - hit the enemy where they are weak."
Hellllllo, Earth to doofus, come in, doofus!
What are you supposed to do when bad guys come marching in?
You prepare to defend yourself.
Isn't that why you are flying a plane armed with a gun?
How do you guys even gain any kills when all the targets are HERE[/i], at this side of the front?
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If people see an enemy horde, they should form a horde, to engage the horde. Instead, in the MA, all three countries alike, The Rook horde goes hitting undefended Bish lands, the Bish horde goes hitting undefended Knit land, and the Knit horde goes to hit undefended Rook land.
And people wonder why the MA is becoming stale.
