User blog comment:LuluChoy/Tips in Alliance/@comment-25242847-20141001053143

you forgot rod battles

like what I experienced recently...

the participant numbers are even (7 vs 7), suddenly the score gap is too damn high..it was around 100k gap on the first 15 minutes

well, since you put [only applies to strong alliance], guess my problem is out of question...since I assume strong alliances have lotsa rods to spend