OK. I am a big sniper myself, and totally understand that sniping is fair game. As a traditional sniper, that "2-player team" thing just doesn't sit well with me. So you can now probably sense the real motivation for my post. I'm not so much worried about the 'victims'; it's more about those 1/3 sniper teams stepping onto the turf of traditional snipers by pre-empting those juicy sniping opportunities - hence my frustration ;-). But you have now all convinced me that there is nothing I can do about it!
Yah, it hurts bad ... cry foul or admire (and learn) from their professionalism.
I play on Greifental (EN 7), where the Top 50 players are all over 1 Billion points (ie 1,000,000,000) and 2 players have over 1 Million " battles won ".
These veterans have learnt the art of success and how to push the boundaries of what's possible in FoE. These heavy hitters make me think of the Chinese who exploded on the world stage and upset Western complacency and comfort ... after centuries of being " on Top ".
I befriended a few big players which really helped to drag me upto 1.9 Million points quite quickly .... and a level 61 Hagia Sophia in the High Middle Ages.
They do collude and work in teams to raise guild GB's by 10 or 20 levels in very short order (esp the Arc). Some players had 20 or 40k fp packs (carefully collected) to industrialize the process. Some use the muscle for predatory sniping aswell ... taking 1st and 2nd (and most of the rewards) while leaving the GB-owner to level-up (with paltry rewards) ... but he does get his GB up faster ... and accru the long-term benefits of that GB.
The real profits are at higher levels (maybe >50) ... and particularly GBs like the Arc.
Everybody is happily poor until they see the inequality of wealth around them.
Teamwork is key.
It's all good
Bridgeman55