No actual strategy. Not free to play if you want to compete. Events every weekend, no support friday-monday US. All events allow the big players to feed on the minnows.
average online <100. No guidelines for moderators regarding chat rules enforcement you may or may not get muted depending on the mod online for a word like "underwear."
Incomplete updates, and every server maint/game update they do causes serious game issues.
DO has never removed dead accounts, and players get banned for hitting them because the dead account has no buildings to take.