Yea I think s4 had it's ups and downs. I think what was frustrating was that there was no foresight by devs.
I agree that clan wars took a lot of time to organize and deserve medals but Indy wars were no piece of cake.
Primal wars you controlled who you warred with - u could turn down leaks and poor builds and once you had good ppl warring with you....wins were easy to come by.
Indy wars - you had no choice...you were forced to war with ppl with terrible builds and at times you would find that your side had no wc or tracker. I heard lower tier wars were filled with inactive alts and leaks. Top tier wars at times were a mess due to bfa issues and devs inability to balance both sides appropriately.
Personally I believe that both Indy and primals deserved the same payout. Rounds deserved less because stacking clans with lbs and sh is just an exploit and shouldn't get the same payout.
On a side note, I was 11-33 in Indy wars during s4. Half of those 33 losses were due to poor teams made by devs - it was just so frustrating when everyone warring knew we would lose by at least a 20b margin except the devs. Maybe the devs are relying too much on computers and algorithms when making teams - they really should look over these teams with a human eye.
Anyways, I'm done with competitive warring - trying to put in 2-4 wars a day. I'm a 1-2 war a week now. Why? I just feel sad that I put life on hold for 9 weeks to do s4 - I spent more time inside, more time stressing/raging over imaginary/virtual prizes, less time reading, less time with ppl, less time sleeping (s4 made me sleep deprived), and less time in the gym. I dun want to go thru that again. I'll continue to adjust my build in order to war. I'm out for s5 but who knows maybe ill do s6 but I doubt it. For those of you who continue to war competitively - good luck to you all.
Special shout out to kotfe. Thx for lettin me war w them - great ppl if I ever left my family...I'd only consider you guys. Vix you were very caring to me and ur a very special person - if this is how you are in kaw I bet the ppl around you in rl are blessed to have you in their life; Fonz, you're one of the best WC ever in kaw. If you all let me war with you in future - I'm in (only 1-2 war a week though)