A specific example that comes to mind for me is when Lear followed up the hit from Zephirion, that one won and destroyed all my machines. Over 1000 of them from just Lear's attack. I had to start over and build from scratch. But I do agree with Lear that Orc feels weak in their current state. Perhaps we need a larger sample size.
I also have to say that I agree with Haybol
King Haybol Jason, when you're facing too many enemies, you need to relax from the 'war' sometimes. Just like a rubber band; the more it's pulled, the stronger it snaps back
When you're sitting at the top and your allies are all there with you, you run out of targets. But if you hit every single person that comes into range the second they cross the 70% mark, you end up making a lot of enemies. And occasionally those enemies happen to sync up their retals, even if they're not allied. It makes it feel like your enemies are allied though.
You're a solid player @KingLear, it would honestly be a shame to lose you from the game. It's already been said but, try not to care about the rankings. Enjoy the fighting. Winning and losing. That's what the game is all about, having fun.