
Where you are in the tech tree is the only determining factor in merges. Neighborhood merging is flat only in that it pertains to research. So if your Terrace Farm is plundered the attacker has a chance at 10 free forge points.


Guild(GvG) about two years later then Guild Expedition(GE or GEx) Championships two years after that, attacking and plundering thy neighbor remains part of the game to this day. And though the game had moved on to Guild v.

Player(PvP) if you will though you fight their AI so it's not truly PvP. Forge of Empires(FoE) began in April 2012 exclusivity as a game based on competition and plundering between neighbors or Player v.
