Hey!
Me and other players I talked with have recognized a (possible) player type:
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A social player who is liked by everyone. You just join the lobby and see 200 messages in the public chat. Surely, at least 100 is wrote by him. He is the guy, who takes the most neutral outposts, because everyone likes him. Even if an outpost is 30 hours from him and 10 from an other player, he manages to get it. He also makes a huge alliance, which contain at least 4 (usually 5) players out of the 8 in the game. Continously participates in wars, but only in one at a time. Eliminates the 3 or 4 players who are out of his alliance and tries to capature the most outposts. He is very thrustworthy. Does not betray his allies. People trust him so much, that they usually build they mines next to his borders and send no drillers as defense. After all enemies are eliminated, he drops like 4 mines (with his +600/day production), and collects 200 Np in 1 or 2 day. Usually gets gold, but willing to make sacrefices to let somebody else get a medal.
Favorite Specialist: Offensive ones at the beginning. Defensive ones after all enemies are dead.
Mining tendency: Drills no mines until day 5 or so, then wins the game with 4 mines in less that 2 days.
Friends: Everybody
Foe: Agressive turtle players who are not open to diplomacy
Combination of: the Octopus and the Shark