This guild, The Trophy Hunters, beat us in GW 2-3 wars ago. They were good! However now I see they’re only one Bracket ahead of us (and not particularly challenged by their opponents). I feel bad for them. They should be much higher up in the rankings.
When two over-performing guilds meet in a lower Bracket, they slow each other down, even if in the broader scheme of things, they both outclass their surroundings opponents by a mile. This is a failing of the GW Bracket progression system/formula.
This shouldn’t be a new consideration (me, from Feb '19):