Originally Posted by
sand
When players move from one alliance to another, they do NOT take their stars with them. They will see zero stars under their name in the new alliance until they do battle there, and only battles fought in that second alliance will earn stars there. The stars they earn in the first alliance stay with the first alliance. In fact, if they return to that alliance during the same war, the stars they previously earned will once again appear on the scoreboard under their name.
Sudden shifting of points from the leading team to a runner up is the result of assault which carries a double blow. Assault for a 100-star gain results in a 100-star loss for the leading team with a net difference of 200 stars. No trick.
If, however, you are seeing points dropping from a team that's NOT In the lead, or other drastic increases in score that cannot be explained by star-pushing baby accounts or stars stolen via massive assault, then there is likely some trickery afoot, and nothing neat about it.