War score should be less effected by your war history

The other point to address is this- wars are about more than just power, but about participation and strategy. This is an especially huge factor when first battling new/beginner alliances because there will be more recreational/idle players, missed flags, confusion about strategy, etc so active alliances are heavy favorites against them every time regardless of power (see Obsidian Palace [OP] - We are recruiting BIG hitters! and no, I’m not in OP). Hence, you may think “yay, 17-3, that shouldn’t be possible” but really, it’s not that hard.

Once you get to mid-level alliances, you’ll see more alliances that know what they’re doing and more 50-50 like you said:

But you may occasionally see an alliance like OP, too- their war score starts at the bottom when they first open but can only go up so fast with each war win.